Is it okay for adults to play videogames?

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Is it okay for adults to play videogames?

#1 Post by Fluminator » Mon May 15, 2023 5:17 pm

I think I lean towards no, but I'm open to arguments to change my mind. There comes a point where you need to live in the real world, and video games are just a form of escapism that is unhealthy.

Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stomp on koopas)
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#2 Post by President Eden » Mon May 15, 2023 5:56 pm

if the real world wanted my attention, it shouldn't have sucked so much

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#3 Post by sweetandcool » Mon May 15, 2023 6:30 pm

Fluminator wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 5:17 pm
I think I lean towards no, but I'm open to arguments to change my mind. There comes a point where you need to live in the real world, and video games are just a form of escapism that is unhealthy.

Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stomp on koopas)
I kind of agree, but kind of disagree. At least, agreeing makes me feel uneasy.

Is there a difference between video games particularly, and recreation generally? Is recreation bad? Does it depend on the recreation? Video games can be educational, can teach strategic thinking, etc. Recreation could be physical and give you exercise. Recreation could also just be drinking copious amounts of booze, which is clearly unhealthy.

I conclude it depends on the type of video games and the frequency of play. Any recreation could be judged positively or negatively in the same scope.
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#4 Post by Octavious » Mon May 15, 2023 6:56 pm

Yes
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#5 Post by jamesa7171 » Mon May 15, 2023 10:34 pm

Is it okay for adults to play Diplomacy?

I think I lean towards no, but I'm open to arguments to change my mind. There comes a point where you need to live in the real world, and Diplomacy is just a form of escapism that is unhealthy.

Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stab Austria)
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#6 Post by Fluminator » Tue May 16, 2023 1:32 pm

Learning how to stab Austria would have been a good life skill for Germany before WW1 started

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#7 Post by brainbomb » Tue May 16, 2023 2:11 pm

Fluminator wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 5:17 pm
I think I lean towards no, but I'm open to arguments to change my mind. There comes a point where you need to live in the real world, and video games are just a form of escapism that is unhealthy.

Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stomp on koopas)
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#8 Post by Doom427 » Tue May 16, 2023 2:28 pm

Looks like I just time traveled to 2003, which is the last time troll bait like this would be believable

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#9 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 16, 2023 6:26 pm

Fluminator wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 5:17 pm
I think I lean towards no, but I'm open to arguments to change my mind. There comes a point where you need to live in the real world, and video games are just a form of escapism that is unhealthy.

Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stomp on koopas)
What do you call your participation on this website?

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#10 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 16, 2023 6:27 pm

Why don't you let people do whatever they want and drop this navel-gazing fake moralising?

Fucking hell.
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#11 Post by jozoe » Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:52 pm

Fluminator wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 5:17 pm
Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stomp on koopas)
Society is so spoiled that if I spend 100 hours a week on a new Diablo instead of communicating with people, I will lose nothing... I will get pleasant emotions from the game instead of spending my resources on other people, adapting to them, their character, their mood... no, please spare me. :sick:

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#12 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:32 pm

jozoe wrote:
Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:52 pm
Fluminator wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 5:17 pm
Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stomp on koopas)
Society is so spoiled that if I spend 100 hours a week on a new Diablo instead of communicating with people, I will lose nothing... I will get pleasant emotions from the game instead of spending my resources on other people, adapting to them, their character, their mood... no, please spare me. :sick:
I love communicating with people. Spending quality social time with people I like is my favourite thing.
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#13 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sun Jul 23, 2023 7:06 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:32 pm
jozoe wrote:
Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:52 pm
Fluminator wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 5:17 pm
Society would be better if people spent more time leveling up real skills and getting experience in practical stuff (instead of learning how to stomp on koopas)
Society is so spoiled that if I spend 100 hours a week on a new Diablo instead of communicating with people, I will lose nothing... I will get pleasant emotions from the game instead of spending my resources on other people, adapting to them, their character, their mood... no, please spare me. :sick:
I love communicating with people. Spending quality social time with people I like is my favourite thing.
Having said that I have also spent the past two hours playing videogames.
There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen. - Lenin.

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