Twitter is freaking out right now over news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Jill Jackson, a producer for CBS News, seems to have broken the story on her feed. President Obama has called a news conference…Developing.… [Gawker]
CONFIRMED: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead
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Some perspective:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population#Largest_populations_by_country
United States: 4.5% of the worlds population. Add in maybe another 2% for European nations that might give a crap. That is still only 6.5% of the population that might give a rats ass.
I’d dare say that the rest of 93.5% (plus or minus any who are angered by this) would really feel the same as me… Meh. What ever.
Todays lesson in perspective brought to you by the letter Apathy.
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Perhaps you might think about country no.2 on your list there. India.
They had the Mumbai attacks. While not directly al qaeda they were from Pakistan. I think they might be interested and as this also happens to be the country right next to them. I’m sure Pakistani people would be interested too.
I think your perspective is a little narrow.
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Oh, ok… so we add the 17% (which yes, I will concede, you are right, could be added in there)…
17% + 4.5% (+2% for potential error) is 23.5%… still less than 100%… It’s not even a quarter of the population.
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Milk is also an ingredient in Ice Cream.
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This is not gaming news, so why the FUCK is it on a gaming site
gamejournos.com here you come mr article
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Theoretically, it could be tied to the Medal of Honour game that came out from Danger Close and DICE.
and before people say its big news, sure it is, but i go to smh and news.com.au for this stuff…
Heard this at uni and just tuned into Obama’s press conference. Momentous, historic, crazy news. Feeling a bit stunned.
Is someone dying for some visitor numbers? Seth Abramovitch is!
Might as well explain why I let this go through.
I wasn’t going to write about it because, as some of you guys rightly point out, it’s absolutely nothing to do with games. But when the US guys posted the story I thought, everyone is talking about this, everyone is discussing it – might as well provide a place on Kotaku for gamers to do that.
So think of this post as your place to discuss it, post stupid gifs, photoshops, etc.
If you think it’s a bad idea and shouldn’t be here, I totally respect and understand it – just ignore it and go ahead and check out the other content on the site.
Thanks!
EDIT: This is a major exception. It’s not as though I’ll be allowing any other non-gaming stories through. Totally respect your right to disagree, and feel free to bitch about the decision right here. I don’t mind!
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Whether we like it here or not, thanks for the explanation
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I totally understand the backlash – because when I saw the post my first thought was exactly the same.
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Thanks Mark…
I don’t mind it, or the weekly Science and Business posts.
The world is bigger than games dammit.
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This gif was online before Obama’s speech… The internet works quick on the funnies
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That .gif, and the tagline: Obama, Gettin Shit Done.
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Instant Re-ellection.
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Thanks for ‘splanation Mark.
I for one don’t mind finding this here, as I haven’t actually read any other news today. I would like Kotaku to be a one-stop shop for everything.
Mark, can you arrange it so that Kotaku can tell me what all my friends are up to, manage my calendar for me, and do my internet banking for me too? Ooh, and maybe some sort of eBay link-up too? Then I would never, ever, ever leave. 🙂
Awesome! I’ve been waiting for that game to come out…
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Who is Seth? This is their only post? I don’t get it…
Anyway, I agree that this isn’t really gaming news, and though you can argue that it is world wide news and so should be covered, it is only going to lead to heated debate about terrorism, america and the war in IRAQ.
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I’m guessing someone who works for the Gawker parent company in the US, and as Mark mentioned, this is something the US will go nuts over, so I’m guessing this is a global post on all Gawker media outlets.
Osama Bin Laden really shouldn’t have used his real address on PSN.
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Nice.
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BAM
+100 points, joke of the month
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No. Not Month…
YEAR!!!-
Definitely joke of the year.
lets see someone top that joke.
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You, sir, have just won the internet for today
Concatubrations
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Hahahaha
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Bazinga
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Absolutely brilliant!
I hope this will bring the release dates forward for Syndicate and Descent 4.
In the words of Desmond Miles: ‘eyyy whassa martyr you Osama?
So long as it isn’t a trend, then I don’t mind. This is a pretty big deal after all.
Just read the link… whats the deal with facebook privacy settings?
“UPDATE 6: John King confirms his death at 11:15 p.m. E.T., via an official White House memo. It calls for heightened terror alert state. Adjust your Facebook privacy settings accordingly.”
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That was a comment from the author, the link explains how DoHS provides updates via facebook. Perhaps the author was cynically saying “Block DoHS unless you want to get inundated with “OMFGSECURITYALRTZ!”
Wonder which franchise will be the first to make a DLC or mission on this?
COD? – Task Force 141 / Soap & Ghost takes on Bin Laden in prequel?
Battlefield? – Probably not… they’re probably too busy working the Iranian Menace angel ATM.
Medal of Honor 2? Yeah that could probably work… but please use a different engine in Singleplayer..
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It appears my earlier comment didn’t pass moderation so I’ll say it again:
Burn in hell motherf***er.
Is it better now with the “*”?
And the next crackpot mastermind in Al Queda’s ranks is….
How much spare time do you idiots have to whinge about an article on Osama being dead.. Surely there’s better things you could be doing.. Hey, maybe you can start your own website and put whatever you want up there.
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Uhmm, hypocrite much…
LOL people still think osama was behind september 11th LOL
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I’m pretty sure the Romans were behind the original Sept 11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar
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you are brilliant thistler
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@ richardsmack
I know who you are.. Your one of those hood rats who sit in their mothers basements smoking pot and reading up on conspiracy theories all day .. Let me guess it was the Jews? Or was is the American government who orchestrated it?
@ richardsmack
I know who you are.. Your one of those hood rats who sit in their mothers basements smoking pot and reading up on conspiracy theories all day .. Let me guess it was the Jews? Or was is the American government who orchestrated it? The
So how long until this is in a Call of Duty game?
STAY TUNED 2012!
How many innocent people were killed so they could get their hands on him?
I want to see some real facts, god damn it!
But seriously, I hope wikileaks can leak the mission that got Osama trash laden.
That reminds of that one time… I put my deputy principle’s face on Osama Bin ladin, and sent the picture to his house.
Good times.
CONFIRMED: Emmanuel Goldstein is dead.
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Ah, look at the time, 1984 already…
Who can smell another Call of Duty game coming.
Posting to agree this story has no real place on Kotaku, especially since it’s being plastered over every corner of the internet already. I assume most gamers read genuine news as well as game news… at least I hope so.
But mainly it’s just depressing reading comments from people whooping at the news like some kind of July 4th fireworks show, as though another bullet-ridden corpse is somehow going to bring an end to all the violence and conflict.
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^ this!
Look out a window guys, there is a whole world out there. It’s called RL. Play it.
I had no idea Osama Bin Laden played videogames.
VIDEO GAMES
It is gaming news people.. Everyone knows the recent hack on the psn was the US government trying to obtain Osama’s whereabouts via his psn account..dah!
Psn gets hacked ..2 week later Osama is dead..coincidence?? I think not
great article guys can see you put a lot of effort into this completely irrelevant subject
Guess he’s gunna miss out on the final harry potter movie SADFACE
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>> http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=136013¤tpage=425
full of lols
you are very mistaken if you think the world doesn’t care
check any news paper you want every single one will have this on their front page.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/
etc etc etc
this is massive world news.
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News corp.’s will report just about anything… I care about this news as much as I care about celebrity relationships….. not at all.
I wonder if the seals used wallhacks and aimbots???
I’m disappointed to learn that they buried his body at sea. I can understand why, but I reckon they should have had him stuffed and put on display in the Smithsonian. They could have put funny costumes on him to tie in with events like 4th July, Christmas, Hannukah, gay pride week, etc.
Oh noes! Call the police! Non gaming related article posted on gaming blog! Lock your doors and hide your children! The world is ending!
you guys are insane… giving definitions and shit… how about you go outside and soak up some sunlight… its news, its a news site about gaming im sure kotaku thought it was somehow relevant to Call Of Duty… sigh
Tie this back to gaming… It took the US less time to kill OBL than it did to bring out DNF.
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