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Compared to watching TV?

dwoozle 7y ago
I think they’re roughly the same... if you spend four hours a day playing video games or watching TV most people will judge you negatively for it
- riversflow 7y ago
  I think they are night and day. The amount of engagement that video games demand on the brain makes them completely different. I enjoy documentaries, but otherwise find television insanely boring and that it tends to make people dull, unlike video games.
- blacksmith_tb 7y ago
  I am skeptical, given that the in the US the average household watches more than 8hrs per day[1] (kind of an odd measure, but it seems likely that most members of the household are at least making it to your 4hr threshold, unless there's just one doing some real binge-watching). 1: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/when-did-tv-watching-peak/561464/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/when-...
- whywhywhywhy 7y ago
  Ones passive and ones active though, they’re completely different. If you fall asleep playing a video game the game doesn’t finish itself. This is anecdotal but I’ve definitely heard people who will happily talk about binge watching a box set (easily a 50+ hour investment) also say they can’t understand how people can waste so much time playing videogames.
LanceH 7y ago
Someone asked how it is considered a vice. Sloth is considered a vice and playing video games fits right in there in the judgement of enough that it gets mainstream play. As far as TV goes, we heard the same thing about tv warping kids' minds years ago.
- namewasmypw 7y ago
  I can't tell if you think what you're saying is correct (and you're wrong) or if you think what you're saying is wrong (and you're still wrong.)
  - LanceH 7y ago
    Help me out here, what am I wrong about?
    - namewasmypw 7y ago
      > Sloth is considered a vice and playing video games fits right in there in the judgement of enough that it gets mainstream play. Citations needed. Your posts in this tree are full of weasel words and opinions passed off as common sense.
      - LanceH 7y ago
        Seven vices, sloth is one...citation needed for that? Or that people think that playing video games is for the lazy? Someone specifically asked what vice video games would be (esports actually). I said sloth (being lazy) is what some would accuse them of. There is nothing weasel about that unless you set the bar so high that everyone must agree that something is a vice, in which case virtually nothing is. Which is it? Is sloth not a vice? Or is playing video games not considered being lazy by a significant number of people? There have been countless stories about video games promoting obesity (sloth, gluttony) or violence (wrath) or objectification (lust). I'm sure greed, envy and pride could all make an appearance if we tried hard enough. Citations needed...nope. Accusations of today's youth being lazy and playing video games are abundant enough that if you can't find them you've obviously been playing too many video games. > I can't tell if you think what you're saying is correct (and you're wrong) or if you think what you're saying is wrong (and you're still wrong.) That's just rude and didn't contribute anything. You haven't made any argument other than I'm wrong. Have a point. I'm not going to play the citations game. Put forth a counterargument that is coherent and contributes to the discussion or move along.

I think they’re roughly the same... if you spend four hours a day playing video games or watching TV most people will judge you negatively for it

riversflow 7y ago
I think they are night and day. The amount of engagement that video games demand on the brain makes them completely different. I enjoy documentaries, but otherwise find television insanely boring and that it tends to make people dull, unlike video games.
blacksmith_tb 7y ago
I am skeptical, given that the in the US the average household watches more than 8hrs per day[1] (kind of an odd measure, but it seems likely that most members of the household are at least making it to your 4hr threshold, unless there's just one doing some real binge-watching). 1: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/when-did-tv-watching-peak/561464/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/when-...
whywhywhywhy 7y ago
Ones passive and ones active though, they’re completely different. If you fall asleep playing a video game the game doesn’t finish itself. This is anecdotal but I’ve definitely heard people who will happily talk about binge watching a box set (easily a 50+ hour investment) also say they can’t understand how people can waste so much time playing videogames.

LanceH 7y ago

Someone asked how it is considered a vice. Sloth is considered a vice and playing video games fits right in there in the judgement of enough that it gets mainstream play. As far as TV goes, we heard the same thing about tv warping kids' minds years ago.

namewasmypw 7y ago
I can't tell if you think what you're saying is correct (and you're wrong) or if you think what you're saying is wrong (and you're still wrong.)
- LanceH 7y ago
  Help me out here, what am I wrong about?
  - namewasmypw 7y ago
    > Sloth is considered a vice and playing video games fits right in there in the judgement of enough that it gets mainstream play. Citations needed. Your posts in this tree are full of weasel words and opinions passed off as common sense.
    - LanceH 7y ago
      Seven vices, sloth is one...citation needed for that? Or that people think that playing video games is for the lazy? Someone specifically asked what vice video games would be (esports actually). I said sloth (being lazy) is what some would accuse them of. There is nothing weasel about that unless you set the bar so high that everyone must agree that something is a vice, in which case virtually nothing is. Which is it? Is sloth not a vice? Or is playing video games not considered being lazy by a significant number of people? There have been countless stories about video games promoting obesity (sloth, gluttony) or violence (wrath) or objectification (lust). I'm sure greed, envy and pride could all make an appearance if we tried hard enough. Citations needed...nope. Accusations of today's youth being lazy and playing video games are abundant enough that if you can't find them you've obviously been playing too many video games. > I can't tell if you think what you're saying is correct (and you're wrong) or if you think what you're saying is wrong (and you're still wrong.) That's just rude and didn't contribute anything. You haven't made any argument other than I'm wrong. Have a point. I'm not going to play the citations game. Put forth a counterargument that is coherent and contributes to the discussion or move along.