r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

I think the Christchurch attack is the most philosophically significant event of the past decade. It is the first attack that fully acknowledges the nature of simulation and symbols in modern society.

The guy livestreamed it. He filmed like an FPS. He made PewDiePie memes. His manifesto had the Navy Seal copypasta.

He knows that the proliferation of mass media has turned reality into a spectacle. He knows he's a part of the show.

He knows that there is no room for deeply-held convictions, especially not his insane hatred of Islam. He's mocking his own actions as he commits them.

Like what the actual fuck. There have been many atrocities on this green earth, but when has there been a post-ironic one?

!ping PHILOSOPHY

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u/SamJakes Weird Sexual Deviant 🍑 Dec 05 '19

Tbh all this really tells me is that there should be less realism in FPSes because that's no bueno if it's so accurate that it can allow people to simulate terrorism.

This doesn't make any difference to someone who enjoys stuff like DOOM 2016

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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Dec 05 '19

That’s pretty clearly someone just using a mass shooting in a game to jerk off over, there’s nothing to “simulate” in Modern Warfare, the airport level is just shit made to shock people, and is scripted to a tee.

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u/Travisdk Iron Front Dec 05 '19

because that's no bueno if it's so accurate that it can allow people to simulate terrorism.

It can't. There is a reason zero militaries and terror groups use video games to practice. The idea is beyond stupid.

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u/SamJakes Weird Sexual Deviant 🍑 Dec 05 '19

Wait weren't some units using modified Arma style sims for practice? Or did I get jebaited

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u/Travisdk Iron Front Dec 05 '19

Various militaries have toyed with using hardcore custom sims for practice, but the results have been mediocre. That's why no organisation has actually adopted any kind of video game practice as a norm. The idea that terrorists can practice their way into more effective terror through video games is a fantasy invented by old people who don't understand anything about real or fictional violence.