I noted that the people who stopped playing video games after highschool are the ones with real hobbies and are genuinly interesting people while all the "gamers" are betas who only care about videogames and are always preoccupied with them every second they get. To the point where they have no hobbies other than gaming. They go to work, come home to game, and repeat every day.
There are studies being done discussing the negative effects of gaming, and how they are now specifically engineered to keep you hooked with positive feedback loops, gambling mechanics, etc. These mechanics are primarily found in zoomer games like fortnite, which had over 8 BILLION man hours logged last year.
How will grown men mature and improve themselves and society when they are stuck being children?
No, Fentanyl is. Video games are modern arcade games.
Gabriel Lewis
I only play vidya when an interesting game comes out, and only recreationally. No more than 5 hours a day and no more than 3 days a week.
All these losers who play vidya more than 8 hours a day are loser incels.
Carson Butler
Stay mad n00b
Julian Cox
They mostly stopped making good single player games like Half Life and instead everything is a shallow open world game that takes hundreds of hours to complete with no payoff or some meme multiplayer shooter with gambling.
Nathaniel Gutierrez
I play video games because I’m sad and feel like every time I go outside I’m forced to put on a act. There’s so many people where I live yet it seems like there 5000000 miles away from me, I can’t make a meaningful connection with anyone god knows I’ve tried. I know it sounds gay but I wish I could just cry in a women’s arms... don’t even care about sex
I would gladly take H over fent though.... that exists bro. professional cuddlers see if there is one in your area cuddlist.com/
Parker Gonzalez
>no difference between regular video games and paying for items in Fagnite (a FREE game) Just like watching porn and cutting your dick off becuase of tranny hypnosis videos are the exact same thing.
Blake Gray
Why on earth would I want to be a productive member of society? Until very recently because of some unexpected legal issues my life was fucking made. I worked full time and had over a grand a month in play money which I could use to pay down my car faster or buy stuff. I won my house with no mortgage and my car loan is almost halfway paid off. were it not for these legal troubles i wouldve been debt free next summer and living the fucking wet dream of the single life. Now I am set back a few years. maybe forever if I am convicted of this felony. But that is neither here nor there. I dont like people. Sex is great but it is something that I can live without. Though I have been flirting with this six who works at the grocery store.
>be me(37yo family man) >old buddy from high school calls up >he asks me how things were then he asked "so do you still play video games?" >me: "n-not really user" >this dude straight up ends the conversation there >never hear from him again
>how they are now specifically engineered to keep you hooked with positive feedback loops, gambling mechanics, etc. These mechanics are primarily found in zoomer games like fortnite, which had over 8 BILLION man hours logged last year. games like these are cancer and should be banned, and luckily not all games are like this
He enjoys life more than you. The single life is amazing.
Dylan Allen
tell that to Jow Forums and NEET larpers
Jeremiah Cox
Opium remains popular. Video games are an escape. People who escape reality have a difficult time building a life in reality, and some, to the point where they have no life at all, and it's all about their vidya game of choice.
Jordan Gray
>These mechanics are primarily found in zoomer games like fortnite
>lol wait 5 minutes for a game to start. BOOM head shot in first 30 seconds. wait 5 more minutes to do it again
I guess i am both? I work to cover expenses andbuy nice things. Beyond coworkers and family(and the grocery store chick) i dont talk to anyone. im in legal trouble for breaking that rule. told a guy his car sounds like its dying at a red light and then brake check him. he gets in my window threatening me and lies to cops saying i pulled a gun on him. i will always live the single loner life. people suck.
you need to find a purpose. Occupy your time with a hobby or duties. Even a walk in the park can work wonders. In this modern day and age we have lost the connection to our roots, to mother nature. Seriously, if you'll get out more often, you will start to feel so mich better, be motivated, and do more productive things than playing vidya.
The same people that are sucking their faggot pens too.
Asher Clark
I used to be very much into video games when I was younger. It was a crutch for a lack of a social life thanks to me being an extreme introvert. As I got older and became more social, I found myself playing video games less and less. One day I was playing smash with my friend, I turned to him and asked "do you ever feel like playing video games is a waste of time?", and he replied "not really, as long as you're having fun, what's the problem?". I just shrugged and continued playing, but after I got home, I thought about how there must be more to life than just pure pleasure with no rewards. And that was the last time I played a video game, it's been five years. Lost that guy as a friend too because all he wanted to do was play vidya all the time. I took up rock climbing and it was a great decision on my part. I also spend a lot more time on here, which is fine, because at least I learn things and get good book recommendations.
My brother plays lots of video games though even at 28. Like, his life revolves around it and his real life social skills are severely fucked because of it. It's sad but unfortunately there's nothing I can do about it.
Elijah Davis
The most recent console I own is a GameCube. I still play through classic SNES/N64 games from time to time but I stopped caring about new games when everything became a first person shooter. As a 30yo boomer with a house and a growing family I don’t have time or the desire to play anything that’s designed to take hundreds of hours to complete.
Sebastian Wilson
If you spend that same amount of time learning to play an instrument you would become very good, very quickly.
it may not seem addicting on the surface, but these mechanics are purposely at the core of the game to generate as many shekels and hours from you as possible. They literally harvest entire generations of men.
However I dont think its the direct cause, such societal issues aren't black and white. Due to the rise in mental illness such as depression, anxiety disorders etc, digital worlds and simple dopameme loops help fill that void. Its a dangerous set of behaviours that grow in tandem.
Its just like how potheads will only talk to you if you also smoke pot. Otherwise when you quit the green jew suddenly you have nothing in common.
How do I stop playing video games? It brings me zero pleasure and takes easily 6h+ of my day
Landon Mitchell
first, you have to stop cooming
William Morris
>genuinly interesting people lmao nope The real question is, why have shills become so against video games and porn?
Grayson Garcia
I play a few hours a week. Like anything else the addicts get all the attention.
James Thomas
wow ur a fag
Sebastian Wilson
I do it like once a week, what else?
Hunter Carter
>Video games are modern arcade games. FALSE.
Cooper Martinez
This.
Wyatt Walker
get introspective and think about what you really want to do. not what others want you to do or what your friends want you to do or what society thinks you should do or what your ego thinks you should do but think and feel what you want to do and then do that. you have to replace video games with something that is more fulfilling to you
Nicholas Jones
Based braphog poster
Grayson Flores
>feel like every time I go outside I’m forced to put on a act
I'm going with no, they aren't modern opium because they get really boring after a while.
Julian Wood
>BRO IF YOU CANT RELATE TO THE MODERN NPC YOU'RE MENTALLY ILL spoken like true leaf
Ryan Gomez
kek
Matthew Lopez
I have 1,100 hours playing team fortress 2. I’m a really good scout and sniper. But damn that shit freaked me out. I’m 21, and the reality is I’ve spent over an entire month, 1/252 (21 years x 12 months in a year) of my life playing this game. I have a part time job now ($12 an hour, but $18 on Sundays) that I suspect I’ll stick with until May or June of next year, because I haven’t had a summer where I’ve enjoyed myself and had money in my pocket in years, but I’m going to be careful about video games moving forward. Going out into the real world, going to the beach with friends, I get this thing that hits me like ‘Why don’t I do this more I feel like this is exactly what I needed’.
Easton Harris
The best thing that happened to me in the late 90s was getting a Sega Saturn while everyone else got a Playstation or N64. The Saturn didn't come out with enough good games, I lost interest in video games, then started playing guitar and skateboarding, and ended up a halfway balanced and functioning adult.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE ARRIVED AT SAUDI OIL SITE WAR IS COMING SOON
Nathaniel Powell
>They mostly stopped making good single player games
Underrail just got a huge expac and a new Touhou just came out. Stop playing AAA games. No good game has ever had a budget that big.
Cooper Ramirez
Mostly I play games when I come home from work because I find work draining and don't want to do anything else. When I have the opportunity to do things on days off, videogames are the most cost efficient method of entertainment.
I play vidya for one hour a week. Honestly any more and I get tired of it. Everything in moderation.
Alexander Richardson
>Are video games the modern opium? Worse, as it's still completely accepted as a harmless pastime by most of society, and yet can be just as detrimental to a person's life.
I came to this realization very recently and I've cut myself off from them for good.
I'm literally getting withdrawals from not playing games and even dreaming about them, but I know it's for my own good. I've played games virtually every single day for over twenty years now, and they've ruined many aspects of my life.
I have uninstalled all my games many times, but having the internet allows me to just reinstall them whenever I start craving them again, so yesterday I did something drastic, but necessary.
I changed the email on every single game account that would allow it to a 10 minute email address, and then once the email was changed, I opened up a random password generator and changed the password every account. Then, for the accounts that would not accept the 10 minute email as being valid, I changed them to a gmail account that has no recovery options whatsoever, then I changed the password to the gmail account to a randomly generated password that I did not save.
I have completely locked myself out of these accounts.
I did this for Steam, my Blizzard account, Runescape, League of Legends, and some others. I just thew away thousands of dollars worth of games and tens of thousands of hours of progress in these games.
This is the beginning of a new life for me, and I thank God that He gave me the strength to go through with it.
I MUST PLAY ONE MORE GAME AAAAAARRRRRRRGHH JUST ONE MORE, PROMISE OYOOOOOOOOOOOOORG AHHHHHHHHHHHRG NO, I DON'T WANT TO STOP, I WANT TO PLAY MOOOOOOOORE, I WANT MY DOPAMINE SHOT NOOOOOOOOOOOW GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I asked myself what I was looking for before I'd sit down, and what was lacking when I got bored. I came to the conclusion that friends, a sense of community, self improvement/working for bigger picture payoff were my motivations and games weren't a real way to get it.
Brandon Lopez
Right, no one is ever mentally ill... and of course it's coming from Sweden.
You don't get to talk down to any one Achmed.
Angel Morris
GOTTTAA PLAY ONE MORE AAAAAAAAAAAAA JUST ONE MORE GAME JUST 1 MORE MATCH I WANT THAT SHINY PIXEL GUN AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
DuckDuckGo Timothy McVeigh And yeah, they don't sell that kind of fertilizer anymore, because Timothy McVeigh
Cameron Sullivan
I uninstall my games but I keep installing them back anyway. But if it's not video gaming, it's shitposting internet surfing, which is a worst problem. I've just too much time to waste.
Ethan Adams
>I uninstall my games but I keep installing them back anyway. I had the same problem, which is why I completely locked myself out of every account. Now I would have to repurchase every game if I wanted to reinstall them, and that's not something I'm willing to do.
Joseph Diaz
I would rather be a schizoid than be mind mindbogglingly retarded.
