Luigi Mangione Played 'Among Us,' Breathes Air
2 years ago by Otter to c/technology
It's a weird headline, but the discussion is around how journalists and the public look through internet history in cases like this. Some of it is helpful, some of it is not.
In particular, it's a response to this article:
The game in this case being AmongUs...
Monday night, NBC News published an article with the headline “’Extremely Ironic’: Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Slaying Played Video Game Killer, Friend Recalls.” This article is currently all over every single one of my social media feeds, because it is emblematic of the type of research I described above. It is a very bad article whose main reason for existing is the fact that it contains a morsel of “new” “information,” except the “information” in this case is that Luigi Mangione played the video game Among Us at some point in college.
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/72744
Fact: %100 of serial killers have drank water.
If we ban water for everyone, we can stop serial killers for once and all.
It's used in everything from pesticides to baby formula... when are people going to wake up to the dangers it poses?
Seriously, do you have any idea how bad it would be for the economy if we did that? You guys wants us becoming as poor as europeans?? Look you have to let the free market decide which chemicals do and don't go into your body. If I were a grandmother I would gladly drown in dihydrogen monoxide just so my children could work more hours in the excel factory. It's what Adam Smith would have wanted!
I heard that it is in all things we drink! Beer, juice, milk, and even water!
I've heard that almost all meth addicts have tried sugar first
Luigi is sus
luigi broke the coffeepot
On the other hand, every person who has killed a United Healthcare CEO has played Among US, checkmate.
Kinda sus...
woke: doom inspires acts of violence
broke: call of duty inspires acts of violence
bespoke: among us inspires acts of violence
When I was a kid, we played pacman. A literal puck who eats pixels and takes turns chasing ghosts. We turned out fine.
It's not like that's what caused us to go to rave parties, listen to beepy music and pop ecstacy pills.
I saw that same T-Shirt at the mall in 2001.
When I was a kid, I played Civ 3... so I guess, according to cable news, I'd be seen as a genocidal maniac on par with Hitler.
Funny you should mention that, the UHC killer killed 300 bugs in civ iv during his internship with the dev according to his resume.
Expect a knock on your door from the FBI tonight
I've played Postal 2 extensively when I was 8y old and I only piss in peoples mouth at work. I don't even remember when it was the last time I went shopping and burned some alive with a gasoline.
So does AOC and Tim Walz.
The Incredibles. Pretty good Pixar movie
Lol, the rich were hoping to find gruesome shooters like COD or PUBG.
I'm sure they found 3 copies of the sims next to his manifesto
That would almost make me believe that they caused violence. Can't imagine playing on a phone would be anything but frustrating.
Funny, how much hand wringing is going on in the sweaty mainstream media about a guy who merely put down a vicious oligarchy-loving killer. You'd get the impression that media moguls are worried that they're next.
Funny, how much hand wringing is going on in the sweaty mainstream media about a guy who merely put down a vicious oligarchy-loving killer. You'd get the impression that media moguls are worried that they're next.
It's a sign of the time that we're living in. When people find joy in the death of others in a society, the quality of living is exceptionally bad. It's reminiscent of Rome too where the last years of their society were filled with chaos
Or the French revolution, for that matter
Assuming he actually did it
Did prosecutors seriously talk about among us like it is this game that only psychos play? The game is fun! In fact I think I am gonna play it tonight!
I played with coworkers during COVID because we needed something to keep us sane.
I don't play the game very often, but it is a fun game. Even more fun when I am the imposter! Normally I get assigned the boring task as being a regular deck hand.
i'm afraid if i find out he played stardew valley i'm gonna be ravenous for him
Ah yes, the continued trend of the media in the US to shit on gaming as the ills of society's problems, because someone up the chain is scared it makes more than Hollywood slop
Obviously he loves old timey steam trains!
That means that anyone who played Among Us is capable of killing a CEO.
Just saying...
From The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu:
Later, other Adventists based their hatred of the human race on other foundations, not limited to issues such as the environment or warfare. Some raised their hatred to very abstract, philosophical levels. Unlike how they would be imagined later, most of them were realists, and did not place too much hope in the alien civilization they served either. Their betrayal was based only on their despair and hatred of the human race. Mike Evans gave the Adventists their motto: We don’t know what extraterrestrial civilization is like, but we know humanity.
Aliens have never killed anyone
That's what you think
Anyone else remember bowling for Columbine?
No?
Alright.
luigi likes to drink soda.
luigi's car... is red.
green*
ugh yes sorry it's been 20 years since i've seen it :(
I don't even know if we're talking about the same thing so don't feel bad
The article reads like regular internet bad behavior.
there is rarely a single story everyone is talking about and where it is impossible to hold anyone’s attention for more than a few minutes at a time…
Exactly what the press contributes to.
Goes on to suggest digging through old accounts, maybe finding the right person of interest, making stuff up based on what you find, then harassing people associated with the person.
But that’s ok, because it’s “journalism.”
I played the game of Clue a couple of times. That too is a murder simulator and "how to cover your tracks" game.
Of course there's only a small percent of Among Us players that will try to kill a CEO. Be grateful.
I just noticed that he has a nose.
If you've noticed, they're doing everything they can to make him look less attractive. Shitty aspect ratios, bad white balance, editing the picture, terrible focal lengths....
They're scared. It's hilarious, because they're so blatantly obviously scared.
Why does he need suicide watch uniform? Are they planning to Epstein him?
Hmmm, can't tell if he was damn good as an imposter or bad as a crew.... Could be a "completely justified" revenge killing! If only he could have played spy on TF2.
archive version: https://web.archive.org/...
Also here if that goes down https://archive.fo/TBY3d
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I bet the CEO played Monopoly too. Ironic, isn't it?
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