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IMO, I think this is all baseless moral panic. I saw a video the other day in which a psychiatrist claimed that choosing to play video games over seeing other p
by jinfiesto 8y ago
IMO, I think this is all baseless moral panic. I saw a video the other day in which a psychiatrist claimed that choosing to play video games over seeing other people/friends or family is a sign of obsession. People literally do that all the time with all sorts of other hobbies. It's only a problem if you would honestly rather do activity X but have a compulsion to play games instead.
- DanBC 8y agoFrom the WHO press release: > Studies suggest that gaming disorder affects only a small proportion of people who engage in digital- or video-gaming activities. That's not a moral panic. That's saying that a small number of people have a problem, and if they're having a problem they deserve help for it.
- misnome 8y agoBut the parent poster didn’t seem to be specifically referring to the WHO report, but the reporting around it, which definitely has a whiff of moral panic around it. With all the “Fortnite Ruined my/my sons life” articles I’ve seen popping up in mainstream media recently, looks just the same as DOOM panic, all over again. None of which prevents a sample of people having some serious Game-related addiction issue.