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[–] Mog_fanatic 72 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is probably my biggest gripe with that argument. So, so many people harp on kids and pretty much anyone playing a ton of video games. Then they just sit there and watch movies or the news or scroll social media for hours and hours but somehow that's magically totally fine and different.

[–] Wizard_Pope 58 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

IMO it's even worse. At least when playing a game you are using more of your brain. You train hand eye coordination. You can solve puzzles, train reflexes...

Watching movies or doomscrolling just does nothing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Additionally depending on the game you may be getting social interaction that you are never going to get form your TV.

[–] Wizard_Pope 5 points 3 days ago

Whoch can be a positive as well as a negative. Some communities are toxic af.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

omg this didn't effect me but I had family members who couldn't even watch pokemon due to the concept that you are enslaving animals and that Jessie in team rocket and misty were too rude.

I understand raising your kids but damn talk about being sheltered by your parents.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

damn

Watch that mouth of yours, whippersnapper!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I mean, recognizing that I say this with some jest, Pokémon isn't all that different from dog fighting. Capturing innocent animals and forcing them to fight each other for your entertainment.

[–] Duamerthrax 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Except that it's virtual. Kids weren't being inspired to fight their pets the same why that kids who played Quake weren't inspired to fight in death matches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Yup, WWE is much more harmful than any videogame, because kids actually mimic WWE.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

fully agree, if that was their main reason i would understand, its just the blatant disregard for the actual meaning of the show. As someone who was a pretty big fan up to black/white, their reasoning's for not being able to watch it seems absurd. Like sure you catch Pokemon and force them to fight, 100% valid. It's just judging the entire thing based off the personality style of both TR and Misty seemed ridiculous IMO. Like sure Misty and Jessie weren't amazing on the personality side for the first season or two, but like they did get better, and it was clear that the rudeness wasn't meant to be what the focal point was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I was never a huge fan; more of a passing interest, but I also dropped off after black/white.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

N Was Right

I honestly couldn't play PalWorld because you couldn't even pretend you're all just buddies paling around, you're hitting the poor things with sticks and making steaks out of them when theyre not useful on your plantation anymore Q_Q

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

NGL; it put a sour taste in my mouth when I got to the butcher knife part, I refused to use it lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why do you think depresso is so... depressed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Because his "owner" won't let him play NIN all day, obviously.

[–] FMT99 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I for one love gaming. Also memes about how old people are stupid and deserve our scorn. Love those too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I don't think this is about hating old people, it's about old people who hard on young people for dumb stuff for no reason, while being no better themselves

I've had old people harp on me for playing video games, abd then all they did was sit and watch TV and drink beer

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My dad-in-law is like this, dismisses games as a "time wastin brainrot "then proceeds to sit in the dirty diaper of 'tv news opinions' he just leaves on the tele all day

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah but video games literally are better for your brain than TV. This isn't just being no better than young people, they literally are rotting their brain while the young person playing video games might actually be bettering themselves. It's peak projection.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Or worse, they play their own games, but it's all gambling nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

Why You Should Hate Young People

Because they keep playing those video games, of course!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

*Why you should hate everything and everyone

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And Fox News does not rot your brain?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What about brain-training games?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Those are just well designed video games