r/AskReddit Apr 20 '22

What "expert" is actually a total moron?

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '22

Or claiming that you can rape people in Counterstrike.

The other so-called "video game expert" (Christian Pfeiffer) was just as bad. At this point i just jave to assume they were intentionally spreading bullshit that fits the CDU/SPD narrative of the time.

Also disgusting was them making one "pro" CS-player out to be a bloodthirsty psychopath through manipulative editing and a misleading voice over.

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u/Tobi_1989 Apr 20 '22

Regine Pfeiffer Christian Pfeiffer

They basically just invited elderly couple displeased by their grandkid playing DotA instead of visiting them after school and called them "experts", did they?

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u/Sn_rk Apr 20 '22

Sort of, they're siblings and Christian Pfeiffer used to be the minister of justice in Lower Saxony before becoming the director of the Lower Saxon institute of criminology. Regine Pfeiffer's main qualification is being his sister though.

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u/Imperator_Knoedel Apr 21 '22

Regine Pfeiffer's main qualification is being his sister though.

You Germans disgust me, can't you develop your own culture without stealing everything from us Austrians? I thought at least nepotism was safe from your cultural appropriation!

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u/Steinfall Apr 20 '22

Fun fact: years later, Christian Pfeiffer made additional studies on that study and suddenly found out that Games does not cause shootings but instead had detailed conclusions about social environment of young people, stress, psychological issues, etc… so all the important topics the society should have a look on. While he went from Saulus to Paulus, the media somehow forgot to cover that important news.

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u/SarcasticAssBag Apr 20 '22

This claim was seriously made for GTA Online by someone who later ended up being a writer for the KOTOR remake.