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No I get that; video games are just my medium of choice. The problem I was trying to get at is these arguments and perceptions usually stem from the degenerate

by setr 2y ago

No I get that; video games are just my medium of choice. The problem I was trying to get at is these arguments and perceptions usually stem from the degenerate cases, which only get worse the further in time you go, but I don’t think it’s really due to the technology itself. You have the same braindead systems appear in any medium of entertainment — there are definitely systems of total waste in sports, physical play (I’ve yet to encounter anything so degenerate as balltapping — and that shit spreads rapidly once it starts), literature, etc. It can hardly be said that a studio ghibli flick stunted the imagination of children worldwide but I would definitely believe it if you suggested cocomelon rotted the brains directly out of their skulls I think it’s also worth noting that kids have a shitload of time. They can engage in both technologies and physical play and other activities simultaneously; the problem occurs when singular or few activities overwhelmingly consume that time — which is why I claim the unbounded timesinks can be catastrophic — and what I think most people are worried about when they blanket-ban whole systems/mediums

theshackleford 2y ago
I owe my entire career and livelihood to a childhood spent with the unbounded timesinks that were the games available to me on Amiga and my PC. I might be a touch different in that it was obvious where I was going, and the correct decision was made to embrace my interest in the glowing screen and yes, the video games. It was video games more than anything else from which all other interests spawned. More often than not it probably ends badly though I suppose. Despite a lifetime spent in front of screens all my social abilities work, I have a wide friends circle, a partner, my job requires me to work well with a wide variety of individuals and demographics etc which I couldn’t do otherwise. I have noticed this is not the case with all who shared a similar background.

by setr 2y ago

theshackleford 2y ago

I owe my entire career and livelihood to a childhood spent with the unbounded timesinks that were the games available to me on Amiga and my PC. I might be a touch different in that it was obvious where I was going, and the correct decision was made to embrace my interest in the glowing screen and yes, the video games. It was video games more than anything else from which all other interests spawned. More often than not it probably ends badly though I suppose. Despite a lifetime spent in front of screens all my social abilities work, I have a wide friends circle, a partner, my job requires me to work well with a wide variety of individuals and demographics etc which I couldn’t do otherwise. I have noticed this is not the case with all who shared a similar background.