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> "Playing videogames" isn't enjoying your life "in full", especially if you're smart and could do things that are really meaningful instead. Why is "playing v

> "Playing videogames" isn't enjoying your life "in full", especially if you're smart and could do things that are really meaningful instead. Why is "playing videogames" considered not meaningful? I have a group of friends that I have played video games with for over 10 years. We have shared a number of life ups and downs together and have met up in person numerous times. I would argue that we all bonded over videogames and it was the door that opened a broader friendship among each of us. Oh yeah, to be a bit a dick, we all make over 200 on average, with one way north of that. Every one of us is well-adjusted and now married. That's really what you wanted to measure, right? How "successful" one is. Stereotyping isn't helpful. It blinds you to things that exist as they are. Grow up.

gridlockd 7y ago
Of all the things you talked about here, the "videogame" part is obviously not the meaningful one. It could've been any other activity that lets you socialize. Sure, some people may socialize through videogames, but the guy in the example likely doesn't. Even if he does, socializing itself isn't enough. > Grow up. Part of growing up is recognizing that you don't get to set your own values. You're not biologically capable of ignoring how other specimens judge you and how you measure up against them. Even if you don't believe in these "natural values", your own nature will be telling you that you're too maladapted to be part of the future. It'll make you wither and die, to make room for everyone else. That's not a happy ending.