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A school shooting videogame made by the parents of a victim aims to change minds about gun control: 'This is not a scary game, it's an educational game' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Anyolduser 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not ridiculous, the odds of either event injuring or killing any particular individual are vanishingly small. A person who worries about school shootings should be positively terrified of climbing ladders or crossing a busy road.

People are really bad at contextualizing risk. Just look at the "stranger danger" scare.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

You’ve moved the goalpost from “odds of happening” to “odds of injury or death”.

I’m sure you’ll move it to “physical injury” when it’s pointed out that a single school shooting has major and long lasting effects on children’s mental health, even if they themselves never even see the shooter.