[ominous]

> video games cause violence

They don't. Nothing harmful can come out of reading a book.

> DnD leads to Satanism

It can't, ever. No subculture can wander so close to satanism that would lead their elements to coopt it.

> TV rots brains

It doesn't. There's no way of consuming TV that has a negative impact on people.

> movies lead to illiteracy

They don't. Having the choice of a movie never prevented anyone from having to practice spending time learning to consume literature.

> books lead to dangerous thought

They don't. Nothing dangerous can be transmited in print.

Well done, everything is harmless.

[2000UltraDeluxe]

I suspect the gp had an implied "/s" and was referring to things like the infamous Chick tracts and so on.

[AlexandrB]

Pretty sure the parent was being sarcastic in response, given obviously false statements like:

> Well done, everything is harmless.

[2000UltraDeluxe]

D'oh!

[booleandilemma]

And HN usage leads to the inability to recognize sarcasm. Google it, it's true.

[MichaelCollins]

Sarcasm in response to sarcasm is evidently twice as easy to miss.

[dghughes]

Isn't the inability to detect sarcasm known to be an early sign of dementia?

[z9znz]

My money is that the reply was itself sarcasm.

[dghughes]

As was mine.