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Old March 27, 2012, 01:45 PM
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Ignoring all reputable qualitative and quantitative research on the subject, two American politicians have put forward a bill to the House of Representatives that would require video games to have tobacco style labeling warning of the risks to players’ mental health.

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Old March 27, 2012, 01:48 PM
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They should do the Canadian-style warnings that uses the graphic pictures to totally gross you out.

Ugh. I can see the hideous pictures now....

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AAHHHHHH....My EYES!!!!!!!

Seriously, looks like a cool buncha dudes. Except for the guy in the Leafs Jersey. HAH!
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On that note, we should really do a HWC Vancouver meet up.
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In other news, we will also begin labeling books according to how well they meet government-approved criteria for content--we don't want any of that Emmanuel Goldstein stuff sneaking in to confuse our relationship with Eurasia.
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Well if anyone knows the guy pictured in the middle of that photo I work with him here in the states. It’s a scary doppelganger like match.

In the US they will soon follow on the pictures on the smokes and chew, but it will be a few years before warnings on video games. I guess for this what are they going to show a balding, older, overweight, single, bloodshot eye’s, pale (like not seeing the sun forever) that lives in there parents basement with a WOW shirt on his chest? Or the Asian café… I think that dudes been dead a week... somebody poke him with a stick to make sure.
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AAHHHHHH....My EYES!!!!!!!

Seriously, looks like a cool buncha dudes. Except for the guy in the Leafs Jersey. HAH!
How dare you mock me!
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This can't be real therefore I will answer it as a jeapordy question

Which is "When you know government has too much money to spend", Alex

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