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Wait after reading the article it simply says that many of these hired people also play video games. Their definition of “video gamer” is literally just somebo
by ViktorRay 2mo ago
Wait after reading the article it simply says that many of these hired people also play video games.
Their definition of “video gamer” is literally just somebody who says they play games.
I don’t see what the big deal is. Lots of young people play games every now and then.
Many medical students play video games. You don’t see articles saying “America’s new surgeons…are video gamers!”
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- ipsod 2mo agoMovie watchers and food eaters, too.
- sbodnar 2mo agoYou deserve a coffee and donut for the laughs on this one good sir.
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- ddejohn 2mo ago100% of air traffic controllers had consumed dihydrogen monoxide prior to an aviation disaster.
- eth0up 2mo agoSo a chemist and his student walk into a bar. The chemist says "I'll have an H2O" Bartender says, "fine. What'll it be for you, young man?" Student says "I'll have an H2O too" And dies.
- altmanaltman 2mo agoIf the medical school put out adverts like this and specially asked "gamers" to apply then it is okay to focus on it: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/air-traffic-controller-gamer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/air-traffic-c... yes many of them also play video games and they were specifically focused on this recruitment drive. it wasn't a side effect that just happens to correlate
- smcg 2mo agoThat's because this article is PR fluff for Sean Duffy to make it seem like they are on top of the air traffic controller problem.
- red-iron-pine 2mo ago"US hires over 2000 people who eat tacos as Air Traffic controllers"
- sidewndr46 2mo agoWhen you look at what a video game is defined as it includes: mobile games that are just microtransaction driven only & gambling on any kind of electronic machine.