Current Events > Hard pill to swallow: "Gaming" is incredibly unhealthy

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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 7:49:25 AM
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Almost everything about gaming is terrible for your well-being.

  • Its a complete waste of time.. youre never going to make money off of it unless you commit 100% of your time to it.
  • Unlike other hobbies (like sports) you will not have any health benefits from it... In fact if youre sitting around playing video games you are likely sitting for long periods of time and getting progressively more out of shape.
  • Staring at screens is terrible for your vision.


thats just a couple things... I could literally list like 15 more terrible things about gaming but you already get the point.... Gaming is literally addictive like smoking.

Kids be playing fortnight and placing so much value on the game that they neglect to go to the bathroom and end up shitting their pants because they cant take a 5 minute poop break.... Yes, this is true... Youve seen the meme online of the mom telling her son to go to the bathroom... Ive known people IRL who acted like this so its a real life problem... video below just to back up my claim

https://youtu.be/GTomMm61Ixw

Nobody neglects pooping so they can keep playing baseball outside with their friends.

Gaming is inherently toxic behavior and the fact that people identify as gamers is cringey as fuck but it makes sense when you consider that people who smoke cigarettes label themselves as smokers.

gamers == smokers

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Flauros
05/17/21 7:50:47 AM
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Be nice to my boi creeperman90. He taught me how to speak cursive.

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BroodRyu
05/17/21 7:51:00 AM
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Im surprised TC has made it this long.
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viewmaster_pi
05/17/21 7:52:19 AM
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na yeh...

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CyricZ
05/17/21 7:52:20 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
Nobody neglects pooping so they can keep playing baseball outside with their friends.
Runners literally shit their pants so they can keep running.

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DeadlyNinjaBees
05/17/21 7:52:21 AM
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It's better than doing nothing, which is what a lot of other people do with their time, honestly.
Having hobbies is important. Some people just watch Netflix like fucking zombies. Gamers at least are DOING something and interacting with shit. Plus challenge and all that.

I personally cannot do it for more than 2 hours at a time, but have done in the past can see why some people would regularly.

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Slayerblade11
05/17/21 7:53:05 AM
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everything is unhealthy when done in extremes
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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 7:55:32 AM
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Slayerblade11 posted...
everything is unhealthy when done in extremes
Gaming has no benefits whatsoever.

If you play basketball 30 minutes a day, youre actually working out and getting some cardio done.

Gaming 30 minutes of your day you are just wasting your life... Go read a book.
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ShyOx
05/17/21 7:56:52 AM
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Mane FF7 Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG taught me to read brah

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Solar_Crimson
05/17/21 7:57:44 AM
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TC, how do you feel about people who binge TV shows and films for hours?

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justaguy3492
05/17/21 7:58:19 AM
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he posts on a videogame forum.

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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 7:58:30 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
TC, how do you feel about people who binge TV shows and films for hours?
Also a complete waste of time.
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RadiantJoyrock
05/17/21 7:58:34 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
Gaming has no benefits whatsoever.

If you play basketball 30 minutes a day, youre actually working out and getting some cardio done.

Gaming 30 minutes of your day you are just wasting your life... Go read a book.
Stress relief, problem solving, hand eye coordination. Three benefits there.
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lww99
05/17/21 7:59:44 AM
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Fair enough. I started playing a new game that keeps me up til 5 am, cutting into sleep.

and it hurts my legs from sitting for 7 hours straight

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Slayerblade11
05/17/21 7:59:53 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
Gaming has no benefits whatsoever.

If you play basketball 30 minutes a day, youre actually working out and getting some cardio done.

Gaming 30 minutes of your day you are just wasting your life... Go read a book.

As a kid good chunk of my vocabulary was formed from reading in video games. They have more educational value than sports.

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lww99
05/17/21 8:00:14 AM
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RadiantJoyrock posted...
Stress relief, problem solving, hand eye coordination. Three benefits there.

it also contributes stress, tbf

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ROOTFayth
05/17/21 8:00:20 AM
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I made a little bit of money from starcraft tourneys, I agree its mostly a waste of time but then again anything thats entertainment could be perceived as a waste of time
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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 8:00:22 AM
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RadiantJoyrock posted...
Stress relief
*throws controller across the room and screams BULLSHIT!! while also pulling hair out of your head*

RadiantJoyrock posted...
problem solving

*Looks up guides online*

RadiantJoyrock posted...
hand eye coordination

*Presses the X button*

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viewmaster_pi
05/17/21 8:00:58 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
*throws controller across the room and screams BULLSHIT!! while also pulling hair out of your head*
lol it's true

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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 8:01:16 AM
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Slayerblade11 posted...
As a kid good chunk of my vocabulary was formed from reading in video games. They have more educational value than sports.
Communicating with other humans also increase your vocabulary.
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Solar_Crimson
05/17/21 8:01:35 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
*throws controller across the room and screams BULLSHIT!! while also pulling hair out of your head*

*Looks up guides online*

*Presses the X button*
I mean, those benefits have actually been stated in studies.

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WashYourHands
05/17/21 8:02:19 AM
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How many healthy benefits do you get from smashing refresh on faqs all day?

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ROOTFayth
05/17/21 8:02:59 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
*throws controller across the room and screams BULLSHIT!! while also pulling hair out of your head*

*Looks up guides online*

*Presses the X button*
never seen my wife throw the controller while playing animal crossing

also I learned english playing RPGs in the 90s, Im french canadian, made the english classes at school pretty much pointless but it was easy to get 100% in tests
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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 8:03:22 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
I mean, those benefits have actually been stated in studies.
You know what else increases hand eye coordination?

motherfucking SPORTS....
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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 8:04:39 AM
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ROOTFayth posted...
never seen my wife throw the controller while playing animal crossing
Your wife also probably doesnt self identify as a gamer... and if she does, its not a huge part of her personality.

And if it is a huge part of her personality shes probably playing other games than AC.
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ROOTFayth
05/17/21 8:06:59 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
Your wife also probably doesnt self identify as a gamer... and if she does, its not a huge part of her personality.

And if it is a huge part of her personality shes probably playing other games than AC.
yeah anyway its not even an argument against gaming, its just an argument against competitive people
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ReturnOfThaJedi
05/17/21 8:11:29 AM
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As opposed to staring at the phone in your hand all day like most people do?

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Thompson
05/17/21 8:18:36 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
Gaming 30 minutes of your day you are just wasting your life... Go read a book.
Yes, let us all start reading Mein Kampf and Mao's Red Book!

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BloodMoon7
05/17/21 8:19:02 AM
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I've been gaming all day. It's 5 AM, time to get ready for my 3 hour sleep and then we can get back to gaming. Yeah!

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Jagr_68
05/17/21 8:19:56 AM
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ROOTFayth
05/17/21 8:21:50 AM
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I used to break mice regularly when I was unlucky at poker, once bought 5 of them at once just in case, I think its better than bottling up these feelings inside
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Heartomaton
05/17/21 8:25:22 AM
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Already know.

Don't care.

Shut the fuck up.

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pikachupwnage
05/17/21 8:26:04 AM
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Fuck off boomer.

Okay we all know its 98% chance you are just a troll but you come off like a boomer who ~40 years later still thinks video games are satanic.

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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 8:26:45 AM
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Heartomaton posted...
Already know.
Good.

Heartomaton posted...
Don't care.

OK.

Heartomaton posted...
Shut the fuck up.

Im typing so my mouth never opened in the first place.
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Solid_Seb
05/17/21 8:27:00 AM
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  1. Your first point indicates anything not making you money is a waste of time, which directly contradicts your encouragement to play sports
  2. you're more likely to injure yourself with sports which negates the health benefits. Theres plenty of ways to exercise that dont involve a high risk of injury for people our age (I assume most people here are 30+), and it only takes an hour or two of free time to do it.
  3. Staring at screens is unavoidable for most of us. If Im going to hurt my eyes Id rather it be on an enjoyable activity. Plus, glasses, contacts and lasik exist so those effects are pretty minimal.
the rest isnt worth replying to.
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Heartomaton
05/17/21 8:29:42 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
Im typing so my mouth never opened in the first place.

Since you're a mouthbreather, I find this highly dubious.

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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 8:31:36 AM
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Solid_Seb posted...
Your first point indicates anything not making you money is a waste of time, which directly contradicts your encouragement to play sports
No, because sports actually benefits you physically when done recreationally.

Solid_Seb posted...
you're more likely to injure yourself with sports which negates the health benefits.

LOL.. no... Heart disease is much more likely to happen if youre sitting around for hours every day playing video games... death is worse than any sports injury you could have.

Solid_Seb posted...
Staring at screens is unavoidable for most of us.
Playing video games is 100% avoidable.

You might have to look at screens for work but if you are playing video games then you are just adding to your problem.
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uwnim
05/17/21 8:37:49 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...


Its a complete waste of time.. youre never going to make money off of it unless you commit 100% of your time to it.
this one is not a bad thing. Doing things that are "wastes of time" some of the time is good for you.

Yes, doing it excessively is bad, but that is the case even for "good" hobbies like sports.

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DestroyerOfEvil
05/17/21 8:40:07 AM
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uwnim posted...
this one is not a bad thing. Doing things that are "wastes of time" some of the time is good for you.

Yes, doing it excessively is bad, but that is the case even for "good" hobbies like sports.
People dont obsessively play sports.

You cant play basketball for 16 hours a day... but if you did you would probably be in ridiculously good shape.
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The Trent
05/17/21 8:40:33 AM
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did anyone mention arthritis or gout

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DespondentDeity
05/17/21 8:41:22 AM
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Finally a good fucking topic

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MedeaLysistrata
05/17/21 8:41:38 AM
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This bait tastes so fucking good

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cadcrafter
05/17/21 8:43:42 AM
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I mean its true.
I never really got why consumption hobbies like watching tv shows or gaming are considered hobbies... I dont feel like im really doing anything constructive with my time with it.

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The Trent
05/17/21 8:44:02 AM
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uwnim
05/17/21 8:49:29 AM
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DestroyerOfEvil posted...
People dont obsessively play sports.

You cant play basketball for 16 hours a day... but if you did you would probably be in ridiculously good shape.
People do obsessively train for and play sports though and cause their health to be much worse than it would be if they kept everything to a reasonable level.

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Prismsblade
05/17/21 9:22:11 AM
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Idk why gaming is generwlly the only hobby in regards to time, and health that society seems to usually have issue with.

Not excessive drinking, smoking, partying or even dating. No, its gaming that's considered the most unproductive and waste of most peoples time. As if that isnt subjective or anything.

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SothaSil
05/17/21 9:23:23 AM
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So we all know who TC is right

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Strider102
05/17/21 9:24:25 AM
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Parasite Eve taught me the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

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Heartomaton
05/17/21 9:24:32 AM
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SothaSil posted...
So we all know who TC is right

A tool?

I know it's LL. And a tool.

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