Poll of the Day > Is the disdain towards video games actually class warfare?

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Philoktetes 10/04/17 9:52:38 PM #1:	Throughout my life, I've always noticed video games being looked down upon as something that only lazy idiots and nerds do to entertain themselves. I often find/found myself agreeing. I remember I went to a support group for depression once and it was certainly not the support I was looking for. Instead of other depressed people or the manic pixie dream girl that was going to rescue me from my despair, the entire group was composed of judgmental parents of depressed teens or seemingly unaffected middle aged people who just had nothing better to do on a Sunday night. When it was my turn to talk, one of the judgmental parents was grilling me about my hobbies. I immediately said "video games". The sighs around the room were palpable, as if they all thought, "another lazy, listless youth, tsk..tsk.." I then said I also liked to play guitar, everyone perked up as if playing a musical instrument was a noble, selfless crusade like donating an organ to a stranger. I thought that was silly. I only started because I had this false notion that playing guitar makes you cool. Turns out, I was about 15 years too late for that. These days, I notice a somewhat different, somewhat sinister disdain. Even the young and newly old saying stuff like, "I'm too busy doing stuff in real life to waste time with silly games.", "You should be living life instead of staring at a screen". I've noticed this attitude coming heavily from the middle middle class and up. Especially Type-A people who are really into crossfit or restaurant hopping or travelling or boating. Notice something? Those are expensive hobbies. Video games are not the niche thing they once were. They are a mainstream hobby, and we are in an age of abundance, as long as you don't need to have the very latest, you can play new games nonstop for petty cash. I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars. I can't afford the equipment and league dues to play organized hockey, but I can play 30 consecutive seasons with the same team in NHL 14 for $5. Video games, once a gadget for the children of yuppies, now a tool to appease the misery of the poor and lower middle class. --- I don't think so, Tim. ~~ Pizza Crew ~~ <cite>Philoktetes posted [p:887829306] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote>Throughout my life, I've always noticed video games being looked down upon as something that only lazy idiots and nerds do to entertain themselves. I often find/found myself agreeing. I remember I went to a support group for depression once and it was certainly not the support I was looking for. Instead of other depressed people or the manic pixie dream girl that was going to rescue me from my despair, the entire group was composed of judgmental parents of depressed teens or seemingly unaffected middle aged people who just had nothing better to do on a Sunday night. When it was my turn to talk, one of the judgmental parents was grilling me about my hobbies. I immediately said "video games". The sighs around the room were palpable, as if they all thought, "another lazy, listless youth, tsk..tsk.." I then said I also liked to play guitar, everyone perked up as if playing a musical instrument was a noble, selfless crusade like donating an organ to a stranger. I thought that was silly. I only started because I had this false notion that playing guitar makes you cool. Turns out, I was about 15 years too late for that. These days, I notice a somewhat different, somewhat sinister disdain. Even the young and newly old saying stuff like, "I'm too busy doing stuff in real life to waste time with silly games.", "You should be living life instead of staring at a screen". I've noticed this attitude coming heavily from the middle middle class and up. Especially Type-A people who are really into crossfit or restaurant hopping or travelling or boating. Notice something? Those are expensive hobbies. Video games are not the niche thing they once were. They are a mainstream hobby, and we are in an age of abundance, as long as you don't need to have the very latest, you can play new games nonstop for petty cash. I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars. I can't afford the equipment and league dues to play organized hockey, but I can play 30 consecutive seasons with the same team in NHL 14 for $5. Video games, once a gadget for the children of yuppies, now a tool to appease the misery of the poor and lower middle class.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cacciato 10/04/17 9:56:21 PM #2:	So on today's edition of 'Philoktetes copies and pastes' we have this one. <cite>Cacciato posted [p:887829515] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote>So on today's edition of 'Philoktetes copies and pastes' we have this one.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 10/04/17 9:56:56 PM #3:	--- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:887829551] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SkynyrdRocker 10/04/17 10:01:18 PM #4:	Did you cry the day you realized the angry video game nerd is more Mike than James? <cite>SkynyrdRocker posted [p:887829806] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote>Did you cry the day you realized the angry video game nerd is more Mike than James?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
acesxhigh 10/04/17 10:01:20 PM #5:	Philoktetes posted... I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars. cringe --- http://www.last.fm/user/pr0wnage420 <cite>acesxhigh posted [p:887829810] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>Philoktetes posted...</cite> <quote>I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars.</quote> cringe</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SkynyrdRocker 10/04/17 10:01:44 PM #6:	acesxhigh posted... Philoktetes posted... I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars. cringe Don't worry, it's just a copy pasta <cite>SkynyrdRocker posted [p:887829840] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>acesxhigh posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Philoktetes posted...</cite> <quote>I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars.</quote> cringe</quote> Don't worry, it's just a copy pasta</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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acesxhigh 10/04/17 10:02:58 PM #8:	SkynyrdRocker posted... acesxhigh posted... Philoktetes posted... I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars. cringe Don't worry, it's just a copy pasta someone has to have written this at some point --- http://www.last.fm/user/pr0wnage420 <cite>acesxhigh posted [p:887829914] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>SkynyrdRocker posted...</cite> <quote><cite>acesxhigh posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Philoktetes posted...</cite> <quote>I can't afford to drop everything and travel to Europe, but I can travel Skyrim for under $10 shipped. I can't afford the fuel, car depreciation, maintenance, and time off work to drive around the country, but I can walk around a vast nuclear wasteland in Fallout 3 for single digit dollars.</quote> cringe</quote> Don't worry, it's just a copy pasta</quote> someone has to have written this at some point</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 10/04/17 10:30:12 PM #9:	When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10? --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:887831468] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote>When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cruddy_horse 10/04/17 10:40:53 PM #10:	Revelation34 posted... When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10? On a steam sale probably. --- equo ne credite! <cite>Cruddy_horse posted [p:887832120] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote>When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10?</quote> On a steam sale probably.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 10/04/17 10:45:25 PM #11:	Cruddy_horse posted... Revelation34 posted... When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10? On a steam sale probably. They don't ship anything though. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:887832381] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>Cruddy_horse posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote>When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10?</quote> On a steam sale probably.</quote> They don't ship anything though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cruddy_horse 10/04/17 11:06:13 PM #12:	Revelation34 posted... Cruddy_horse posted... Revelation34 posted... When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10? On a steam sale probably. They don't ship anything though. Look, you're asking to put logic to a copy/paste TC probably stole from cringy turbo-nerd website, I'm doing my best here. --- equo ne credite! <cite>Cruddy_horse posted [p:887833519] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Cruddy_horse posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote>When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10?</quote> On a steam sale probably.</quote> They don't ship anything though.</quote> Look, you're asking to put logic to a copy/paste TC probably stole from cringy turbo-nerd website, I'm doing my best here.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrndNhbrHdCEman 10/05/17 12:24:48 AM #13:	https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3836497 --- Official nosy neighbor and gossip http://imgur.com/uGKwGsK <cite>FrndNhbrHdCEman posted [p:887837500] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote>https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3836497</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
blackhrt 10/05/17 12:35:49 AM #14:	Cruddy_horse posted... Revelation34 posted... Cruddy_horse posted... Revelation34 posted... When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10? On a steam sale probably. They don't ship anything though. Look, you're asking to put logic to a copy/paste TC probably stole from cringy turbo-nerd website, I'm doing my best here. And we appreciate that! 8D --- "I live my life 3 videogames at a time. Nothing else matters. Not the mortgage, not my clan and their BS. For those 3 games or less, I'm free." <cite>blackhrt posted [p:887838021] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>Cruddy_horse posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Cruddy_horse posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote>When the fuck has Skyrim ever been $10?</quote> On a steam sale probably.</quote> They don't ship anything though.</quote> Look, you're asking to put logic to a copy/paste TC probably stole from cringy turbo-nerd website, I'm doing my best here.</quote> And we appreciate that! 8D</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cacciato 10/05/17 12:42:28 AM #15:	FrndNhbrHdCEman posted... https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3836497 There we go. <cite>Cacciato posted [p:887838270] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...</cite> <quote>https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3836497</quote> There we go.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 10/05/17 4:43:07 AM #16:	FrndNhbrHdCEman posted... https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3836497 Doesn't load for me. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:887844817] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...</cite> <quote>https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3836497</quote> Doesn't load for me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Knack3 10/05/17 4:51:34 AM #17:	<cite>Knack3 posted [p:887844982] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dancer62 10/05/17 5:32:43 AM #18:	Nah. Retired doctoral-level professional, built my first homemade video game as a teenager in 1961. Played video/computer games all my life. Also golfer, tournament martial artist, dancer-choreographer, sports car enthusiast/tuner, student pilot. Video games help keep me young and keep my reflexes sharp. My son has played video games all his life. Engineer, commercial pilot/instructor, weekend sailor, sports car enthusiast, musician/composer. My grandchildren play video games. Anyone with a disdain for video games is just ignorant. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less <cite>dancer62 posted [p:887845747] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote>Nah. Retired doctoral-level professional, built my first homemade video game as a teenager in 1961. Played video/computer games all my life. Also golfer, tournament martial artist, dancer-choreographer, sports car enthusiast/tuner, student pilot. Video games help keep me young and keep my reflexes sharp. My son has played video games all his life. Engineer, commercial pilot/instructor, weekend sailor, sports car enthusiast, musician/composer. My grandchildren play video games. Anyone with a disdain for video games is just ignorant.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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adjl 10/05/17 10:24:35 AM #20:	PyroBlade1985 posted... Those people can't stand the industary. You be fair, the video game industry has a whole lot of bullshenanigans going on, especially at the AAA level. You can love the medium while still hating the crap the industry insists on pulling. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:887854160] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>PyroBlade1985 posted...</cite> <quote>Those people can't stand the industary.</quote> You be fair, the video game industry has a whole lot of bullshenanigans going on, especially at the AAA level. You can love the medium while still hating the crap the industry insists on pulling.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 10/05/17 12:21:55 PM #21:	dancer62 posted... Nah. Retired doctoral-level professional, built my first homemade video game as a teenager in 1961. Played video/computer games all my life. Also golfer, tournament martial artist, dancer-choreographer, sports car enthusiast/tuner, student pilot. Video games help keep me young and keep my reflexes sharp. My son has played video games all his life. Engineer, commercial pilot/instructor, weekend sailor, sports car enthusiast, musician/composer. My grandchildren play video games. Anyone with a disdain for video games is just ignorant. Nobody believes this post. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:887860262] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>dancer62 posted...</cite> <quote>Nah. Retired doctoral-level professional, built my first homemade video game as a teenager in 1961. Played video/computer games all my life. Also golfer, tournament martial artist, dancer-choreographer, sports car enthusiast/tuner, student pilot. Video games help keep me young and keep my reflexes sharp. My son has played video games all his life. Engineer, commercial pilot/instructor, weekend sailor, sports car enthusiast, musician/composer. My grandchildren play video games. Anyone with a disdain for video games is just ignorant.</quote> Nobody believes this post.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rockies 10/05/17 12:28:24 PM #22:	I don't get why this guy just posts copypastas, does he think this is 4chan? <cite>Rockies posted [p:887860654] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote>I don't get why this guy just posts copypastas, does he think this is 4chan?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dancer62 10/05/17 3:43:28 PM #23:	Revelation34 posted... dancer62 posted... Nah. Retired doctoral-level professional, built my first homemade video game as a teenager in 1961. Played video/computer games all my life. Also golfer, tournament martial artist, dancer-choreographer, sports car enthusiast/tuner, student pilot. Video games help keep me young and keep my reflexes sharp. My son has played video games all his life. Engineer, commercial pilot/instructor, weekend sailor, sports car enthusiast, musician/composer. My grandchildren play video games. Anyone with a disdain for video games is just ignorant. Nobody believes this post. Believe what you will. All true. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less <cite>dancer62 posted [p:887871583] in Is the dis... [t:75845276]...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>dancer62 posted...</cite> <quote>Nah. Retired doctoral-level professional, built my first homemade video game as a teenager in 1961. Played video/computer games all my life. Also golfer, tournament martial artist, dancer-choreographer, sports car enthusiast/tuner, student pilot. Video games help keep me young and keep my reflexes sharp. My son has played video games all his life. Engineer, commercial pilot/instructor, weekend sailor, sports car enthusiast, musician/composer. My grandchildren play video games. Anyone with a disdain for video games is just ignorant.</quote> Nobody believes this post.</quote> Believe what you will. All true.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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