Current Events > Hard pill to swallow: "Gaming" is incredibly unhealthy

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DestroyerOfEvil posted...

People dont obsessively play sports.

You cant play basketball for 16 hours a day... but if you did you would probably be in ridiculously good shape.

You would actually be wrecking your body. Imagine how awful that much running and jumping every day would be for your knees and legs in general.

Regular basketball played safely is probably good for you. 16 hours a day is vastly in excess of what is healthy.


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who's alt and who is LL
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A lot of VR games that aren't even fitness games make me sweat. This topic is invalid.

sktgamer_13dude posted...

who's alt and who is LL

LivingLegend. Not gonna say why he got banned last but if you dig around you might find out. Pretty heinous shit

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It's not a hard pill to swallow because literally everything I love doing is bad for me.

• junk food
• alcohol
• drugs
• sitting around doing nothing
• casual sex with people I don't care about
• videogames

Just add it to my list of things that i should limit my time with

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Wait, is solid seb literally trying to argue that videogames are healthier for you than exercise, because of injury risk?

Massive lol

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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

Pretty huge generalization considering Kinect games, educational games, health and fitness games, even yoga and meditation games, etc.

I mean you didn't need to have it spelled out for you, the implication is obviously around what most of use gAm3RZ do. Like 6 hours straight of dark souls or whatever.

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I play about 2 games a year but your first point "it doesn't make money so it's a waste"

Lol fuckin capitalists

DestroyerOfEvil posted...

Its a complete waste of time.. youre never going to make money off of it unless you commit 100% of your time to it.

So, like 99% of all hobbies always. Ok then.
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I lost 50 LBS while doing NOTHING but gaming. I even drank soda and ate Big Macs from macdonalds.

Excuse me while I DAB on the haters who are jelling on my gamer-induced physique


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SothaSil posted...

LivingLegend. Not gonna say why he got banned last but if you dig around you might find out. Pretty heinous shit

Oh, yourwisesage (yws). Yeah, I know all about him.
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pinky0926 posted...

Wait, is solid seb literally trying to argue that videogames are healthier for you than exercise, because of injury risk?

Massive lol

Not sure where you reached to get that take on my post, I was mostly saying that "go do sports" is a bad argument for a lot of folk.

pinky0926 posted...

I mean you didn't need to have it spelled out for you

Nice irony lol

Ah, I saw you quoted by a guy saying "you're more likely to injure yourself with sports which negates the health benefits." and thought you meant compared to playing video games. Didn't see your other part of the post that said it was compared to exercise/working out.

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But tv is just as bad and addicting! /s

pinky0926 posted...

Ah, I saw you quoted by a guy saying "you're more likely to injure yourself with sports which negates the health benefits." and thought you meant compared to playing video games. Didn't see your other part of the post that said it was compared to exercise/working out.

He intentionally cherry picked my quote to make it look that way, which is why I didn't respond to him. Gotta ignore the trolls, starvation is the only way to kill them

DestroyerOfEvil posted...

Gaming 30 minutes of your day you are just wasting your life... Go read a book.

Most (if not all) of what you said applies to book reading as well, you realize that right?

wesastro911 posted...

A lot of VR games that aren't even fitness games make me sweat. This topic is invalid.

Sounds like you're in incredibly poor shape then.

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I used to run in the morning then play games in the evening. Worked out well.

Sports promotes drug/substance abuse. Because nobody who takes sports seriously is in it to be 2nd place or worse. Everybody has to fight to come in first or you're just a failure at life.

Sports are also conducive to aggression and violence, both of which are more probable due to the inherent drug/substance abuse in Sports.
Sports also promote the consumption of very unhealthy items because "top athletes" consume them. These items may cause long term damage to your average consumer that's been misguided into idolizing their favorite athlete/team and may even cause DEATH.

Sounds to me like gaming is the lesser evil here...

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TC is right

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Literally couldnt agree with you more TC. My roommate literally spends 7 consecutive hours at a time playing videogames in our living as Im working on homework or eating meals and its honestly sickening. The dude graduated from our school 11 months ago and could literally be spending every day applying for jobs, but instead he sits on his ass and does nothing besides going to his minimum wage job 4 days a week.

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clyde_frog posted...

Literally couldnt agree with you more TC. My roommate literally spends 7 consecutive hours at a time playing videogames in our living as Im working on homework or eating meals and its honestly sickening. The dude graduated from our school 11 months ago and could literally be spending every day applying for jobs, but instead he sits on his ass and does nothing besides going to his minimum wage job 4 days a week.

Is his rent paid and is he happy?

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Delta_Force posted...

Sports promotes drug/substance abuse. Because nobody who takes sports seriously is in it to be 2nd place or worse. Everybody has to fight to come in first or you're just a failure at life.

Sports are also conducive to aggression and violence, both of which are more probable due to the inherent drug/substance abuse in Sports.
Sports also promote the consumption of very unhealthy items because "top athletes" consume them. These items may cause long term damage to your average consumer that's been misguided into idolizing their favorite athlete/team and may even cause DEATH.

Sounds to me like gaming is the lesser evil here...

You do know you can play sports for fun right?

Delta_Force posted...

Sports promotes drug/substance abuse. Because nobody who takes sports seriously is in it to be 2nd place or worse. Everybody has to fight to come in first or you're just a failure at life.

Sports are also conducive to aggression and violence, both of which are more probable due to the inherent drug/substance abuse in Sports.
Sports also promote the consumption of very unhealthy items because "top athletes" consume them. These items may cause long term damage to your average consumer that's been misguided into idolizing their favorite athlete/team and may even cause DEATH.

Sounds to me like gaming is the lesser evil here...

Imagine being this delusional

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I would argue gaming taught me a lot of my problem solving skills as an adult.
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Vermander posted...

I would argue gaming taught me a lot of my problem solving skills as an adult.

Thats pretty sad... especially since you probably used guides and FAQs.

I wonder if they believe gaming is more dangerous then drinking, smoking, or doing hard drugs.

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DestroyerOfEvil posted...

Thats pretty sad... especially since you probably used guides and FAQs.

I played starcraft competitively and then switched to poker and made a living and these are both games that likely helped me with problem solving a lot, nothing sad about it, the only downside really is that you are sitting while doing it and moving around is generally just healthier, desk jobs are just as bad

https://youtu.be/GTomMm61Ixw

viewmaster_pi posted...

na yeh...

lmao

its funny but sad at the same time

Its one of the main reason so many dudes are depressed and unsuccessful. Instead of actually doing things to better themselves, they just sit around wasting massive amounts of time. Gaming has literally zero benefits when it comes down to it.

I'm not saying you shouldn't ever play them, I still do. But in the end they're just one of the worst things you could do with your free time. At least movies and shows are less monotonous if you choose well. Where as games are always super repetitive.

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So, I dont quite feeling like sifting through all 80 posts at the moment, but let me take a shot in the dark at what's happening, here.

- "Something something theyre non-productive something something you should be working/being productive literally 100% of the time"

- Some sort of slippery slope "you play them ten hours a day" crap

- Complete disregard for science backing up the mental and physical health benefits of leisure time/entertainment

- Complete disregard for negative effects of doing ANYTHING to excess.

- lots of name calling and stubborn one liners.

Did I miss anything, or am I clear to jump in?

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Forest_Temple posted...

Its one of the main reason so many dudes are depressed and unsuccessful. Instead of actually doing things to better themselves, they just sit around wasting massive amounts of time. Gaming has literally zero benefits when it comes down to it.

I'm not saying you shouldn't ever play them, I still do. But in the end they're just one of the worst things you could do with your free time. At least movies and shows are less monotonous if you choose well. Where as games are always super repetitive.

I mean dude you can't say that tv shows are more useful than gaming... that's ridiculous

TC I have a question. If something has no immediately apparent benefit (to you), do you consider it not worth doing?

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For your hands yeah. Everything in moderation.

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I would think playing video games would be more productive than hitting refresh here all day.

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DestroyerOfEvil posted...

Gaming has no benefits whatsoever.

If you play basketball 30 minutes a day, youre actually working out and getting some cardio done.

Gaming 30 minutes of your day you are just wasting your life... Go read a book.

I do what I think is fun. I cant do sports because I cant breathe as good as others or have the energy to do so. I play games every day and Im fine. Plus you act like I play 24/7. I still go outside, use the bathroom, eat, sleep, do work, and more. And it isnt wasting time. Why would I want to do baseball? For health benefits? Why do that when I can just exercise instead of playing something I find boring? Ill continue playing acnh, thanks.
@DestroyerOfEvil Also why exactly do you have a 7 karma GFAQs account?

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It depends on the person. If you just play video games all the time and do nothing else, sure. But I dont think playing games as a hobby is unhealthy, but it depends on the person.

Its important for anyones mental health to spend free time doing something they enjoy, so in that sense it can be healthy.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17309970/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32895336/

Pretty much every procedure I have picked up either as a surgical intern or an anesthesiology resident has been pretty intuitive and my attendings commend how quickly I picked up on things like ultrasound guided regional blocks or central line placement.

Growing up, my verbal reasoning scores on standardized tests were always above average and I grew up playing a lot of RPGs with text before voice acting was common.

It's also how I keep in touch with my friends who are out doing residency all over the country. Easy enough to log on for 30 minutes to play a match of rainbow six and chat/catch up on discord.

Something tells me you are just projecting your insecurities onto the hobby as a whole. It may be toxic for you, but it's not inherent in the hobby. No more or less than someone who over indulges in quite literally anything.

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AnolanGuy posted...

you act like I play 24/7. I still go outside, use the bathroom

https://youtu.be/GTomMm61Ixw

Gaming makes me feel good.

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wiiking96 posted...

Gaming makes me feel good.

Smoking cigarettes helps me deal with stress.

BlameAnesthesia posted...

Something tells me you are just projecting your insecurities onto the hobby as a whole.

Welcome to a LivingLegend topic.

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Heartomaton posted...

Welcome to a LivingLegend topic.

That explains it lol

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Heartomaton posted...

Welcome to a LivingLegend topic.

you just done me such a big solid ty ty bb

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Is shitposting on Gamefaqs any better?

Honestly I'm surprised he's back, i figured after what got him banned last time the admins would have contacted the authorities.

Unless he's posting from jail

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there actually are health benefits to gaming

-stress reliever
-action games can build faster response times to things applicable in the real world
-lots of games simulate real world stuff and are educational

everyone wastes time with something with a hobby that utsnt necessarily immediately beneficial. Everything in moderation as well

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I could be watching porn instead of gaming, TC is right.