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In my college days, I played World of Warcraft too much. It got in the way of attending classes. Then my graphics card broke. So I started reading psychology
by vharuck 7y ago
In my college days, I played World of Warcraft too much. It got in the way of attending classes. Then my graphics card broke. So I started reading psychology textbooks totally unrelated to my classes.
Procrastinators gonna procrastinate. And time-wasters gonna waste time.
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- andrepd 7y agoYour story is actually probably what the parent was trying to illustrate. Instead of wasting time with WoW, you "wasted" time with something more meaningful (all this being relative of course).
- jaxn 7y agoI'm not as quick to assume reading a textbook is inherantly more meaningful than playing WoW.
- wyldfire 7y agoI suspect WoW might be like several other games in that the marginal benefit of continued play after an initial phase is small. But if it's social/multiplayer and your group feels a personal connection while playing (maybe w/people you know IRL), you might get a greater benefit from the game.
- dwaltrip 7y agoSure, perhaps not inherently. But do you think, looking across the world, that the median hour spent playing WoW is likely less meaningful than the median hour spent reading a textbook?
- jdpigeon 7y agoHell yes. 90 hours of cumulative textbook reading time is pretty much an undergraduate degree. 90 hours of WoW is like.. getting to level 40
- andrepd 7y agoHence my very last (caveat). I'm sure you understand my point though.