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New York sues Valve for 'letting children and adults illegally gamble' with loot boxes (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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The lawsuit aims to "stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York\u2019s laws."

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[+] -10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, I agree the whole "video games cause violence" thing is incredibly stupid.

I don't think having a dumb opinion about something discredits your other opinions though. They should each be taken on their own merits.

You'll have a hard time convincing someone to change their mind if you just write them off because one of their opinions is dumb.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I didn't write them off, just said they wanted to reinforce their position with something dumb, which has the opposite effect.

    This is not a quote of something they said some other time about other topic, this was on the and breath.

    To be clear, fuck loot boxes, hope they are banned. That's why it's bad to shot yourself in the foot appearing either uninformed or actively lying.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    They are related opinions. If I read some diet and exercise advice that includes how to remove the negative energy from my crystals then I'm not going to waste time seeing if the other advice is valid.

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