How Gaming Makes You Ugly

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You ever play video games before? I’m sure you’ve heard of internet personalities that can now make a living by live streaming on different platforms and playing Fortnite. Gone are the days when the stereotype of an average nerd is someone awkward with no social skills - attractive people that play games do exist! But according to a new study - excessive gaming can be the cause of physical unattractiveness if you don’t have a healthy balance between taking care of yourself and sitting for long periods of time. A scary looking projection of what the average gamer will look like in 2040 caused a lot of discomfort for internet users since people are actually starting to look like this model. Head dents, bad posture, eye strain - is the extensive list of debuffs you can get from being a gamer worth it? How Gaming Makes You Ugly #edvasian

[@Edvasian]

What’s your average screen time? I need to know for research and to justify my “normal” 12 hours of screen time

[@lucituci97]

I’m around 10 hours average. I’m not mentally sane😭

[@faridaaboubacar9455]

literally 11 hours oml 😪

[@piklan89]

100

[@NyeTingzzz]

I don’t usually have it in the week due to college I’m super busy

[@cosmicjosie]

5 and a half hours, honestly thought it would be worse than that 😭

[@charlii7386]

It’s funny how boomers think that being gaming on stream for 7h it’s bad but being in a office doing +40h a week it’s good for your health.

[@AnneaWasHere]

It's the same but they dont realizeee

[@beeboi0097]

​@AnneaWasHere I don't think it's that they don't realize I think it's the illusory truth effect. The media and some doctors says video games are bad for kids and gen x/boomers are more likely to believe that than the younger generations (could be for a literal list of reasons) and because it was fed so much to them thru the media and doctors they started to believe it.

[@ynat2198]

I'm 33 and have worked at a office job for 10 years in healthcare. I have also gamed since i was a child. At one point for hours at a time for fun (not income). My job allows me benefits, health insurance, is unionized, reimburses gym, allows me good breaks, and i don't bring my work home in the slightest. I get accrued leave and raises every year. I'm not sure the same can necessarily be said of game steamers that rely on various sources of income that might not necessarily be consistent. Again, I'm not sure they can be compared. I get physically ill from playing for long periods of time, but do not get sick at work in front of my computer. I would never stop someone from pursuing this for themselves ofc. But hands down i prefer my office job.

[@Abby_Liu]

I worked an office job for a year. half the time it was remote which means I have my laptop on the coffee table if I hear an email come in and otherwise go about my day cooking/cleaning/watching TV. the other half you're in the office and get distracted by colleagues every half an hour and you stand up over the cubicles and have a chat. every 2 hours everyone goes for 'coffee' where really only 1 person gets a coffee and everyone else is standing around chatting. it's still not great but it's not like the boomers haven't had this slacking shit figured out

[@charlii7386]

@@ynat2198 I wasn’t talking about income but ok. Not all works are that privileged and I wasn’t even talking about works like yours.

[@Kanai799]

I can't even afford to get uglier 💀

[@hermi1-kenobi455]

Same honestly 💀 need to use earplugs instead of a headset now

[@beeboi0097]

Felt 😂😭😭

[@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305]

Nah when you go past the negative it loops back to the highest positive value

[@wonyoungiesgirl]

@@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305i cannot afford to get past the negative of the negatives to hit the loop i fear

[@Kanai799]

@@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305 👍

[@_ch1pset]

8 hours a day playing video games is a problem but 8 hours being "productive" at your office job staring at a screen all day is okay.

[@screameureka7029]

its so hypocritical 😭 even at my lifeguarding job i get back pain

[@Glowing_Iris]

It's practically the same thing, but one's more entertaining

[@harukrentz435]

Only 8 hours a day? You sure those games didnt spend close to 15-20 hrs a day playing game?

[@dopamineconsumer3]

video games aren’t beneficial while being productive is

[@Eurobeat_fan]

I mean if you have an office job you at least get consistently paid to do it. It seems like a lot of people make so much money playing video games like making content or streaming or competing but in reality that number is very small.

[@reilly.05]

something funny is that those who wear glasses all day also have dents in the part wear the glasses sit, so I think it was obvious that if you have something on your head for multiple hours you'll end up with a dent

[@wildfire5838]

Lmaooo yes I have glasses dents!!

[@jenovella70]

Oh yes, I have glasses dents as well!

[@reilly.05]

@@wildfire5838 we are all glasses dents siblings

[@tarat1247]

I saw a substitute teacher with it in elementary school and I thought, “thank god I don’t wear glasses” Now I wear glasses almost all the time as my vision is genuinely awful. Don’t know how I lived like that

[@Dragonflyfaerie5]

I was feeling my glasses dents while watching this video xD

[@adanteria]

Funny they call it "gamer dent" as if call centers never existed...

[@Yikkoofficial]

I was just thinking this! I worked at a call center and the headphones hurt like hell.

[@KFC431]

I was working at call center and it was my worst experience ever as customer service working remote at home. It was so stressful the customers were awful, but was due to the companies overall bad organisation that leads to unhappy clients. We were just the punching bag and had to work fast, was like japanese black company(I live in canada) but minus the excessive working hours or abusive supervisers(they were supportive but too busy) I was starting to lose hair, since I quit, it's lot better.

[@Quario]

Gamer dent sounds funnier that "Indian Scammer dent"

[@mosseryz]

The thing that I don't get about text neck is that people only talk about it when it has to do with phones, While there are book loves such as myself who spend 4-6 hours a day staring down at a book which results in the same thing as looking down at a phone and yet no one brings that up, and all the blame goes on phones. Which is kinda goofy if you ask me.

[@Detective_asparagus]

I've had a similar scenario. I had a loved one tell me to stop reading because it's "taking me away from the real world". I then pointed out my sister will lock herself in her room reading, refusing to eat, sleep, etc, all to "get away from the real world".

[@Freya_Blue]

They probably don't want to seem like they're discouraging people reading. But I have thought about it before, too, as someone who has "text neck" from reading.

[@amemocci3580]

a great pose for reading a book is on your belly( i think its called a sphinx yoga pose). i find that way my back doesn't hurt

[@hypnohypnohypno97]

I got it from drawing for ages, then it became my usual posture :(

[@darkydoom]

I've always said the position is the same for any task where you look down. It is the WORST for tapestry. My neck and shoulders hurt so much from it

[@skypaver989]

A sedentary lifestyle is probably one of the worst things you can do for your mental health and physical health, but it's kind of silly to blame video games alone when people are using twitter, working office jobs, and sitting in place for half the day. I still play video games but I made it my goal to exercise outdoors for 10 or more hours for week and I noticed my headaches are gone and I feel less tired.

[@whatever3145]

Television has kept people sedentary for decades lol this is ridiculous

[@SunsetEnvy]

Blue light can cause pretty bad headaches if you don't have special protective glasses. I learned it the hard way lol

[@josefagomezschmeisser8356]

Yeah, even school is 90% being sit on a chair

[@suzannax]

It's true, just moving a bit more makes me feel less anxious and dead inside 🙂👍

[@Nameless-ny8nk]

​@@whatever3145Television? more like convenience, in the past people had to walk or ride a bike to go basically anywhere, if you wanted to buy groceries you had to basically exercise to get there, now we mostly drive to places, exercise isn't ingrained in our every day tasks as much, if you want to exercise, you have to take time out of your day to do it and at that point you are moving to move instead of moving because you have to go somewhere or need to do something else, I mean talking from my personal experience I find it hard to exercise even if it makes me feel good because I keep thinking “I could be using this time to draw, study more, or go somewhere, or talking to someone, but instead I'm here doing something that makes me tired sweaty and bored, and I won't be seeing the results from this for a while”

[@Midget-lc5zc]

Okay but like its so funny how gaming is only acceptable as a hobby when you're attractive

[@semekiizuio]

Tbf they become less attractive the more they game

[@Valentino016]

Bro no it isnt 💀

[@toiletdestroyer163]

​@@Valentino016yes it is, pokimaine??

[@Valentino016]

@@toiletdestroyer163 Im not just talking about Pokimane they are many gamers who arent supper attractive. You can be attractive and play video games to.

[@toiletdestroyer163]

@@Valentino016 yes but they get privilege, like if your fat and you game people will be like “ew, get your fatass of the computer and touch grass” but if your skinny - “wow you game? me to! what do you play?”

[@DesXD]

“Text neck” has never made sense to me. How does looking down at your phone give a different result than that of kids in classrooms looking down at work on their desks for most of the day? Or people working office jobs and doing paperwork or whatever?

[@sidiwvwhi]

easier to fear monger about phones than school

[@negligible_reality]

it doesn't give you a different result at all, it's just that boomers and gen x find it a lot easier to fear monger and slander phones and computers instead of anything else like books or paperwork. another classic case of phone bad book good.

[@Steph-zg2pw]

Because its cumulative. 8 hours of school/work, 8 hours of being on you phone. You spend all your waking hours looking down.

[@LeBatteur]

@@Steph-zg2pwThat still doesn’t mean it has anything to do with phones specifically.

[@qwandary]

Well said, it's the same damn thing!

[@yunhosparrot]

Them putting eczema on there as if it’s a result from gaming actually pisses me off. Eczema is a medical condition and usually it runs in the family. I have eczema and I’ve been had it since I was a little girl, not caused by gaming. And insinuating that eczema makes you ugly is just extremely foul. I’ve seen people who look like God’s favorite and they have eczema. I’m just tired of people labeling eczema as something ugly as that’s what I was called my entire life. Over a medical condition. It’s so frustrating.

[@urdemonkingofsalvation]

Exactly!

[@Cdh2007]

I get it too, and I hate looking at my red wrinkled hands, and my scabby feet 😢

[@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4811]

My brother has it and the misinformation around it is astonishing

[@Doodle_Dragon]

Yeah! I have eczema and I can't do anything about it other than using prescribed creams when it gets bad. Something, something, hormones get over it!

[@samblasco2359]

the eczema of the example in the video is caused by stress, nothing else, they aren't blaming gaming, they are blaming the stress it comes when you are sleep deprived, don't have enough water and nutrients, and your only worries are to win. Which is a thing that totally happens! Eczema is a fancy way to say dermatitis, dermatitis are definitely caused by stress sometimes, for sure by poor skin conditions. Just imagine staying with your sweaty back attached to a plastic chair for more then 10 hours day. If your skin isn't irritated after well... Congrats I guess. Some eczema aren't caused by genetics or the immune system, some are caused by how bad you treat yourself. There's no reason to be angry at it. I too have an eczema, probably caused by a disorder of my immune system, but I can totally get over the fact eczema isn't exclusive to me...

[@LeBatteur]

Nobody who casually plays games for 2-5 hours a day with attention to personal hygiene and physical needs is going to end up looking like that poorly crafted homunculus.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

What if they're already a poorly crafted homunculus with attention to personal hygiene and physical needs, but want to play video games anyway?

[@LeBatteur]

@@BlueEyedVibeChecker Then I respect their decision, either way it’s not their fault lol.

[@tomhomunculus]

yeah, I'm a well crafted homunculus

[@_K.Rinn._]

Made me realize I should probably not be hunched over drawing on my tablet all day 💀

[@helplessheroine2641]

Get a (sturdy, otherwise you won't be able to draw without it shaking) stand for your tablet, it makes a huuuuuuge difference

[@Moon_Sh0t_X1]

@@helplessheroine2641 yeah

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

Nobody ever is going to end up like this model unless they are already disfigured or never spend any time outside. Don't worry too much.

[@cassualtea2040]

you can mount it on the book stand things. I got a laptop stand thingy that props it up at a 45° angle because I experienced drawing on a tablet propped up like that once and realized how much of a quality of life change it could make

[@aruvius]

it’s worth saying that Michael is a representation of what excessive gaming looks like rather than a casual gamer who can actually bother to take care of themself. the streamers with head dents most likely have them just because of their long hours of streaming - note the man who mentioned he had been wearing them for 12 hours, as opposed to the casual 3-7 hours the type of headphones also matter as gaming headsets often have a tighter grip over basic headphones you could find at Walmart or even just Beats. since streaming/gaming is their profession, they would be wearing these headphones for more than half a day everyday. the streamer who shaved his hair supposedly had his head return to its normal shape at some point. that part of your head is quite soft.

[@Abby_Liu]

a lot of it is skin being compressed too like Ed said. we have a lot going on between the surface and the skull of our heads, that's why we bleed so damn much even with a minor cut on the head.

[@sidiwvwhi]

yeah i wear headphones for like 12 hours a day sometimes (sensory thing) and i don’t have any dent because i wear them loosely and they have some padding

[@jisoup]

⁠@@sidiwvwhii have sensory issues too and i got so scared when i heard headphones causes head dents 😭😭 like huhh but then i checked my head and it was fine lmao

[@qwandary]

It also shows EVERY complication in one person, which is pretty improbable.

[@DomR1997]

It's just a skin indentation 🤦‍♂️ a fucking headset is not going to dent your head, coming from someone who wears one 24 hours a day, even while sleeping, to listen to music.

[@hylozoicVerse]

I was a graphic artist, and had to get a massage every week to counter back and neck pain. Then I became an occupational therapist, partly because I didn't want to work behind a computer all day. So now what do I do? Spend nearly all my time documenting on, yep, my computer!

[@apflbaumxy2726]

yeah I'm a graphic designer working from home and a gamer, that's such a combo. But honestly u r right, almost every job is computer related nowadays

[@DeadKraken]

Honestly same lol I've been a freelancer artist for 10 years, got sick of it because it's an extremely sedentary and lonely job, I'm always curved on the table drawing for 12-14 hours a day and made my mental problems worse, so I decided to change careers. I'm currently almost at the end of the professional concept art course and you'll never guess what I'll be doing in my new occupation! .........a sedentary job done on my computer BUT for only 8 hours a day and with collagues this time😂 I think unless you work in construction on the field, are a surgeon, documentarist, archeologist or work in the farm industry, pretty much all jobs are sedentary with you staring down at a digital screen for hours🤷‍♀

[@michellevietor8185]

Meh. "Text neck" was once "reader's neck" and I'm not giving up either one.

[@zaniii6172]

Isn’t this equivalent to working 30+ hours in an office job💀

[@llll4445]

EXACTLY 💀

[@topo7130]

Yes but at least you get paid.

[@spilledmilk5316]

@@topo7130streamers that play games also get paid at least

[@dudedude-su7pt]

​@@spilledmilk5316but dent is terrible on the head

[@mrbeastmaster1459]

"2040 is only 17 years away" thank you in advance for the mental breakdown I'm going to have later, Ed

[@cassiebelmont993]

I feel bad for the people with medically necessary headgear like those with Sleep Apnea that uses a CPAP machine to assist with breathing at night(while asleep).

[@lenehammero7274]

it always goes back to normal! humans are weirdly resilient in their flesh 😊 me and my partner both wear them and although they do hurt often, it takes like ~30 min to an hour to fix

[@kcaspian531]

I’m younger than the average cpap user, but a lot of the masks I’ve used are soft silicon and you never want to wear them too tight. But everyone is different!

[@bumbley.umbley]

I am a (relatively) young cpap user and I luckily haven’t had this issue! It does “dent” my hair, but the silicone is light enough that there isn’t much actual pressure on the head.

[@Chillikilli]

Ehhh my dad is bald and uses the CPAP machines and he doesn’t have a dent in his head 💀 so idk

[@qwandary]

@@Chillikilli He's probably not sleeping as long as addicted gamers are playing though. These players are doing up to 18 hours of gaming sometimes more, and the study was looking at the most severe cases. We normally sleep under 10 hours so it's not even comparable in risk.

[@007MrYang]

Bruh, I'm struggling to catch my breath after that whole head dent segment 🤣 I can't even use those big ass headphones for more than 30 minutes before my head and ears start hurting, regardless of how tight or loose they are on my head.

[@shigekax]

Same ! I think it protected us from a scary future

[@Annik_Tenacious_Felis]

Same ! I always felt left out in gaming parties because i used earphones instead of a headset and now , one of the ones without dents 😂

[@avalinah]

I thought I was the only one lol

[@gothcsm]

I’m a casual gamer who is also studying to go into the medical field, and I know for a fact that none of us casual gamers will even look close to how Michael looks. You can only physically get to that point if you consistently game and spend all of your time doing so. Michael was only made as a way to scare every gamer into not playing video games anymore because they see it as being “unproductive”. Plus, like Ed said, all of these issues can easily be caused by many other things, including many jobs like society deems as “productive” like an office job or physical labor jobs. And to physically get a dent in your SKULL (which is pretty much impossible) you would have to basically wear your headphones 24/7 for years on end, and even then, bones naturally revert back into place if you don’t keep a stressor on them (like for example braces or a scoliosis brace, once you get your braces taken off or you stop wearing your brace, your bones will naturally go back to the way they were originally) So to summarize (TL;DR) the whole infographic for Michael is stupid and is full of blatant misinformation to scare you, so don’t stress over it. You’ll be fine.

[@imeldagonzalez6220]

As someone who works in a cubicle, this scares me because I have to sit in an office for 8 hours (I only have ONE hour long break but those eight hours of work IS taking this break into account). I think this just goes to show how inhumane a 9-5 office job is :( All of the unhealthy choices that are putting damage on my body aren't even by my own choice :(

[@africanwilddog6685]

there’s this dude named jørgen Peter müeller that made a exercise routine for office workers back in the early 1900s. I believe it’s called ‘my system’ but I could be wrong. It’s kinda silly looking but it’s good to move your body around especially if you’re not used to hard exercise. I learned a little about while reading up on franz kafka :)

[@RavenFilms]

That headphone dent hit home for me in a different way. I only wear glasses outside (sunglasses, obviously) and have been wearing them since I was 14 (39 now). And about 7 years ago, I realized I have an indent behind both my ears from the ends of the arms on the glasses. I didn’t think I wore them all that much for such a thing to happen but then I thought about it, I wear them unless it’s literally raining or nighttime, and I spend A LOT of time outside. For recreation alone it’s at least 30 hours a week, basically for the past 25 years. So I’m not surprised these gamers have dents from something they have been wearing for like 12 hours a day, it makes sense really.

[@DomR1997]

It's a skin indent. Go without your glasses for a day or two, it goes back to normal. Have yet to meet a chronic gamer with a head indent from headphones. Also, I've worn headphones all day, every day, for 13 years, even while asleep. No indent. It's a load of hullabaloo.

[@Pearl_intheSea]

Yeah I wear headphones most of the day and nothing has happened to me

[@chickenbreast7016]

I have a natural slope in my head (from birth, not from headphones), and I wouldn't worry as much if I were you. Only time anyone has noticed is when I buzz my hair short and even then I need my hair to be sweaty and lying flat. So unless you're bald, its probably not as bad as you think.

[@wooshiey]

the Michael reveal is actually scary. i studied game art at university and there were a lot of people in the games courses that look like that and it’s not okay. it was really difficult to go to class sometimes because the lack of personal hygiene that people had (as well as generally very terrible, misogynistic behavior) was disruptive to my studies and mental health. i’ve not watched the video fully as of writing this, but it’s a serious problem that so many people in those circles do not understand the importance of taking care of themselves. i once saw somebody come in to class in sweatpant-type shorts that had literal p*** stains on them. these people already exist and though they aren’t the absolute majority, there is a concerning amount of people like that for sure.

[@babyvanillas]

i hope ur doing better now omg... if i experienced that then i would need like 30 years of therapy

[@wooshiey]

@@babyvanillas honestly i think i need to go see a therapist for sure lol, it was so bad. i do feel better, it wasn’t long ago but not being around such people helps

[@kai_fatallysapphic]

bruh i don't feel comfortable going to walmart if my shirt isn't a stiff enough material to hide my nips, and there're people who think it's appropriate to go to school like _that_ 💀

[@Anthracite_coal]

No idea where you're going to because the gaming and animation courses at my college have people far from that description, in fact, some people wear enough cologne to make your nose bleed

[@wooshiey]

@@Anthracite_coal lucky you, i guess. like i said, these cases are not the majority of people where i used to go, but it got bad enough that the staff had to gather people around from all the games related courses to tell people they should shower more. glad to hear that you had a different experience to mine.

[@RiadMaanSermani]

I am traumatized I usually spend from 12 pm to 2 am on my laptop and this is scaring the shit out of me but that won't stop me from doing it again and again every day

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..]

At least turn the blue light filter on and stretch in between. Have a bottle of water or 2 beside u

[@PeteyThePenguin]

Take regular breaks - every hour or so get up and stretch and walk around a bit, even if it's only for a minute. Sitting for long periods of time is one of the worst things for your health. I know the struggle though, I've been playing games for hours straight since I was a kid lol. Taking little breaks and moving helps

[@helplessheroine2641]

Take breaks, stretch, look into making your laptop usage more ergonomic and consider investing in blue light glasses. Working out also helps with the posture -related issues. I've also heard that for eyestrain you should go to your window, and look at something far away, for 1 second for every minute you've spent staring at your screen. It takes a LOOONG time before any of this is irreversible, so don't worry too much! Focus on creating small habits that prevent long-term issues

[@understanding77]

Go for a walk every two to three hours and drink some water you'll be alright son

[@JaneNX01]

I started gaming in 1978 and I assure you I look nothing like that and neither does my gamer husband. 😂

[@DomR1997]

Yeah, cause its a load of horse shit. It's unoriginal conservative propaganda that's been propagated by ignorant individuals for decades. Just like the myths about DnD players becoming troglodytes.

[@ayszhang]

We hold books in the same position as a smartphone. Why wasn't "book neck" ever a problem?

[@negligible_reality]

pretty sure it used to actually be called readers neck before smartphones and computers became the norm; nowadays they'd rather call it text neck so they can fear monger people into not wanting to use their phones

[@thekneesbee]

The head indent thing is real, me and my co-workers at a call center all discovered it one day... it's crazy I feel like ours is thinner because of the type of headphone band for call centers is different. Now I worry about balancing where I put my headphones. But considering for call centers its forty hours a week for years... I hope Michael is okay. (Also damn, I was playing Minecraft after my genshin dailies and if I hadn't just showered that would have been it for me.)

[@white_tulip2189]

who do you main on genshin?

[@DomR1997]

Don't worry, it's a skin indent. It is more defined because of the skinniness of the band, but it goes away if you leave them off for a while.

[@thekneesbee]

@@DomR1997 thanks! my hair is poofy enough I'll always see some result of headphone wearing. Too bad Ed wasn't sponsored by raycon that would have been such a good adread segue

[@Detective_asparagus]

My mom works an office job, and we used to have the same Dome Indent before she got new headphones that don't go around her head. Also, the "text neck" can apply to anything that involves looking down, that's not a phone thing lol

[@cartkondid6156]

we got told to touch grass in every language possible 😭

[@YonelaMatholengwe]

😂

[@axelsgf]

I became a shut in before, just playing games 24/7 and not eating much, while video games is my favorite hobby its true that the body affect’s heavily if you don’t do shlt for years.

[@tacocatt6808]

Not me checking for the gamer head dent even tho I'm not a gamer lmao

[@PeteyThePenguin]

For some reason I checked too even though I don't even wear headphones lol

[@wyltedleaves]

Future gamer reminds me of the car crash resistant 'evolution' lol

[@amarie1001]

i don’t think i’m going to recover after seeing those head dents. i’m mortified that’s it’s even a thing that happens 😭

[@yunhosparrot]

It happens to everyone who wears glasses too 😭 I’ve been wearing them since I was around 8 or 9 and just recently I learned I have a head dent because of them. It feels so weird

[@amarie1001]

@@yunhosparrot i’ve been wearing glasses since elementary school and now you have me feeling for dents 😭 i don’t feel any so far i don’t think

[@punishedwhispers1218]

It's the skin, not the bone

[@bleedee4003]

Don't worry that dent only happens on your skin and it can recover

[@SoulShinigami]

Never wearing a headset again

[@croc3862]

The best part is this future gamer thing was created by a fuckin online casino

[@thisismysecondaccount3552]

Love how uncrispy your natural hair is. 10/10 would recommend

[@jenovella70]

I have bad dents on my skull behind my ears from wearing glasses for the past 12 years but I have to see, so there’s not much I can do about it. I have long hair so they’re not noticeable.

[@semekiizuio]

Yup same here, one complaint the glasses do pull or break the hair

[@oyabun9650]

I've been playing games ever since I was able to hold a controller and started really gaming on PC when I was 10. I'm 25 now and I'm thriving. I balance my sedentary job and gaming hobby out by going to the gym twice a week and walking my dog outdoors in the woods. I take good care of myself because I've always been into makeup and hairstyling. Some people just don't know how to balance their lives.

[@Yikkoofficial]

EXACTLY. Same here.

[@kristenroberts4502]

This is HILARIOUS to me because wearing a BRA does the same thing to women’s shoulders. My trapezoid muscles have a 1” dent at all times from carrying around two large boulders.

[@This_Is_Just_To_Say]

Check out historical artificial cranial modification or deformation, also called head shaping, head binding, there have been cultures throughout history and the world that reshape skulls. It can be done, sometimes as simply as with cloth binding. Sort of similar in practice to foot binding. Our bodies are more moldable than you might think.

[@whatsadoorknob5137]

Working in a kitchen part-time for 15 months has been more detrimental to my health than gaming for probably my whole life (20 plus years). I probably wont be able to walk if I keep doing it for another year.

[@-em7]

Real. I never recommend kitchen work to anyone it’s terrible physically and mentally. I hope you’re able to get out soon, best of luck 🍀

[@harukrentz435]

Kitchens work is modern slavery its not comparable to any job at all, especially not gamingm

[@Zeldafan36]

I was about to start PC gaming, but after seeing those head dents I think I’ll just go to bed 😭

[@grasstastesbad]

i already didn’t really like over-ear headphones because they mess up my hair but now i have a terrifying reason to stick with in-ears forever lol

[@Gravity.96]

😂😂 “if you’re Asian just put some tiger balm on it” got me lmao

[@pettybetty9723]

I have dents on the sides of my head from wearing glasses for over 30 years 😅

[@silverghostcat1924]

Yep 🤓

[@bootykingnadal]

I have too lmao, and on the nose bridge as well my lenses are quite heavy😂

[@lejlateletovic5225]

"I know what you are... A gamer." had me rolling :D

[@raejae3755]

I can’t even wear those hard plastic headbands to put my hair back, I get headaches and it feels like it’s stabbing me behind my ears….I can’t fathom what “headphone head” must feel like…eeek.

[@imsunnybaby]

the dent is probably more pronounced because of the sitting down for extended period... your lymph is not flowing so much just like your ankles can be swollen, you push on them its a little dent. now hold it there.. dent

[@heldvers]

new fear unlocked

[@brodykidd3103]

me who uses earbuds instead of headphones, "well that's one thing I don't have to worry about"

[@ek0dev]

Earbuds also create a great environment for more bacteria to grow in your ear so that's fun

[@Squuiggy]

I wear noise canceling headphones almost constantly because I'm sensitive to noise and just by feeling my head I think I might have a skull dent from them 😭😭😭

[@diediedice]

Omg me too! But I can't feel my skull having a dent, just my hair lmao

[@Vittahereyup]

I have a friend who already has the belly bad posture and a tiny indent bc of the headphones 😭 he joined a gym and it's drinking more water and taking his vitamins so that's good

[@AerynKDesigns]

I'd say I was ugly before gaming, but... there was never me before gaming. Also my screen time is "any time I'm awake" because I need noise and company.

[@milvperez]

Ed, I always look forward to you saying “try not to be dumb” at the end of your videos. Don’t ever change it!

[@dragontales7065]

Man your voice is so soothing. Love watching how you present the video !

[@sabeenf8992]

I remember seeing somewhere that these imagines of these future gamers were just made by a furniture company that supplies for offices because they didn't wanna loose customers, they also made one on what "future work from home" people will look like. These imagines aren't real or backed up by scientists.

[@phoenixfritzinger9185]

Remember the car crash guy

[@ryanpooley]

Oh my god im so relieved the mark goes away!!! I was scared

[@hermi1-kenobi455]

My average screen time is like 6-8 hours. Most of it is spent on webtoon, KZbin, or my music app

[@klaytonalexandermatthews2047]

yeah I was wondering if Spotify/similar counts as screen time, I also spend a lot of my time just listening to KZbin videos not even looking at my screen

[@Jkangaroo455]

Hey Edvasion i'm so excited to watch another one of your videos about toxic beauty standards. They remind me of how perfectly normal I am :)

[@TinyGhosty]

I play games but rarely ever use a headset and I have a dent in the same place. Probably from wearing my noise cancelling headphones in public. Idk why people think it is problem or anything, the body is good at adapting to things. It isn't causing people harm.

[@natashamerline]

Me working in the gaming industry: 👁️👄👁️

[@j-lee143]

Always happy to see when you post, you do amazing!! Keep up the great work!

[@JesusAteMyFries]

13:18 I already have “text” neck 😂 but it’s just my scoliosis not from texting 😂

[@sierranicholes6712]

the dent in the head thing is not even surprising, i used to work a summer job where i leaned my leg on a low table for like 8+ hours every day and i had a noticeable dent in my thigh because of it. it went away after like 6 months but it only took the 3-4 months of summer to appear lol

[@chubby._.possum6374]

its so funny that you posted this just now because i literally just saw a tiktok about the same topic that i was about to send to my gamer boyfriend

[@KatwinKennedy]

Thank you for always reminding us to try not to be dumb. But i never listen 😢

[@Freya_Blue]

I never wear a headset, but if I touch my head, I feel like it might have a slight "dent." Maybe some people just have skulls shaped a bit like that. (Maybe we slept on the *top* of our heads as babies. JK)

[@semekiizuio]

Thats a factor yes, some people are born with a more flat head

[@JesseDanielle]

I have a less drastic version of this dent because I wore headbands for years and years😵‍💫🫠🤦‍♀️🤣

[@jakestrider3565]

My screen time is skewed bc I leave my screen open and playing while I'm sleeping bc I need very specific ambience to sleep so I just subtract that from my total and feel a whole lot better

[@cloudchamois7004]

Subject matter is always a bit creepy but you’re just entertaining to listen to Ed

[@SJ.1988]

I can't believe these men never noticed the dent until they were told to... Notice. Also, yay, a decade of avoiding gaming voice chat has actually paid off. 😅

[@renauddocquier800]

And women

[@Scootfairy]

prolly they were busy looking at a screen to notice head dent

[@alisonuncouth]

This seems like some made up online shit tbh... I'm autistic & love listening to music, so I've often worn over-ear style noise cancelling headphones 8+ hours per day, 5+days per week, for so, so many years now and.... this isn't real LMAO 😅 I promise my head is fine and normally shaped 😂

[@alisonuncouth]

I will say that I am a petite person, so my headphones are probably not that extraordinary tight on me, even though I do like to wear them on the smallest setting, and I do wear traditional, higher-quality headphones, not a gaming headset... But I still really don't think this makes sense given the extensive amount of time I've been doing this.... like over 10 years of constant headphone-wearing for me

[@fynntasticmovienight]

tyler1s headdent is iconic

[@raylange7611]

YAY NEW VIDEO! ur content makes me so happy:)

[@alch3myst]

I love your videos! Your brand of comedy is 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

[@stilljocelyn_]

The head dents made me scream 😱 😂😩

[@baby.nay.]

I have the exact same posture reading a book as I do on my phone … so there’s that

[@tracynyokabi2607]

the Twilight plot twist is fire..🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@lucituci97]

Hooray, a video. Procrastination time

[@Arizonacan69]

My screen time is 14 hours but that’s only because I play KZbin all night while I sleep

[@celizbish]

As a response to your intro....you are really attractive (at least in my opinion)

[@simpllyinsane]

Thank you for being a KZbinr who gets me

[@iz3972]

Also, glasses + headset mix I swear I have permanent blisters behind my ears at this point T.T

[@micalyptus]

My dad wears a machine that straps onto your head at night (CPAP for sleep apnea) and it gives him that dent lol we always say he has gamer head XD

[@percyorsomething2641]

seeing Michael made me fix my posture immensely 💀

[@percyorsomething2641]

also the skull dent thing will totally happen. I've been wearing glasses since I was 2 and there are permanent indents on the side of my skull. Same for my mom and my sister who wore glasses since they were both like three until they were 16 and got contacts.

[@Jessicatt88]

Omg I switched to headphones a month or so ago and I already have it. Going back to buds.

[@homedepot.]

11:47 omg girl from nowhere!!! i love that show

[@annaed4291]

Gotta get back to those kids that started gaming in 80s and 90s.

[@Dragonflyfaerie5]

I’m fine! Just because I have a herniated disc in my neck doesnt mean its from gaming >_> (its not really but i can imagine it not helping)

[@semekiizuio]

Idk those kids didnt have computers yet

[@annaed4291]

@@semekiizuio DOOM has entered the chat

[@sirenastardust6533]

I wouldn't be surprised if water retention was the underlying reason that the small amount of pressure from headphones would create a dent so quickly. It's really noticeable on fingers you have rings on.

[@emyyyy00]

Your natural hair color and the style suits you soooo good btw

[@SinTeller]

I'm not a gamer, but I use headphones for music 😅

[@Ajia_No_Envy]

Just use earphones

[@SinTeller]

@@Ajia_No_Envy earbuds don't sound the same

[@negligible_reality]

@@Ajia_No_Envy earphones are crap and have way worse sound quality tho. not to mention that they can easily fall out of your ears if you're not careful. besides, normal headphones won't give you a dent like that. most headphones aren't nearly tight enough to squeeze your head like that, it's usually just the high-end gaming headsets that are built like that and grab your head like a vice. also most headphones are designed for comfort and include thick foam padding on the band so it isn't uncomfortable on your head. i've been using headphones almost exclusively for 20 years and have never had a head dent lol.

[@cherries1921]

I vote we all get uglier so that we can spend more time relaxing and being chill. 😂

[@Glowing_Iris]

I second that ✋

[@blank_line]

I am a med uni student and all of these apply to me as well. I sit at home all day, crunched over my tablet, doing homework 🤷‍♀️

[@shalomblackwell4703]

loved this vid

[@Adrastia]

I remember when I was a kid the news was warning me of "Nintendo neck", which I assume is similar. Kids on the couch hunched over trying to get a better look at the TV or looking down at their Gameboy's until the batteries ran out. And yes that was me. I mainly use a laptop and tilt the screen rather than my neck. Which is important because I have a defect in my cervical spine. But remember, there's a reason why your mom told you to maintain good posture.

[@SunsetEnvy]

I think the dent definitely can cause bad headaches if it's deep enough

[@Krexel]

My head naturally has a dent right where my headset sits. I've had it my entire life lol. Same with the skii slope on the back of my skull. Always had them

[@gyubur]

NOT THE MENTIONING OF THE SIMS WHILE I WAS DOWNLOADING CC FOR IT AT THE VERY MOMENT

[@princessofslytherin4495]

I have noticed that my spine has been getting crunchier and crunchier each day I spend cosplaying as Quasimodo while watching KZbin for hours on end...