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Comments are focusing on legal aspects, but I believe not enough attention is paid to gaming addiction as a mental health issue. Many decades ago I had some fr

• conductr 3y ago
  I cold turkey quit gaming shortly after first xbox came out. All my college buddies/roommates were skipping classes and playing nonstop. I was excited about it and played a bit but quickly realized I just didn't have time to do that and focus on other life goals (don't remember details but probably after getting a bad test grade or missing something important); like finishing college at the time. Since then, a lot of them haven't really made progress "in life". I'm sure they're happy and all, I don't know really, but I know I wouldn't have been happy doing what they've done. (Eg. playing a ton of games while maintaining bare level of income/sustenance in order to devote majority of life on gaming)
  • ipaddr 3y ago
    Artists, musicians, gamer, hopeful pro athletes and parents all make sacrifices in the rat race. The game of life is what all of us have been feed.. seems to work for some.. maybe there are other paths for others. Who I am I to judge?
    • conductr 3y ago
      Yeah it's no judgement really just a self-realization that "I know I wouldn't have been happy doing what they've done" and breaking out of a fairly strong force of inertia
      • ipaddr 3y ago
        You might have been more happy than you are now. Hard to know until you walked the path.
        • conductr 3y ago
          Maybe. I'm consider myself somewhat self aware though and believe otherwise.