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Many because not all gamers are the stereotypical south park caricature?
by pests 6y ago
Many because not all gamers are the stereotypical south park caricature?
- 29athrowaway 6y agoEven if you are within what most consider normal, the army does not aim for normal. You need to be in good shape to make the cut.
- ebullientocelot 6y agoYou need to be motivated more than athletic. Basic PFT standards are not extravagant; not everyone in the army is in a Ranger Battalion.
- rclayton 6y agoYou sir, have not seen most soldiers.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoYou sir, have not seen most gamers.
- smabie 6y agoNah, not really. The army definitely does aim for "normal." This isn't the seals we're talking about.
- qes 6y ago"Normal" these days is grossly unhealthy.
- Waterfall 6y agoMany (gamers) are fit enough to do two minutes of push-ups, two minutes of sit-ups, and a two-mile timed run?
- catalogia 6y agoI think you'd be hard pressed to find many highschool athletes who don't also play video games. Video games are not some sort of exclusive basement nerd niche and haven't been for decades (if ever.)
- Waterfall 6y agoSo high school athletes are what most gamers are?
- catalogia 6y agoObviously not. You've moved the goalpost from 'many' to 'most', which do not mean nor imply the same thing.
- watwut 6y agoBut the word gamer is used for the ones who spend awful lot time with it. Not for guys who also sometimes turn on the game.
- catalogia 6y agoYou're describing the gamer stereotype. Any objective definition of gamer is merely "one who plays games." If you step away from pop culture depictions of the stereotype and look at some real world data (for instance, percentage of American homes with a gaming device, which has been above 50% for years), I think you'll find that most gamers don't fit the gamer stereotype.
- cbozeman 6y agoNo. Not many. My best friend was an Air Force recruiter for over 20 years. Physical fitness and being in good enough shape to even attend boot camp is the single biggest disqualifer for most potential recruits. And no, they're not interested in setting up a workout plan for the average recruit to get them boot-camp-ready. Its a waste of time. If they had the wherewithal to do that, they'd already be in good enough shape - his words, not mine. As it turns out, the person who recruited me did have a workout plan, but only if you scored 90+ on the ASVAB, because those scores are so rare, its easier to delay entry into the Navy and shave 10-20 lbs. off someone and get them able to run 1.5 miles, do 50 sit-ups, and 50 push-ups than it is to find another person with a 90+.