Article Claims "Grown Men Shouldn't Waste Their Lives Playing Video Games" & It Backfires Epically

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[@Saint_Arod]

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[@johncarlile8984]

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[@user-gk1mp1zk7n]

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[@denjowim2359]

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[@LoverLikeNoOther]

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[@WowSuchGaming]

People: Gamers are kids trapped in adults bodies Same people: I'm gonna scream and throw a temper tantrum at my television because football man didn't catch football like I would have.

[@skullcrusher_1]

LMAO yesssss!!!

[@N3XTREVOLUTION]

Or worse... Football man kneeled during anthem.

[@amicableenmity9820]

Sports fans are insufferable.

[@fearfaceace1990]

Or! Watch reality tv lmao

[@Takokujin07]

Don’t forget how many of them also trash their own cities because their favorite team lost. Or even if they won too.

[@spardaprowess3277]

She is the kind of woman who tells homeless people "just don't be poor"

[@royalkumar795]

😂🤣 I understand the logic

[@kaiser8659]

A wise woman once said, "If you're homeless just buy a home!"

[@atomaalatonal]

@@kaiser8659 or just buy more

[@theunhingedgamer3762]

@@rjohnm666 so in short she's a Karen

[@elhazthorn918]

@@theunhingedgamer3762 Zero shock if she was. At the very least, just so, so far up her own ass she could check for her own polyps. She actually said "instead of video games you could be a commentator on the royal family, like me." Fucking commentator. On the. Royal family. Who fucking cares about the royal family? And she says video games is a waste of time.

[@HeavyProfessor]

I'm a doctor who plays video games. The article is a displaced expression of anger. Writer is actually angry at her daughter for rather playing games than spending time with mommy.

[@MTLGSE]

Same. Doctor here. My best friend is an investment banker. We both have kids and we both love games as much as we did back in high school. This woman has issues.

[@HeavyProfessor]

@@MTLGSE thank you for that. I have countless friends who are doctors and game and also MD/PhD or PhD that play games and also play games way more than I ever have.

[@doubledouble4g379]

I have a friend whose doc prescribed him an N64 with Goldeneye and Turok in order to 'curb his violent tendancies.' Further reinforces that the mainstream view of videogames and gamers is woefully inaccurate.

[@MTLGSE]

@@HeavyProfessor same here. Lots of my friends and colleagues play games. It saved us during our board exams. One of them would being his switch to our review courses out of town so we could blow off some steam.

[@SloRush]

If you made videos on this subject, I'd definitely watch.

[@angbandsbane]

This article is so over-generalized, under-researched, reliant on stereotypes and just plain wrong that I honestly can't take ANY offense from it.

[@rohrchamberlain6179]

So if I may say, this article and the community’s reaction is Article: you’re childish, infantile, and immature Community: and you’re and idiot what’s your point?

[@Beinomat]

Yeah man, it's just mind-boggling

[@gilian2587]

It's clear that she thinks that grown men should be spending their time making money selling off byproducts of biochemistry experiments to seedy professionals in back alleys to distribute to 'interested' customers.

[@FuzzArYo]

Well, I don'tr believe she can do it any other way, It's in her playbook. How else can she write about ROYAL and politics. LMAO

[@gilian2587]

@@FuzzArYo There's nothing wrong with writing about politics. There are geopolitics nerds out there just like there are rock climbing nerds. As for writing about royals -- eh... I really don't get it, but different folks different strokes; right?

[@albertotequida6964]

“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” - C. S. Lewis

[@3Rayfire]

heyyy my man, same thing that popped into my mind.

[@_Encie]

awesome quote

[@Webshooters1]

You'd be surprised how often that quote has been bastardized to say the opposite.

[@MiguelDLewis]

Amen 🙏🏿✝️📖

[@lozm4835]

@@Webshooters1 I believe that the original was a bible quote to indeed say the opposite. So technically, the C.S. quote's the knock-off, but I prefer it greatly.

[@piedpiper1185]

To quote an XKCD comic: "I'm happy to grow up. But I won't pretend that fun things aren't still fun out of fear of looking silly."

[@madmyro]

💯

[@Skyblade12]

To quote a much better source: “Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” -C. S. Lewis

[@martinmeza9714]

Is the comic called like that or is an abbreviation? Would like to read them

[@AegixDrakan]

@@martinmeza9714 Yup, XKCD is the actual name of the webcomic. It's nonstop random hilarious and often sciency humor that's been going on for a ridiculously long time. :P

[@rotciv557]

@@martinmeza9714 XKCD is the name, yes. Prepare to read a LOT of pages for that one, it has been running for over 15 years now

[@Zan_Jayna]

They're right, men should do grown up things like gambling at casinos, servicing automobiles that don't have proprietary parts, and getting to know the local strippers while guzzling booze

[@Nintendofan781]

I rather play video games and watch anime then spend my life savings at a casino. fuck this article man

[@insomniaddictesp]

This person's article is the epitome of "someone else's fun greatly affects me for some reason."

[@pschmidtke]

I'm 64 and I've been playing video games and using computers since the 70's. Yes, i was in the military and played wargames on the NTDS (Naval Tactical Data System) real time network. I'm retired and still love playing video games. It keeps my mind sharp and hurts nobody.

[@Idk-uw3rd]

Thats awesome

[@fojisan2398]

You're epic. If I had money I'd buy you some Dunky Donuts.

[@Mjolnir_]

Hell yeah man, that's awesome to hear!

[@itzrandalll6077]

Hell yes!!!!

[@TheVoidMachineSystem]

Gaming: good for all ages.

[@InfernoOmni]

CLOWNERY AT ITS FINEST

[@candidpepper]

Yoooo omni love your content

[@coolguy-qb7kg]

I literally just finished watching your video to see you here lmao

[@lelouch3666]

@@coolguy-qb7kg same

[@craydussy]

This is omni, you've just been laid

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

🤡

[@polvocorrupto]

I remember an old friend telling me always that "when you grow up, you'll stop playing videogames", now he's 41 and is confined in a retirement lair (or an asylum if I recall) due to his mental health for not having any hobbies (only work & sleep) and getting consecutive distress burnouts.

[@edwardteach1992]

That's sad

[@karnagefails333]

@@edwardteach1992 Blackbeard rules.

[@arkthompson9869]

Dear lord...

[@Allustar]

I hope he gets better. Poor guy definitely needs help.

[@adeolaola4516]

I suggest the inability of people to divorce their identity from work and productivity is a big contributor to our mental health crisis.

[@wacktastic1]

This woman is literally the meme of "if they're having fun, I'm not having fun"

[@D_YellowMadness]

Vicky from The Fairly Odd Parents?

[@Mattchudon]

Being an adult doesn't have to be a joyless slog of work and taxes. You're allowed to continue enjoying your childhood interests, and playing video games as an adult is a perfectly respectable pastime.

[@bobbobson9952]

Couldn't agree more.

[@lamikal2515]

More respectable than simping for 40-years old harpies with rotten ovaries, for sure.

[@Blotto3077]

Not to mention there are video games made for adults idk how this doesn’t click in there heads

[@tubby_1278]

Exactly am I not allowed to reminisce??

[@alteredpenguin2073]

When I was young I thought being an adult was working all day and throwing away all kid things and replacing them with drinking Scotch at night. I became an adult and I work all day and come home to drink Scotch and play video games.

[@IosonoOtakuman]

If she wanted to make a fuss, she could just try the classic "Videogames lead to violence" 🤣

[@cakefireo5139]

Ahh such simpler times where my dad would read about that I'd say it's dum and go right back to shouting die die playing doom to be fair I didn't turn in to a psychopath but do still kill things on doom

[@yololoyo7379]

Ah yes. Made me remember how EVERY media tried to cancel Pewdiepie because he's a very famous gamer

[@kj8840]

The before times with Jack Thompson ranting about violent video games. Seems almost idyllic when compared to what Saarkesian & her ilk have done to Vidya.

[@MiguelDLewis]

My girlfriend plays video games. Sweetest young lady you’ll ever meet 🤣🥰

[@SneakySnorunt]

I'm sure she'll make a future article talking about how she was 'attacked' by gamers.

[@RIOSTHEROOSTER]

I feel like this is an argument I have with people in my own family. Recently I was told that I was losing sight of reality because of how involved I am in gaming…even though I have a full time job, pay bills and handle my own shit as a man. But…I play video games so…I’m out of tune with reality…I’ve never been so pissed off in my life. Well said. Well said.

[@ockertoustesizem1234]

imagine what that person would say if they found out about vr

[@scottbarnett3566]

Its all misplaced anger on the part of those people. Often jealousy because you have your shit together well enough to live life and have hobbies

[@ManoredRed]

The most immature adults are those who worry about being mature. Worrying about being mature is what children and teenagers do. Adults are supposed to be mature enough to know maturity isn't about what you like.

[@bizzaremermaid4205]

I love how it was specifically geared towards men completely disregarding adult female gamers exists lol that woman's poor child

[@tw629108]

It makes you wonder how people this ignorant are so proliferate in the industry. Why is nearly every gaming news outlet full of writers just like this? And it's all the news. Literally they've been reporting for the past few years that a garage pull was a n0 0se on mainstream media.

[@inciaradible7144]

As far as gamers, and many companies, are concerned: We don't.

[@jimboa20]

Some women specifically hate that men spend time enjoying videogames instead of lavishing time, attention and money on (insecure, needy) women.

[@MaxskiSynths]

That's exactly what I was thinking

[@milczyciel]

Her child have an excuse of being a child. Imagine being her partner...

[@Jon0387]

Society to a kid once they turn 18: “Now that you are an adult, you are no longer allowed to have fun or enjoy any of your interests. You are expected to work, do chores around the house and sleep for rest of your life. If you would like a hobby you may select from predetermined socially acceptable ones such as sports, reality tv or mowing your lawn.”

[@ColdNorth0628]

"Oh and woodworking when you are like 65"

[@chuckchan4127]

"OH and btw if you look at a female the wrong way you're a rapist."

[@spritemon98]

A woman can sue you if you even look at her funny

[@mr.s9783]

If they had video games during the 40s, the boomers would be playing them.

[@professorhaaland6210]

@@chuckchan4127 And women started to wonder why less and less men pursue them and the government are now worried why number of marriages are low.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

No one on their deathbed or grave stone epitaph ever said: If only I had spent more time meeting other people's expectations.

[@bend7726]

Weve literally been through a pandemic involving several lockdowns and idiots have the nerve to write articles like this when a massive chunk of the population turned to gaming to stop themselves going insane from boredom.

[@dblundz]

"Waste time playing video games"" *Goes back to watching 9 hours of TV a day

[@ceithe5111]

Lol! Facts man. 🤣

[@bloodenraged117]

i can read for hours and hours i can play video games for hours and hours however, i personally, cannot do nothing but watch tv for the same length of time

[@EnderBuilder]

*Goes back to screaming at people kicking a ball and getting x1000 more money than them

[@sunkingozy5051]

*9 hours of Royal Family taking a dump and drinking tea

[@undertakernumberone1]

*goes back to watching 9 hours of TV a day while planting the kid in front of the PC with no supervision and not caring what the kid does, and then compain that the kid managed to see/play non-kid stuff and that the government has to fix that!!!*

[@WhisperingAila]

“Grown adults shouldn’t waste their time reading books and articles. Go scavenge for berries and cook your food in ash pits like a real adult.”

[@uncleweirdbeard86]

I legit use to forage when I lived out in the country. Its great fun, but so is gaming. I did both and Id still forage if there were some dang muscadines in this town XD

[@BirdOfHermes8381]

Bears shit in the woods! 😊

[@ordi8725]

Now I just want to make some fire pit potatoes

[@rizkaarifiandi5670]

Age of Empires vibes 😂

[@FelisImpurrator]

RETURN TO MONKE

[@apex1568]

she must be partaking in the finer things in life like alcohol, watching vapid soap operas and creating snide articles to stay relevant.

[@BoknoyBuhisan]

i wasted a lot of time when i was kid staring at chalkboards with nothing of importance being taught. i'm gonna use my remaining days playing all the videogames i want. i'm not going to die rich for sure but i'll die content with all the various experiences gaming have given me so far.

[@ScorpDK]

I'd rather be a child in an adult's body and enjoy a good time, than being stuck as a bitter middle-aged person who is too busy talking about their interpretation of politics and gossiping about what the rich and famous people are doing every waking second.

[@MaddesG1]

Truly

[@Nuelthebro]

Based

[@wisdoom9153]

And add 'dissing other passion & hobbies because they can have fun when I myself can't' It's not just limited to videogames, but you get the idea.

[@Dodsodalo]

I also would rather not be a character living in the world of the sitcom The Office. Seems fucking terrible.

[@Bluemansonic]

HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE A KZbin CHANNEL!!!! IM NOW SUBBED! Been a huge fan for years

[@bookfish]

This makes me remember, how my parents used to say that "You"ll grow out of playing video games". Now I'm 31 year old and working in the video game industry as a 3D animator. So now I not only play videogames, but I also contributing in making them.

[@cursedlight8318]

You rebel x3

[@RokushoTheRavager]

You followed your dreams and I respect you for it. My parents or more specifically my dad told me the same thing, I'm still playing them and I've made friends I otherwise wouldn't have if I gave up on my favorite hobby. I may not have a career yet, but I did take passion for games a bit further and I have created some KZbin videos, mainly some montages that I'm very proud of. It's a start I suppose.

[@emilsingapurcan8054]

Parents: YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DEFEAT THEM NOT JOIN THEM

[@odalicio]

The Dream™

[@ParagonBourne]

King shit

[@madjukesmeg]

Stuff like this needs to be included in the "Trashy moms that scream at food workers" starter pack

[@pianospawn1]

One of my favourite hobbies is painting miniature figurines. The skill and knowledge of art goes so deep, I've learnt more than I ever did studying illustration at university. When people ask about what I like to do, I tell them "painting models" and their response is always a good gauge to what kind of person they are.

[@sebban0011]

When my Tennis coach's father passed away, he was told by the doctors to play video games to battle his depression. It worked out good for him in the end! He played a lot of Guitar Hero and he said he had never had so much fun in years!

[@asiamatron]

Yeah I remember a video game study was done in a care home with elderly people. The people in the care home were given Nintendo consoles to play with for a certain period of time and some tests were conducted afterwards. If I remember right the results were positive and playing the video games had some positive benefits.

[@privateer2584]

I was told the same thing. I had actually quit playing video games because I saw them as a waste of time. But when I was seriously depressed my doctor recommended playing them. What I've learned is playing a game for an hour or two every few days (sometimes every day) makes me more productive because it helps me not get into really depressed states.

[@Dwarficus]

I suffer from PDSD, gaming (and those I've met by gaming) enables me to get through the day. Gaming does have negative aspects, but without gaming I wouldn't be here. Also, just have say, love the Freddie avatar.

[@hippishy]

My Dr. suggested gaming to help with anxiety.

[@DivineBanana]

@@Dwarficus what is PDSD

[@derekdrake8706]

She sounds like one of those "where have all the good men gone?" types who blame video games instead of realizing they have problems.

[@Sniperbear13]

wheres the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?

[@derekdrake8706]

@@Sniperbear13 Either already married or so sick of the shit, he decided to live in a cabin in the woods. He also might've been a little experimental and found dating other men preferable. That's my guess anyway.

[@saadhasan2518]

@@Sniperbear13I see, I'm A Hero reference you're a man of culture.

[@wnxdafriz]

Well... will admit I've gone on dates where friend tried playing matchmaker. Their exe's played too much video games is basically what came up.... after hearing a full story it just sounded like they were suffering from depression...

[@oukie666]

Feminazi

[@ShayFeral]

I've had people talk to me like that before about video games, and my take-away from the discussion is that they're generally upset that when you play video games; you're not being "productive", you're not being an asset or contributing to society... or you're not benefiting them in some capacity. As a "fully grown adult" I will exercise my prerogative to spend my spare time doing as I see fit, and if they dislike what I'm doing they can proceed to behave like a fully grown adult themselves and mind their own business.

[@phoenixofmetal]

To hell with that “productivity” mindset. I’m already wasting nine hours of my life, five days a week in a place I don’t want to be, doing things I don’t want to do, for a wage I can’t even live on; I refuse to do any kind of work-like activities in my meager free time that isn’t for myself, my family or close friends. If someone who isn’t family or a close friend wants something “productive” out of me from my precious free time, then they are going to have to pay me at least triple the rate I make at work. My free time is a scarce resource and I don’t part with it cheaply.

[@felixtwowolvesrivera]

Well, I'm a US Army veteran and a gamer and I have never ridden a scooter. In fact, we used video games in the military for personnel training. Anything from ground combat simulations to flight simulations. Technically these are games, even if they are meant for training purposes. Didn't seem infantile to me.

[@MegaRazorback]

Hell, a modified version of Doom II was made specifically for the US marine corps for fire team training and in my mind if the military can use a FPS game to help train their men even a little bit on top of the normal training then good on them, not only does it provide a bit of entertainment to the men but it also provides a 100% predictable run each time if nothing in the settings is changed but if they want a unique challenge that can also be done and it won't put them in potential danger that could happen if something similar was done not in a game setting.

[@aaronm4562]

I think it also reaffirms Qui Gon Jinn’s famous saying “the ability to speak doesn’t make you intelligent”.

[@y2kplus9]

I love that that line exists. So applicable to soooo many things/people.

[@30noir]

Really? The prequels are terrible movies and do not deserve to be quoted. The ability to speak does in fact prove intelligence, at least relative to non-communicative creatures.

[@toolatetothestory]

@@30noir The prequels aren*t that bad! And we aren't talking "compared to animals". And even then, there are humans that are less intelligent than your average crow, usually due to birth defects.

[@aaronm4562]

@@30noir Whether or not the prequels are ‘bad’ is quite subjective, but the quote is meant to be understood as meaning “just because you can speak doesn’t mean you’re actually making sense or saying something worth listening to”.

[@darthplagueis13]

@@30noir Mate, the fact that the prequels are sometimes absurdly quoteable is one of their more defining qualities. If it can be memed, it deserves to be memed and if it is memed it shall be quoted. And well... Intelligence is always relative to begin with.

[@nicccccccccccc]

I think this highlights a major problem of society. The idea that maturity is tied to things people enjoy rather than how one carries themselves through interactions with other individuals. Its rather sad that people will openly judge others based on what they enjoy and see them as immature but refuse to look inward to themselves and see the irony of the situation.

[@SamGTA4]

Exactly. Well said.

[@adamskispoor9166]

“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” -C.S. Lewis

[@uncleweirdbeard86]

I agree with you there. I am in several sub-cultures simply because I find most of the people in them enjoyable to converse with, even when we disagree about something. Because its far easier to become well seasoned and meet lots of different types of people in online games. I have met people from all corners of the globe that have differing views on things and few of them go on the offensive simply because they don't like or understand the things I like. When you focus your life on a small group of people, such as the royal family for instance, you loose site of the diversity in the world around you. Its easy to forget that even if we like the same things, we are individuals, not copy and pasted machines. Just because we like something different doesn't mean we are broken and need repairs, it means we don't want to conform the the beliefs and ideologies of a small group just so we can "fit in". I for 1 refuse to be a Borg... which is strange to me being a bit of a cyber punk fan

[@Churlz]

Yup. People can't just mind their own business.

[@FelisImpurrator]

And this is what lies at the heart of the social conservatism this article represents: Childish fears projected onto harmless things.

[@DaBlaccGhost]

"I'm miserable and so should these other adults!!1!1" Honestly sad to see her opinion of others hobbies.

[@Lethal_Spoon]

“you’re having a good time? what a waste, think of the agony you could be in!”

[@mathisntmybestsubject8440]

I’d rather be a grown man “wasting my life playing video games” than serving someone who doesn’t have my best interest in mind and wants my life to be boring.

[@Hauntaku]

Remember that the rich think that you are an object, a tool, a cog in the not-so-great machine, a starving dog! To them, you are expendable. Replaceable. A toy they play with and throw out when they had their fun. Proof them wrong. Stand up for yourself and your rights as a hard worker.

[@Skynet5885]

When you're an adult: Oh no no no, you can't play games, that's for kids. When you're a kid: Oh no no no, you can't play games, you have to study for school. I'm over 25 ... pretty sure I can decide for my self what I consider "adult activities worthy of my time" and if that's playing a game, where I get to pet a virtual representation of a horse and then proceed to press the punch button by accident and feel irrational levels of regret for accidentally pretend hitting my non existent horse, then so be it.

[@ZumaB]

This is me... I dreaded living under those ideals. I'm so happy I moved out. Things are so much clearer. I'm realizing how much time my rents wasted doing this. I love them both to the core but man did they make growing up a gamer hell. I studied, got the job, even got a couple cars by myself. But it just wasn't enough to justify me playing games at any time.

[@matheusspable]

Assassin's creed has a action button to pet those dogs or cats (i dont remember which) and in portuguese the text reads 'afagar' (a really old school way to say pet imho), The problem is, that is REALLY close to 'afogar' which means 'to drown'. I was devastated when I passed by a dog/cat and pressed the action button, I was totally expecting the guy to just dunk on the poor animal and drown it in the nearby puddles.... I actually released a breath I was holding when the character just goes and pet the cutipie.

[@thundageon5962]

@@ZumaB You should have the power of stoicism.

[@Colddirector]

Honestly the older I get the less I give a crap about these arbitrary lines of what I am and not allowed to enjoy. Life's too short for that BS.

[@thundageon5962]

@@ZumaB it happened to me as well

[@kipp1231]

Had this argument a ton of times with my other half. Then I pointed out the fact that girls do the same thing at 55 they do when they are 5. Play with hair and makeup and talk to your fake friends for hours on the phone. so how is that any different? It's only taken her 7 years to realise that if she puts the phone down I'll put my controller down.

[@tehhazard9029]

Thanks young for sticking up for the little people without a platform. I have an UNBELIEVABLE story related to this. Co worker bullys me for playing switch on long (2 hours) rides to jobsite, breaks, and lunch also weather events like lightning stand downs on big work sites that can last hours. For about a year he bullied me about gaming and how I should be doing side work and working weekends making money etc etc until he brought his son to work. His 10 year seen my switch case and for the entire day he talked to me about pokemon, zelda, splatoon, mario odyssey. He followed me around and that day and vocally expressed his excitement to see me after times apart. You could see it in his father's eyes how upset he was that his son was connecting with this strange man he had bullied the last 12 months and I felt extremely uncomfortable about it but since that day he never bullied me about it again . I feel like he felt like I was more connected with his son then he was and in front of other co workers it was a bazaar experience but I think about how I treat people and they're life choices either on hobby or cars or clothes etc etc. Sometumes people get to tunneled on certain things and dont see just how close minded they are untill a huge reality slap hits them square on the jaw.

[@chrisa8863]

That's an awesome story if true. Unfortunate that dude was being an ass, but hopefully he could see a little bit through your shoes by now.

[@Mangacide]

She sounds like she would be mad about childless couples and single people going to Disneyland too actually.

[@elhazthorn918]

I'd say that's quite accurate.

[@thepred28702]

@Anal Farmer who cares? What's wrong with having fun?

[@isaacgray2909]

Which is funny given Disneyland is a more of trip for parents than their toddlers if you think about it

[@victorpleitez768]

@@isaacgray2909 anytime a parent brings their young toddler to an amusement park it’s rarely for the kid, who will barely remember the event when their older.

[@slowmotionwriting8714]

The child is just an excuse

[@hit9819]

Grown men shouldn’t worry about what other grown men are doing lmao

[@planetcrazy654]

I think it’s a woman

[@ae86takumi]

@@planetcrazy654 don’t assume 😂 😂

[@plopramen8092]

@@planetcrazy654 Point still stands no grown man and woman should be in any position to know what other grown adults are doing with their time

[@Alex_Martin_]

@@ae86takumi he assumed correctly.

[@DustyCruz]

@@planetcrazy654 Bona Fide? Or Identify?

[@CookyMonzta]

My first exposure to a video game was at 7, _attempting_ to play _Pong_ in 1973, when I didn't know enough about the game to play it right. I still play games to this day, and I always go back to an old-school game like _Ms. Pac-Man,_ my absolute favorite. Since this woman mentions 3 Nintendo games in her gravely short-sighted (to say the least) article, you can tell she's never seen the Game Boy Pocket commercial with people in their 70s and 80s playing _Tetris_ and other games on it. You can pretty much tell she obviously knows nothing about the multi-billion-dollar _E-sports_ industry, full of grown men and women. And many of the grown men and women who played video games as kids are now game developers or have started game companies and businesses of their own.

[@catsmeeeeoow]

On another note, many parents just give their kids games and ignore them. Actually engaging with their kids and playing with them is something that helps them develop healthy social skills and helps prevent them from becoming angry beasts when the lose a game.

[@MrRant790]

My girlfriend was suffering from depression, so i got her a switch to play whenever she wanted. We both play it every now and then and she loves mario. She has never touched a video game in her life. It had helped her move on with her depression, along with many other stuff.

[@humphreywolfe]

Nice, hope all of you carry on with your lives happily 😁

[@gabrote42]

I find that indie narrative videogames attract thousthands of comments about how they really improved their lives. You know, like undertale or omori. Glad to see other videogames can do the same thing

[@MaddesG1]

You're no trash can. You are a Good Man.

[@zwerker]

This. I'm not a pscychologist, but I guess that when (real) life is a mess that you feel that you can't control, playing games can relieve stress and get your mind off things.

[@1anre]

@@gabrote42 like Ori?

[@alejbr4]

she is the type of person that sits alone in a room saying how mature she is while being bored

[@Oblithian]

More likely gossiping behind people's backs and being petty (based on her article). However, I don't know her so... who knows, maybe she was just paid to badmouth us all unwillingly (however doubtful).

[@narudan]

You know she is the kind of person who watches those drama / romance tv-shows, or gossiping news about royals or "reading books" like 50 shades or harry potter. Probably playing board games too.

[@MRtacoslicous]

@@narudan hey, board games a pretty great

[@narudan]

@@MRtacoslicous I don't mind either way but don't pretend one is somehow superior than the other Like what you like

[@AC3handle]

I'm positive she lives in a spartan house or apartment, either white or cream colored, with minimalist furnishings, and one room with a bookshelf with books that NO ONE on here would ever read in a million years, that she uses mainly for zoom conference calls.

[@crescentfresh8001]

Hilariously enough, "I'm proudly ignorant of [thing], therefore anyone who isn't ignorant of it is immature, because my tastes are the only valid ones" is a childish mindset by its very nature. Is there childishness in the gaming community? Oh god yes, a ton of it, but that's true of movies, music, etc. as well.

[@B-A-L]

The irony is that it is adults who program the games in the first place!

[@Haterator]

"She really is no fun at parties." - her 8-year-old daughter

[@ResidentEvilFan686]

I would like but it's at a perfect 69

[@corvusvocatio]

@@ResidentEvilFan686 cringe

[@drewmac9270]

That profile picture.... whoooooo

[@sixstringedthing]

Feel sorry for the daughter. Too bad if she ever wants to consider e-sports/streaming/commentary as a way to earn a living, Mum won't be having any of that. Wouldn't be surprised if Daughter has a miserable time at school because she's not allowed to play any games and must focus only on her schoolwork and "becoming an adult who only does adult things".

[@Ch4pp13]

"why are you playing video games?" "Don't you know video games are for kids?!" "QUIT HAVING FUN!!!" - Camilla Tominey, 2021.

[@WithDreday]

She writes about the royal family ffs. Imagine then worst type of journalist trying to bash a multi billion dollar industry. She needs to get laid 😂

[@FukurouYGR]

@@WithDreday I don't think she's getting laid anytime soon

[@OlEgSaS32]

DID I JUSS CATCH YOU HAVIN' FUN!! *SMACK*

[@Vanished584]

@@FukurouYGR Men lost to Feminism, Women lost to gaming.

[@LegendConsole]

@@WithDreday I feel more sorry for the child she has. Think of what it must be like for them living with her.

[@McCool117]

I think it's interesting how some people think it's childish or immature to play video games or enjoy Lego, etc. The irony is that most people end up having kids, and generally have to relearn how to "play" to develop a connection with their children. So in truth people that enjoy playing games, reading novels, playing with minis, etc. Probably have a head start when learning to connect with their child.

[@bradleyreesecorcoran]

Much respect to this video! Thank you for this.

[@OrcCorp]

Not to mention the fact that the gaming industry is the largest entertainment industry on the planet. Much bigger that the movie industry these days. So she is attacking the worlds biggest entertainment industry thinking it's the children using all that 150-170 billion dollars every year on gaming 🤦🏻‍♂️ There are over 2.5 billion gamers around the world, average age is 34 years old, and over 70% of all gamers are 18 or older.

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

Grown Men Shouldn't Waste Their Lives ( insert word here )

[@OzkanArac]

And what about these toddlers? When are they going to play Dead Space and Resident Evil? I remember adult games, even as far back as Atari 2600. This person needs a reality check. It's like morons who say its ok to ruin Star Wars because; "its about spacewizards with lasers, intended for children". Just go away. You are not in your element here. Go and criticize _knitting_ or something.

[@kaiser8659]

Man you pointing out gaming being bigger than the movie industry is quite interesting. Being born in 2000 I can only imagine what it was like when movies were at their hay day and in the 80s video games were just starting to pick up traction. I bet nobody ever thought the impact those pixels would have on generations to come and would go on to out do movie industry some day. Not to go off topic but this interests me •3•

[@noskillzdad5504]

it is bigger than the movie AND music industries COMBINED. That's a pretty tall order tbh.

[@kaiser8659]

@Ultra Magnus oh brother... Maybe not every man wants to die a horrible death on a battle field so some greedy politician can get his oil fill? Ever think of that? Maybe what men want is to be seen as people and not soulless tools/pawns devoid of any thoughts or feelings of their own. Maybe men just want to have peace? To just be able to live their lives like anyone else? And I'm unsure where you get the idea that "Vidya gaming = poor life style." That only applies to a small portion who already have mental health problems. Which means if it wasn't video games it'd be another thing. Most gamers are just regular people who enjoy their hobby on their off time like anyone else.

[@Mako0123]

"I'm not so insecure about myself that i have to dunk other people's hobbies just 'cause I lack an understanding of it" It is just a precious quote which resumes many aspects of social media nowadays

[@jwenting]

and not just social media. That attitude of wanting to micro manage everyone else is found everywhere. And it's not just the last few years either, though it's been getting worse and worse very quickly. I lost a job in 2007 (right at the start of the mortgage crisis), officially "because you're not a good fit in the team" (after nearly 2 years of working quite well in that team, no complaints from anyone and good performance reviews) but I suspect because of my opposition to the insane new dress code which dictated what we, office flunkies who never saw a customer, were supposed to wear down to the styles and colours of our underwear and socks.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

thats so amny peoples out look. oh my god XD

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

@@jwenting That has to be the most stupid dress code I have ever heard of

[@shinodamasaru7945]

We are just like sheep to those shepherd-wannabes. People can live their life without their fake pity anyway. Have a good day, people

[@laos85]

She's one of those who is wasting they own time writing something nonsense and wasting all those poor adult mans time.

[@AaronJLong]

I'm a middle-aged man. An adult. Some of the video games I play are made specifically for adults. I work an adult job. I drive an adult car. I wear adult diapers. I do adult things like taxes and take adult medicine for my adult problems like arthritis. The thing about being an adult is that you can do whatever you want in your free time as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. If there's anyone wasting their lives it is these Karen types that write articles complaining about other people's hobbies. Oh, and my dear old mom likes playing the Switch too. She's played multiple Xboxes and Xbox 360s until they stopped working, and some of my earliest memories are of my parents playing Atari and NES.

[@ProblmSolvd]

Being a grown ass adult means I can do what I want within the bounds of the law. I'd like to see the writer stop me.

[@orcgoat]

An industry that regularly makes more money than the film industry.

[@tigeroyer7789]

An industry worth more than movies and music combined.

[@GForceIntel]

Are "you" making money

[@KAIZENTECHNOLOGIES]

*An industry worth more than movies, music, TV/streaming and sports....combined*

[@GForceIntel]

@@tigeroyer7789 everyone enjoys movies not everyone enjoys games

[@vocalcalibration8033]

@@GForceIntel ... And?!

[@WildVii]

Check out the author’s next op-ed piece, “Get off my lawn, you damn kids!”

[@exceedcharge1]

Followed closely by “get out of my sun, you cantankerous cloud”

[@woteveruk1]

@@exceedcharge1 followed by "get out of my solar system you asshole aliens"

[@TheAsylumCat]

@@exceedcharge1 ending with "I'm better than you! Because I poop in the woods!"

[@w00master]

More like: I got conned into giving this article clicks and views. Folks. Come on. This is a clear example of clickbait and y’all got conned into it.

[@nman551]

Yep

[@slish438]

An issue I've been dealing with at work is guys in their 40s who believe that going outside and living g life to my fullest is better than wasting time on video games. I drive for 10 hours a day delivering XL packages. My work outdoors is already plenty.

[@AnimeRoot]

This response really hits the nail on the head. Thanks for the Vid!

[@justind5098]

>"Don't waste your time playing video games" As if complaining about what people do on the internet is much better...

[@amicableenmity9820]

At least you have fun with video games. Twitter? They're just rageaholics.

[@Cer_Eos]

Seriously!

[@TheAsylumCat]

Self important people not realizing that folk don't care about the thing you like. It's like a celebrity chef losing his collective shit because he spent his whole life in pursuit of his thing and here you are eating a Borger from Wendy's. How uncouth, disgusting lower class man! He doesn't realize he's eating garbage! We must educate him!

[@jeremyphillips3087]

Exactly. Why are so many people complaining about what this lady does on the internet? She just wants to write an article and people are giving her a hard time smh

[@wisereaper4747]

its kind of upseting how complaining on the internet about what other people do in their free time has itself become a hobby to many nowadays

[@SkeanDhu100]

I'm a 53 y/o grown man who plays strategy computer games, keeps my mind active, if I didn't, I would probably end up as a dribbling moron, like this author.

[@MarcusTrinnias]

My Father plays strategy games too. Recently introduced him to Total War, and he's having a blast. Helps him relax after a day of work.

[@SkeanDhu100]

@@MarcusTrinnias those are my go to games as well.....

[@Takokujin07]

These people are still thinking about video games as if it were the late 80’s or early 2000’s smh

[@colinbright1520]

keep on gaming mate 👌😎

[@JoshuaRWorkman]

I'm 35 and intend to keep right on gaming until 53 and beyond.

[@SlayerRunefrost]

Yong, this is why you have swiftly become my favorite KZbinr. Everything you've said here is perfectly succinct.

[@KeterHirameki]

Being an adult is really sad, most of my coworkers have that mindset.

[@Pengun3]

As someone who went through multiple years of college to become an aerospace engineer, got employed with NASA and is currently working on the Artemis program, I'm glad to know I'm still an immature child for playing games in my free time. When we next land on the moon I hope this lady covers it, just so she unintentionally recognizes a gamer who helped make it happen. Quick Edit: Thanks for all the love everyone, didn't expect this and I love basically any sci fi/space game.

[@FRANKIEonWCin240p]

It's always the biggest losers who have to whine about how others spend their free time. Carry on Some Dude, I think what you're doing is pretty damn badass and infinitely more fulfilling than anything this woman has ever done in her life.

[@winstonsmith3703]

Nice man! Also have you ever played kerbal space program?

[@Codex_0613]

Good luck and godspeed to you and all of NASA in the upcoming space faring missions. Onward and upward, always.

[@Pengun3]

@@winstonsmith3703 Hell yes, I love KSP, I've got over 200 hours in it.

[@jeffreysian-salas1689]

@@Pengun3 you sir, are an inspiration to us all. Keep being a badass

[@alternatelevi2099]

This is my parents at their finest. Perfectly willing to sit in front of the TV as often as possible, but me doing the same with video games? Well suddenly it becomes a waste of time and I should be out socialising 24/7.

[@OmnistrikeRZ]

Yep, tell me you’re close minded without telling me you’re close minded.

[@bane9951]

They see it as an age thing, but if youre underage playing video games all day is 100% waste of time

[@clblanchard08]

Dude I'm 40 and it's been this way forever. For some reason video games have been the whipping boy and scapegoat at every God damned turn. It's honestly tiring hearing this same old drek regurgitated every few months about one of your favorite past times.

[@xvthegeneralvx1877]

@@bane9951 I did that the whole time people are shit lol

[@oracle_8947]

@@clblanchard08 It's been this way longer than that. First it was "novels will ruin our children, they're addicted," then it was TV/movies, now it's video games. Stupid people are a constant through the ages. Just ignore them and enjoy games.

[@SuperKinahead]

I see video games the way old people see books. A way to immerse yourself in a world, and go on an adventure following a story and its many characters along the way.

[@TheChubbyd07]

Bunch of nurses and doctors doing dumb tiktok dances are totally a grown up thing to do….

[@TheArnoldification]

I've always seen belittling others' pasttimes for the sake of "maturity" to be the most childish and embarassing shit, surprised these people haven't been laughed out of existence yet

[@NaoyaYami]

Yeah, you basically can't waste your free time no matter what hobby you have. It's "free time", you use it to entertain yourself or otherwise get some rest from thinking about all your responsibilities and problems. Some watch sports, some play sports, some watch anime titties go "boing". To each their own.

[@Spearra]

My guess is, is that they're such shallow individuals with nothing to show for, any semblance of individualism that somebody ELSE has, rustles these shallow peoples'* jimmies due to their lack of.

[@SquareNoggin]

Yeah like I'll take this kinda shit from a guy who's cut social media and TV and all that out of his life, makes furniture and teaches his kid survivalist skills for fun in his free time - THAT guy can tell me I need to grow up and stop wasting so much free time playing video games. But something tells me that the folks who write articles like this spend plenty of time mindlessly scrolling through their social media and vegging out as they binge whatever the f on a streaming platform - and those people can go f themselves because video games are way more engaging, challenging and meaningful than social media or TV/movies. Screen habits are a vice, no doubt, but as far as screen habits go, video games are the least bad IMO.

[@NaoyaYami]

@@SquareNoggin But they are the best of "the bad" though. I play mostly sandbox survival/building games (Minecraft, Valheim, etc.) or MMORPGs. First ones works up my creativity and imagination while the second ones help me work on my social skills, organizational skills and leadership (I do lead group content once in a while), teach me focus and concentration (consistently perform my dmg rotation while dealing with any mechanics game or non-careful players throw at me), economics and data analysis (smart ways of earning in-game currency), and some more. Oh, and also basic stuff like eye-hand coordination, reflexes, etc. I've also finally started speaking English (not my native lang) while so far I was only listening to it and writing myself thanks to online games. Meanwhile, watching stuff is a very passive kind of entertainment. I do get something out of it (like learning foreign languages or even just game-related stuff) but it's almost like studying at that point and not the kind of binging netflix or something that's so popular lately. Anyway, I'm back to wasting my time improving myself and making others' day a bit better by succesfully leading them to victory in challenging videogame content.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

yes yes and yes.

[@Silvershadowfire]

The 80's called, they want their overblown outrage back.

[@Roggor]

I was getting déjà vu too.

[@CyberLance26]

There are plenty of different stuff that was normal and no big deal in the 80s that people now think is wrong so people have way more of an outrage about things now than they did back then. Same with the 70s, 90s and the 2000s that those same things were perfectly fine back then but are wrong now. Also in the past it was mostly violence people had an outrage about but now there are many different things people love to censor, remove and change because it could hurt somebodys feelings.

[@MegaNdela]

Careful. Lol. That's my decade! i often wonder why it is that I still play games. Then the answer presents itself: It's a rich medium - one providing both amusement and escapism, one learns a lot too while gaming. It's also had other applications besides entertainment. I'm not sure why someone would write this crap. This clown is making us look foolish. At the VERY least - she should have researched this before mouthing off on a subject she has ZERO knowledge/experience on.

[@zefft.f4010]

@@CyberLance26 Yeah, it's almost as if people can change their sensibilities over time. Weird, huh? There was the same kind of outrage in the 80's and before and after, it's just louder now thanks to the internet. We have echo chambers of outrage and echo chambers of being outraged at the outrage, ad nauseam. People clickbaiting with outrage isn't very different from what you'd see on TV in the 80's and 90's, right down to the same profit motive. I don't know how old you are, but what you're describing is nothing new.

[@isitanos]

The stars are right. I guess it's time to blame D&D for leading kids to Satan again. Proceed to scream in an orderly fashion.

[@TheSZone]

Grown Adults Shouldn’t Play Video Games… Snobby newspaper writers need to get a life.

[@ahmedalmaskari6037]

god i just love it when yong speaks from his heart

[@Boyahda]

The fact this article is behind a paywall really speaks volumes about this particular publication.

[@akkibajaj705]

Yeah I found that weird when I tried goin to the article asking me to pay 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@RedceLL1978]

Sad thing is, there's actually people out there that pay real world money for pathetic slopaganda like that miserable ignorant person wrote.

[@johnny88j9]

She's a bit of a snob from the UK.

[@htlchtlc]

There are sites to bypass the pay wall, you just need to paste the link.

[@nman551]

Yep

[@AesirUnlimited]

Literally everything we do is a “waste”. We’re all going to die, so we might as well spend the brief time we have on this earth doing what we like to do. Nothing you enjoy doing is a waste.

[@Rich_P_Anya]

It's shocking how few people seem to ever realize your point.

[@bulegele2128]

Time you enjoy wasting is not a waste of time

[@BackwardsPancake]

B-but if I don't spend all my time in performative suffering, how am I going to impress all of my fake-ass friends and acquaintances?? Surely, the lukewarm approval of people who would stab me in the back for the slightest gain if they could get away with it is the greatest measure by which to gauge my self-worth?

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Well said

[@user-xe4xw1ws1n]

@@BackwardsPancake ekacnaP has Twitter down to a science!

[@buymeskittles2719]

Judging how other people spend their free time when they enjoy an activity and it isn't hurting anyone is the least "adult" thing I can think of.

[@catcrimes80]

Us "Man Babies" will stop doing our hobbies. If Twitter stops playing Make Believe political.

[@scalpel6096]

13:22 I'm an orthopedic surgeon , currently in the process of finishing my masters degree. And video games have been (and always will be ) a great stress reliever from all that pressure. this lady needs some hobby, she's clearly miserable enough to write that shit. May I suggest gaming?

[@LegendStormcrow]

I worked at a prison for 12 years. They helped, and by a noticeable amount.

[@wutsit2yuhhuh246]

If I got paid a dollar for every time I've seen a comment with the time posted right as it's playing I'd have at least a $50 in my wallet. It's bizzare lol

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@wutsit2yuhhuh246 Only 50?

[@Goosenpai]

bruh how dare they make fun of my e-scooter, i'm LIVID

[@chrisstyles4630]

😂😂😂

[@lnsflare1]

Goose Boose: *scoots away angrily*

[@hiimmistergay4247]

E-scooter are the shit.

[@ssddsquare]

Just don't buy anything with Chinese batteries in it. They explode lol

[@angelverduzco5179]

Lmaoo

[@Kaledarkwind6151]

Skill ups responses were so good!

[@Grygong555]

So well said sir! Bravo!

[@filipvadas7602]

"Grown people" is a subjective term these days. I've seen 50 year old men have about as much maturity as actual toddlers and teens acting mature and taking on responsibilites that come with

[@knusperkeks2748]

There are 70 year olds that still throw temper tantrums because they choose to have their feelings get hurt over listening to actual advice. You can't grow out of it unless you want to.

[@ajitsen6927]

Exactly , Age ≠ Experience.

[@TG-ge1oh]

To paraphrase Sir Terry Pratchett, just because someone is old doesn't mean they're wise. They could also have been very stupid for a long time.

[@jchinckley]

​@@ajitsen6927 Age _can_ = Experience, but it takes effort on your part. You cannot be strictly an observer and learn how to be mature--you must act and then learn from what you've done. Far too many people try to skip the doing things part and think they're "grown up" when they lack a lot of personal interaction with others. Going to work can help but it isn't the standard that defines what and who you are by itself. What demonstrates that you have grown up is how you treat others and how you treat yourself. If you cannot take a joke, if you get upset by the things others do or say when what they do has 0 effect on you or anyone else for that matter, if you go around telling other physically grown people what they should and should not do with their free time... then _you_ are a hypocrite and are demonstrating that you have no idea what being a grown up actually means.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@knusperkeks2748 Said 70-year-olds are the people that run the U.S.

[@GTB-yu2be]

Me and my 19 year old daughter played "It Takes Two" a few months ago. Neither one of us had any clue it was going to as good as it was. Took us about a week to finish it.

[@j3d89]

Play a way out xD

[@timbo303official9]

At least it's not troll and I

[@whitewolf3051]

*If* she's still around, I think the grandma who plays Skyrim would like to have a word about the person who wrote the nonsense that adults can't play video games.

[@leiderhosen7110]

My father was disabled at 17 in a (temporarilly, was flatlined 20 minutes but resuscitated and spent nine months in a wheelchair) fatal car accident. Was too stubborn to quit and worked for another twenty years until complications related to the accident retired him for good in the late 2000's, when I was in Middle School. We've shared 2000 hours in Destiny and constantly talk about the latest releases. He still drags himself to the garage to work on his cars but our love of gaming give us something to bond over when his pain acts up. Without Skyrim he probably would've lost his sanity since he loves to work and is an incredibly gifted engineer, sometimes it's how the cards fall.

[@tron.44]

It's almost as if she were dumped by a gamer.

[@panmajin6895]

Karen wants her man to work all day to buy her a new pair of ridiculously overpriced shoes, gets laughed at. the next day she goes on a tantrum in an article she's writing

[@rfazlan]

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."- George Bernard Shaw

[@TalonWren]

Hilariously, every time i run into some mid aged adult or older that is completely grumpy and looks miserable and obviously doesnt play games.. that is just one extra log to the 'never stopping playing games" fire. Yeah.. you have fun being bored.. ill be over here at least entertaining myself.

[@dookie_12]

George Bernard Shaw, Proto-Gamer

[@bioshockgamer13]

Her: "Grown men shouldn't waste their time playing videogames." Karens: *kicking and screaming to get their way*

[@IbadGrammarX]

karen try block guy play skate board

[@peposo7]

"Yeah. They should be spending their time trying to woo me. Just like that Madonna's Material Girl music video..."

[@jaxboro]

It’s like saying her 8 year old likes movies, TV, music, and books so they are all for children. Every kind, every type.

[@carlcard7]

Thanks for backing your fellow gamers Yong! 👍

[@BlueSpooky]

What else are we supposed to do during Covid? Watch HBO Max? Guarantee the person who wrote this probably never even went outside before Covid anyway, since they probably don't have many friends

[@inuclearpickle8628]

These are the type of people who are angry and their only social real social interaction is with family. I live with this kind of ignorance in the form of my father as all he does is eat, sleep, and watches far right politics

[@afuckingnameplz]

You could always do commentary on the royal family

[@TyrantWesker]

I mean, there's plenty to do during covid if you just go outside and live a normal life like most people are. Unless you live in some authoritarian nightmare regime like Australia where you literally aren't allowed to do anything or have a life anymore, I guess.

[@woteveruk1]

@@inuclearpickle8628 thats an unfair assessment, i myself dont really go out much, but i have reasons for not doing so, and im not this kind of ignorant, anti social doesnt necesarily equal ignorance like this woman

[@sunder739]

@@MrRicktastic assuming people are still as normal as you would assume, but... the gamers? nah, unlikely. Not that I would mock then anyway...

[@haraken3119]

"Oh... nooo... the horror... imagine having fun on a hobby that is multi-generational the absolute horror... I certainly don't want to have fun with my niece and nephew... that would be horrendous... sorry kids having fun with you is apparently a mental illness." - Me a sarcastic prick who felt his neurons dying from what that "journalist" wrote

[@sixstringedthing]

I'm 42 and my nephew is 7, just starting to get into games (has a Switch and plays PS with his Dad). I'm super excited to share this with him as he grows up. I feel real sorry for that "author's" daughter.

[@BahamutOmega]

@@sixstringedthing In the same boat, though nieces instead of a nephew. With one who I've played games with since she was fairly young. Maybe about 5 or 6 if memory serves me well, if not a little earlier of course. Given that particular niece is now 18, and she still loves to game. Methinks the authoress of the article needs some time in a room with Tetris, or perhaps the Style Savvy/Style Boutique/Girls Mode series. One has to wonder if she has played anything older than Pokemon Red/Blue. Unfortunately I doubt she could understand a cartridge based system, let alone anything like older generation computers that used diskettes or tapes. I could recall having times where I'd play some games with my nieces. Sure they like the girly stuff, but they can also diverge into different genres as well. My oldest niece had chances to also play stuff that was before her time. In some cases, I enjoyed watching my niece beat the shit out of me in a game. I'd say it's a case where my oldest niece has fairly decent skills. If anything, I can laugh about my niece having had skills that I can respect.

[@thedarkflameknight7942]

"urinalist" fixed that for you

[@hantarosi20]

The way you addressed this article is awesome as you stated a lot of obvious things for us gamers but unfortunately there is a lot of ignorance and your videos are educating this people . Thank you ! 😌

[@josephdurham4950]

This artical is doing exactly what they want... causing an emotional response to get ppl to click or talk about it...you taking the bait my dude

[@mintymemo6965]

Exactly what I thought. Love you yongyea and I understand the anger but this is clearly bait

[@airraverstaz]

I've never understood how gaming is somehow less of a hobby than watching football or movies or reading books.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

it isnt. not anymore. it became a hobby and these people hate that. and their trying to stop that and failed

[@BravoRox]

Reading has it's benefits But I agree

[@Deathbringer99699]

Reading is better than playing games. That is a fact. But this karen is butthurt beyond belief!

[@glenwaldrop8166]

@@Deathbringer99699 reading doesn't help keep my busted ass hands working, doesn't aid in practicing racing lines on tracks, doesn't keep my hand-eye coordination up, in general doesn't keep my problem solving skills acute though there are situations where the game is dumb and the book is challenging... I generally play survival games, fighting games or racing sims, wheel and pedal included, nothing that is even remotely mindless button pushing.

[@Deathbringer99699]

@@glenwaldrop8166 i also play games but there are better things to do in life.

[@Firellius]

C. S. Lewis: "When I became a man, I put away childish things. Including the fear of being childish and the desire to be very grown up"

[@Dargonhuman]

I love that quote! I'm a responsible adult, I show up to work on time every day, I rarely call out sick unless I'm so sick I can't even stand up, I pay my bills and taxes on time, I vote, I take care of myself and my loved ones so if I want to do something "childish" just for myself, no one is going to make me feel guilty for that.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Ah the man who wrote Alice in wonderland

[@Firellius]

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 Actually, that was Lewis Carroll. C. S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia.

[@globalist1990]

Everyone is childish about something. No one just becomes an adult all of a sudden.

[@gizmonomono]

If movies aren't just for children, why would interactive movies be?

[@palynodie5]

In "le rouge et le noir", a 19th century novel (1830) by french romantic writer Stendhal, the main character is dissed by his family for spending his time reading books, an ativity deemed useless, childlish and immature at the time. What a trip we've done, since. Boomers gonna hate, always.

[@Doomerang01]

There’s a saying that someone reaches true adulthood when they realize that it’s ok to act childish sometimes. In other words, this author is more immature than any real adult. After all, she’s mocking gamers the same way as an elementary school playground bully.

[@carlycrays2831]

CS Lewis: "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

[@Doomerang01]

@@carlycrays2831 Thanks, that was it. It's been years since I read it, so I couldn't remember who said it and the exact context.

[@kaiser8659]

That's what I think about whenever I see stuff like this. This is true childish behavior. Children push stuff they deem childish away to seem more grown up. Adults don't care what others think or do in their free time if no harms done.

[@T.O.Wallee]

I’ve learnt my English from playing video games, listening to journalists on gaming news cause that’s what I’m interested. I wouldn’t say that my English is good now but better than those days in school where I used to fail my english test. YongYea’s English always inspire me and had me keep on following his video.

[@Tamaki742]

Your English is good! You're eloquent with it.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Consequently, highly Japan-focused franchises like Yakuza (especially given almost every game lacks a dub) is teaching me quite a bit of Japanese culture and phrases. Also, as the other person said, your English is pretty good.

[@kaiser8659]

Bro if you didn't mention it I wouldn't have ever known English wasn't your first language. Trust me your English is better than English natives. You're doing great! Keep it up :)

[@Takato2527]

trust me, what make my English better (still crap and idc) is anything but school.

[@zer0legend109]

Same as u, I wouldn't even be a doctor rn if it wasn't for video games teaching me proper English where my country teaching system failed to do so, and when u enter a medical college a good English is just the base requirement as there is no time to start learning that when u already have thousands of medical Latin terminology to memorize

[@nathanstruble2177]

YO!! Classic PPG was a great show that still holds up today!