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Due-Ad-7308 t1_iu0fq4m wrote

One of the biggest twists with growing up during the console wars was that the Xbox and Playstation bros all grew up normal and the diehard Nintendo fans became weirdly hostile adults.

Tell this to anyone back in the 90's-2000's and they wouldn't believe you for a minute.

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tehmlem t1_iu0rg5x wrote

An objectively more peaceful and less dangerous era, provided we don't kill ourselves with the byproducts of rampant overconsumption. Our "crime wave" puts us well below the level of violent crime in the 90s which was itself well below the 70s which was itself an era with far less violent crime than those proceeding it.

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nzodd t1_iu0szm6 wrote

Pokemon Go to the polls directly to jail.

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NTFD t1_iu0u0ub wrote

Man, I was not expecting those ages when I read "Father, son" in the headline lmao.

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Jeramus t1_iu0v2f8 wrote

Pokemon go to jail. :)

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abzrocka t1_iu1ed66 wrote

Aged 75 and 33, WTF??!

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GoldWallpaper t1_iu1faji wrote

> we also just sort of neatly tucked it into a few big cities

Don't let Republican talking points fool you.

Here are the 10 states with the highest crime rates:

New Mexico - 6,462.03 per 100,000 people
Louisiana - 6,408.22 per 100,000 people
Colorado - 6,090.76 per 100,000 people
South Carolina - 5,972.84 per 100,000 people
Arkansas - 5,898.75 per 100,000 people
Oklahoma - 5,869.82 per 100,000 people
Washington - 5,758.57 per 100,000 people
Tennessee - 5,658.30 per 100,000 people
Oregon - 5,609.89 per 100,000 people
Missouri - 5,604.78 per 100,000 people
(Source)

Yeah, many cities are getting worse. That doesn't change the fact that they're not all that dangerous compared to previous years, or that rural areas aren't seeing the same types of increases.

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TrouveDogg t1_iu1hszc wrote

This is hilarious. I'd love to have seen this and heard the dialogue.

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caged_jon t1_iu1r3zj wrote

Werner Herzog called it:

>"When two persons in search of a Pokémon clash at the corner of Sunset and San Vicente is there violence? Is there murder?"

An interviewer asked about -- and explained -- Pokemon Go to Herzog and this was his immediate question on it.

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yaosio t1_iu1rypp wrote

I knew a kid that loved Crusader Kings, Civilization, Europa Universalis, riding around on donkeys while drunk, and the working class. His name? Andrew Ryan.

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coeranys t1_iu26qfn wrote

Fuck you, Wesley Bell, there is nothing inherently childish about playing a game on your phone.

The rest of what they got up to though, for sure.

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