I Rly Hate The Satanic Panic & The Moral Panic Surrounding Violence In Video Games In The 90s, Coz It's

I rly hate the Satanic Panic & the moral panic surrounding violence in video games in the 90s, coz it's now impossible to talk about the social implications of violent video games in a realistic sense.

No, violence in video games does not create serial killers in the way most people imagine it would.

However, it's very important to notice how after 9/11, a lot of violent video games pivoted their content from silly gratuitous cartoon gore to more realistic military shooters set in the Levant from a US American lens. It's also important to notice the connection of these games & their toxic online multi-player voice chats to Gamer Gate in 2014.

It's obviously not as black & white as it was presented in the 80s & 90s, I dont think everyone who played early Call of Duty games is a white supremacist who wants to join the military to kill people in the middle east, but I think it's dangerous to pretend like video games or any media can't have an impact on the way people think about violence.

I think what makes all the difference here is how that violence is portrayed, what the message behind it is, what the motives are behind the people who crafted that message, who the victims of that violence are, how they are portrayed & the greater cultural context that surrounds it.

still very angry at writing-prompt-s lol. actually i'm angry at that entire circlejerk going around trying to convince everyone that the palestinians on tumblr are all bots but writing-prompt-s is someone who has a big presence on this site and who knows what kind of damage they're causing by enabling this rhetoric that real ass people trying to survive a genocide are bots trying to scam you. idk i know this isn't productive but i'm feeling really petty right now and i really wanna see them get destroyed for this. cancel writing-prompt-s we as a collective deserve a writing prompt based blog that's run by someone who actually cares about people dying

An Update on Siraj's Fundraiser

Siraj (@siraj2024) has asked me to share some more about his story with you all. He's been setting smaller, $10k goals for his GFM and recently reached $20k, alhamdulilah! His next goal is to hit $30k, and I know we can get him there together.

He sent me this message and asked me to share it:

"We are a family of five members, a husband, wife, and 3 children, who are experiencing the harshest kinds of suffering in the ongoing war on Gaza. Suddenly, suddenly, without warning, without warning messages, warplane and artillery missiles rained down on us from every direction! For a few minutes, it was the story of our displacement, forced displacement, fleeing from death to death, children screaming, adults suffering, without anything left except our souls that are tired of all this crime! After our sixth displacement, my family lives in extremely hot tents, full of epidemics and diseases, lacking the minimum necessities of life, and unfit for human living. What we are asking is to help us build our home to get out of the bitter and difficult life in tents. Help us, you are our great hope."

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Donate to Support Siraj's Family in Rebuilding Their Home, organized by Ahmad Abudayeh

hi, my name is ahmad and I'm raising a fund for my cousin Siraj and thi… Ahmad Abudayeh needs your support for Support Siraj's Family in Reb

Siraj and his family have gone through unimaginable suffering, and they are asking for our help. Please donate what you can to their fundraiser; if you don't have the means, copy the link and send it to someone you know who can donate. Reblog Siraj's posts and share his GFM with others. His next goal is extremely attainable, so let's get him there as quickly as possible!

Please note that Siraj's GFM has been vetted and verified and can be found in line 223 (labeled 219) of this google doc.

SHAHED IS FACING AN EMERGENCY!

Shahed Muhammad @shahednhall is a 21 year old college student and photographer who has now become the sole provider for her large family. She has five younger siblings and two parents who have fallen ill. For the past few months she has been fundraising for her entire family to escape genocide. She just signed her family up for evacuation with the Egyptian Hala travel agency but they told her if she doesn't provide the full fee soon, her family will get split up!

If the threat of her imminent death and/or family separation isn't enough for you, @journalsforpalestine is running a raffle to give away an ornate journal , @magnus-rhymes-with-swagness is offering commissions, and @quicksilver is running an art raffle. i am also offering commissions, check my pinned post.

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Donate to Help Shahd in Gaza!, organized by Shahed Muhammad

Have you ever experienced seeing your dream broken in front of your eyes and not being able to do … Shahed Muhammad needs your support for H

current progress:

$49,400 / $80,000

THIS IS EXTREMELY URGENT. WE NEED TO RAISE ~$30K USD WITHIN SEVEN DAYS. PLEASE DONATE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. IF YOU CANNOT DONATE, SHARE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION. LEAST OF ALL FOR HER.

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Why did god decide to come down to earth with us?

wanted to feel full. wanted a mom. wanted to love and be loved in fleshy, leaky ways. wanted, most of all, to kill himself. owed it all to the prophets whose bodies broke under him centuries before