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clam the FUCK down: Dec 20, 2013

Video games are great for kids who need to learn things like team work, planning, goal setting, and delaying gratification. Obviously some games are better for kid's development than others.

However, I can't imagine, aside from illness or disability, where and adult spending a significant portion of their day playing video games would be at all appropriate or healthy.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:11

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dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

William Stoner posted:

Video games are great for kids who need to learn things like team work, planning, goal setting, and delaying gratification. Obviously some games are better for kid's development than others.

However, I can't imagine, aside from illness or disability, where and adult spending a significant portion of their day playing video games would be at all appropriate or healthy.

video games are for children, OP

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:13

A Strange Aeon: Mar 26, 2010; You are now a slimy little toad; The Great Twist

�Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.�

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:16

phasmid: Jan 16, 2015; Booty Shaker
SILENT MAJORITY

I enjoy simulated wholesale slaughter. What's your beef with that, dude?

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:16

clam the FUCK down: Dec 20, 2013

I have to go to work today. So I'm bitter.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:18

Enfield: May 30, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

i love video game

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:18

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD: Jan 21, 2007

William Stoner posted:

Video games are great for kids who need to learn things like team work, planning, goal setting, and delaying gratification. Obviously some games are better for kid's development than others.

However, I can't imagine, aside from illness or disability, where and adult spending a significant portion of their day playing video games would be at all appropriate or healthy.

suicide is a sin against god and you probably shouldnt do it

in case you had any ideas, there are mental health forums that can help you on the path to recovery

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:19

glowstick party tonight: Oct 4, 2003; by zen death robot

A Strange Aeon posted:

�Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.�

- Kurt Cobain

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:19

clam the FUCK down: Dec 20, 2013

hth posted:

suicide is a sin against god and you probably shouldnt do it

in case you had any ideas, there are mental health forums that can help you on the path to recovery

Is this not a mental health forum?

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:19

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

William Stoner posted:

Is this not a mental health forum?

im pretty drunk already for a monday morning

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:20

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

gonna go get more booze brb

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:21

clam the FUCK down: Dec 20, 2013

dad gay. so what posted:

im pretty drunk already for a monday morning

same

still have to go into work tho

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:21

phasmid: Jan 16, 2015; Booty Shaker
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dad gay. so what posted:

im pretty drunk already for a monday morning

Keeping track of what day it is = not drunk.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:21

A Strange Aeon: Mar 26, 2010; You are now a slimy little toad; The Great Twist

mdm posted:

- Kurt Cobain

I didn't want to include who said it, since last time I did that, some guy was like "You're just trying to use the name of the person who said that to argue from authority, which makes your point rhetorical bullshit" or something.

I just think that arrangement of words is true and the whole "<x> is for children" argument is silly for the reasons argued in the quote.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:21

Kuato: Feb 25, 2005; "I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"; Buglord

Vibeo games gave me carpal tunnel. I should probably sue Bungie and Activision

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:22

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

William Stoner posted:

same

still have to go into work tho

not me i puked so much i figured id be better off just getting wasteer. also i just found out my fantasy draft is tonight lol this is gonna be a doozy oif a pickle

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:22

Nolan Arenado: May 8, 2009

I don't understand how adults can play video games for like five hours straight. But then again, people probably don't understand how I could watch sports for five hours straight, so I try not to judge.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:22

Smash it Smash hit: Dec 30, 2009; prettay, prettay

dad gay. so what posted:

not me i puked so much i figured id be better off just getting wasteer. also i just found out my fantasy draft is tonight lol this is gonna be a doozy oif a pickle

grab a kicker first round , throw people off their game

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:23

old beast lunatic: Nov 3, 2004; by Hand Knit

Enfield posted:

i love video game

same, all of them.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:23

phasmid: Jan 16, 2015; Booty Shaker
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OctoberBlues posted:

I don't understand how adults can play video games for like five hours straight. But then again, people probably don't understand how I could watch sports for five hours straight, so I try not to judge.

I mean, life's a carnival. Who cares what rides you go on when the end is all the same?

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:23

glowstick party tonight: Oct 4, 2003; by zen death robot

A Strange Aeon posted:

I didn't want to include who said it, since last time I did that, some guy was like "You're just trying to use the name of the person who said that to argue from authority, which makes your point rhetorical bullshit" or something.

I just think that arrangement of words is true and the whole "<x> is for children" argument is silly for the reasons argued in the quote.

sorry I revealed the secret

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:24

A Strange Aeon: Mar 26, 2010; You are now a slimy little toad; The Great Twist

mdm posted:

sorry I revealed the secret

I forgive you, friend.

Maybe it will inspire people to seek out other Kurt Cobain quotes, like "rape me, rape me, my friend" and "what else can I say? everyone is gay".

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:27

Kirk Vikernes: Apr 26, 2004; Count Goatnackh

I like video games. Late at night when everyone else is sleeping, I like to fire up one of my antiquated consoles (modded PS3 and Wii) and play something when I don't feel like watching something on Hulu, Prime, or Netflix and I can't do anything productive without waking people up.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:29

The Protagonist: Jun 29, 2009; The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

William Stoner posted:

I have to go to work today. So I'm bitter.

Why don't you do something you enjoy for a living? smh

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:29

CrashCat: Jan 10, 2003; another shit post

William Stoner posted:

Video games are great for kids who need to learn things like team work, planning, goal setting, and delaying gratification. Obviously some games are better for kid's development than others.

However, I can't imagine, aside from illness or disability, where and adult spending a significant portion of their day playing video games would be at all appropriate or healthy.

Appropriate or healthy in what way? If you just think people should get more exercise, I can't argue with that, but if you're going to sit inside and consume some sort of media during the week it's all about the same to me. I would love to go out and do fun or good things almost every day of the week but it's not feasible. A lot of adults have even busier lives and can only spend maybe an hour of free time, so who gives a poo poo what they do with it? It's barely a significant portion of their day at that point.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:33

clam the FUCK down: Dec 20, 2013

CrashCat posted:

Appropriate or healthy in what way? If you just think people should get more exercise, I can't argue with that, but if you're going to sit inside and consume some sort of media during the week it's all about the same to me. I would love to go out and do fun or good things almost every day of the week but it's not feasible. A lot of adults have even busier lives and can only spend maybe an hour of free time, so who gives a poo poo what they do with it? It's barely a significant portion of their day at that point.

$$$$

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:36

house of the dad: Jul 4, 2005

Video games are cool and interactive instead of just watching the cake boss accidentally drop a cake into the ocean and yell gently caress!!!

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:37

Curdy Lemonstan: Jan 25, 2012; by zen death robot

I disagree on principle, stoners love video games

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:37

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

William Stoner posted:

Is this not a mental health forum?

Quite the opposite. I would advise all people who post on somethingawful to be careful because that likely means you have a predisposition to a mental illness. Peace.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:38

clam the FUCK down: Dec 20, 2013

gigawhite posted:

Video games are cool and interactive instead of just watching the cake boss accidentally drop a cake into the ocean and yell gently caress!!!

We need better cooking games, obviously.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:39

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3: Nov 15, 2003

A Strange Aeon posted:

�Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.�

- Peter Jackson

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:39

Faux Mulder: Aug 1, 2014; just gonna do whatever I want to do, all the time

William Stoner posted:

However, I can't imagine, aside from illness or disability, where and adult spending a significant portion of their day playing video games would be at all appropriate or healthy.

my man let me tell you about dark souls

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:40

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

Did the cake boss really drop a cake in the ocean?

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:40

Decebal: Jan 6, 2010

How else can I explore the Galaxy and have space adventures ?? Star Trek's ok I guess, but sometimes you want to be the one that fires the phaser

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:44

clam the FUCK down: Dec 20, 2013

Faux Mulder posted:

my man let me tell you about dark souls

IS that a videogame?

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:47

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

"I cannot conceive of a more worthy pursuit for the modern man than videogames. Through videogames we are free to explore our deepest desires and darkest fears and confront complex concepts more immersively than any book or film."

-Dickfuck poo poo head.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:49

Kirk Vikernes: Apr 26, 2004; Count Goatnackh

Applewhite posted:

"I cannot conceive of a more worthy pursuit for the modern man than videogames. Through videogames we are free to explore our deepest desires and darkest fears and confront complex concepts more immersively than any book or film."

-Dickfuck poo poo head.

Wow...and I thought Sun Tzu had some great quotes.

Kirk Vikernes fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Aug 29, 2016

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:56

Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

quote:

mental illness or disability

# ? Aug 29, 2016 16:59

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

its about child abductions

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Cthulu Carl: Apr 16, 2006

I am a grown rear end man with a grown rear end job that I come home from and drink while watching cartoons and playing videogames before winding down with some porn because it turns out adulthood is a terrible, oppressive, grim existence.

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