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Like what is the Neeson movie? I have a certain set of skills, right? Yeah. So that's, those are power fantasies that allow us to live vicariously and be fulfilled by this thing that we can't, as you said earlier, we can't exude ourselves. So there's this other interpretation that I found that was really interesting that used the words moral disengagement.

Oh, like, you know, the rules, but you don't care. Yeah. Right. So we, as members of the audience. get to look at this character like John Wick again, we'll say, and suspend our ethical standards temporarily in order to rationalize extremely violent or angry, wrathful behavior as justifiable in that context, something that we know we would never do.

Oh, like, you know, the rules, but you don't care. Yeah. Right. So we, as members of the audience. get to look at this character like John Wick again, we'll say, and suspend our ethical standards temporarily in order to rationalize extremely violent or angry, wrathful behavior as justifiable in that context, something that we know we would never do.

My first experience with that, like really recognizing it was John Rambo, right? First Blood. I saw First Blood. I was like, this guy is killing police officers in an incredibly violent way. And he, yet he is just a guy returning from the war that nobody understands. He deserves to have this. He deserves this retribution to serve it to others who deserve his wrath.

My first experience with that, like really recognizing it was John Rambo, right? First Blood. I saw First Blood. I was like, this guy is killing police officers in an incredibly violent way. And he, yet he is just a guy returning from the war that nobody understands. He deserves to have this. He deserves this retribution to serve it to others who deserve his wrath.

And where does that possibly come from? In my head, it should not belong there, right? And yet it's viscerally satisfying to watch that happen.

And where does that possibly come from? In my head, it should not belong there, right? And yet it's viscerally satisfying to watch that happen.

You know, I'm really glad you said that because I think that's sort of the next logical step is to say, look, is all this violent media and video games? We spent our pre-show chat talking about just the levels to which we will go to kill video game characters. Like I am a straight up murderer of Mongols, right?

You know, I'm really glad you said that because I think that's sort of the next logical step is to say, look, is all this violent media and video games? We spent our pre-show chat talking about just the levels to which we will go to kill video game characters. Like I am a straight up murderer of Mongols, right?

Like that's just, and I've spent a hundred hours in this one particular game and now I'm moving on fighting for the revolution. And I love living in those spaces, but they're very violent, inarguably violent, right? So you ask the question, what really is the relationship between media violence and real world aggression? And it turns out it's mixed, right?

Like that's just, and I've spent a hundred hours in this one particular game and now I'm moving on fighting for the revolution. And I love living in those spaces, but they're very violent, inarguably violent, right? So you ask the question, what really is the relationship between media violence and real world aggression? And it turns out it's mixed, right?

There are many studies that come out and say, you know what, there's a part of it that just experiencing this catharsis actually makes you more chill. than you actually are. There is evidence that says, do violent video games actually have an impact on your violent lifestyle? Are you going to go out and beat people up

There are many studies that come out and say, you know what, there's a part of it that just experiencing this catharsis actually makes you more chill. than you actually are. There is evidence that says, do violent video games actually have an impact on your violent lifestyle? Are you going to go out and beat people up

Probably not were it not for wildly violent cultural and community sort of standards in which you're living. If you live in a community where you are exposed to real life violence, if you grew up in an abusive home, those are the things that actually have a greater trigger and lead to real life violence. And I think that's so interesting. Japan has the highest consumption of violent media.

Probably not were it not for wildly violent cultural and community sort of standards in which you're living. If you live in a community where you are exposed to real life violence, if you grew up in an abusive home, those are the things that actually have a greater trigger and lead to real life violence. And I think that's so interesting. Japan has the highest consumption of violent media.

and yet has extremely low rates of violent crime. Yeah. Why isn't Japan just made up of an island nation of murderers, and yet there they are with very low rates of violent crime?

and yet has extremely low rates of violent crime. Yeah. Why isn't Japan just made up of an island nation of murderers, and yet there they are with very low rates of violent crime?

family yeah whatever everyone is family and it's just like they're the amount of squealing tires and stuff just to get to the nearest applebee's it's yeah it's it is i mean that is i think that's real i don't know if there are any studies on that but i am definitely like alpha case number one that i could watch 15 minutes of ronin and walk out of my house and be a danger to myself and all of a sudden you're driving yeah

family yeah whatever everyone is family and it's just like they're the amount of squealing tires and stuff just to get to the nearest applebee's it's yeah it's it is i mean that is i think that's real i don't know if there are any studies on that but i am definitely like alpha case number one that i could watch 15 minutes of ronin and walk out of my house and be a danger to myself and all of a sudden you're driving yeah

Well, and so I feel like it's, I don't want it to come across like I'm suggesting even a little bit that we should just introduce our young children to more violence in video games and media. Right. Because because it's uncertain. But I think it's it's not it's disingenuous to present the case that violence in media leads to violence in real life because it's uncertain. We just don't.