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[TaroYamada]

I'm 26 but i'm already too tired of prioritising my life around gaming. Been gaming heavily since i was 7 and this addiction stopped when i started uni. 6 years later, now that i'm working, i feel too stressed, feels like i'm not completing anything, it's like endless pressure. So i started playing video games again, but only single player without going through the side quests.etc and i'm having a good time and i'm better at managing my time. I respect Joe rogan and he have a point but he couldn't explain it clearly, with the way he said it we can say the same thing for many pointless entertainment hobbies like watching sports, so many people addicted to that nonesense and very religious to it, at least i'm here going through new stories and competing online instead of watching someone else competing.

I had mostly stopped gaming outside specific special circumstances. COVID restarted me and now I'm playing a lot.

Things I had started to use that time instead of were definitely healthier: going to the gym 4x a week, learning guitar finally. But the gym went out the window with covid, mine's reopened but by appointment only and almost exclusively during hours where I'm working -- the window I could make is usually around the time I'm eating dinner with the wife. So gym is gone, need to probably just put a weight rack in my house at some point.

Guitar I still play a few times a week, but the gym time is now spent gaming. Definitely less healthy/productive, but I've had some great experiences since playing more. Finally got around to Witcher 3 (excellent), Streets of Rage 4 was a very good game. Before COVID I was mostly playing Switch when I traveled for work, nothing better to do than watch cable/play Switch in a hotel room at night. Now travel's gone so my Switch isn't actually getting much attention vs. my PC.

 

[SebastianM]

he's got a point.

 

[PooBone]

Ignorant people with a podcast are a problem too. I don't dislike Rogan but sometimes he acts like he knows shit he couldn't be more uninformed about.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

So are mushrooms

 

[The Fartist]

So are mushrooms

...said no one who's ever done them.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Everything is finite, everything is a waste of time, we are all worthless in the long run.

So you better enjoy your goddamn games and everything else that makes you happy.

 

[spectyre]

I've heard the exact same thing about smoking marijuana.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I've heard the exact same thing about smoking marijuana.

Try both at the same time. Wasting time never felt so good. *_*

 

[INC]

 

[The Fartist]

I've heard the exact same thing about smoking marijuana.

Yeah but, for the initiated, we can work at our jobs, around our homes, be with our families, cook a good meal, post on GAF all day. Can't really do that while gaming.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

The older you get, the more you realize that he's right.

 

[TexMex]

He's completely right. He front loads his statement by saying they're tons of fun. Says he plays them. He isn't arguing it, just that they aren't a productive use of your time and how some people's addiction can be seriously detrimental to quality of life, which is true. I'm not sure how any rational adult could say otherwise.

Nerds who ree against the slightest bit of criticism against their favorite hobby only serve to underscore his point.

 

[The Fartist]

He's completely right. He front loads his statement by saying they're tons of fun. Says he plays them. He isn't arguing it, just that they aren't a productive use of your time and how some people's addiction can be seriously detrimental to quality of life, which is true. I'm not sure how any rational adult could say otherwise.

Nerds who ree against the slightest be of criticism against their favorite hobby only serves to underscore his point.

Word, man. These fucks are over reacting like the woketards that label him alt-right and all that other bullshit.

 

[rofif]

I am happy that I don't play multiplayer and competitive games. I game for single player experiences which tell a good story, immerse me, impress in some way or challenge but in a fair, my pace like souls games. I could see there being a problem if played fortnite or MMO games all the time... Yet most time I just still waste on YT and general internet

 

[Bernd Lauert]

The most addictive games work heavily with giving players a false sense of accomplishment. Your brain thinks you accomplished something while you did literally nothing worthwhile. If you dig deeper a lot of players will even admit that the games aren't even that fun.

 

[spectyre]

Yeah but, for the initiated, we can work at our jobs, around our homes, be with our families, cook a good meal, post on GAF all day. Can't really do that while gaming.

I have no problem with it, it's just not for me anymore.

Gaming is a waste of time along with Netflix, Neogaf, porn, etc. If you let it monopolize your time, any hobby can be bad. I worked with a woman who's boyfriend would go fishing all day instead of finding a job.

Edit: And you must have a pretty sweet job if they let you walk around blowing doobies all day.

 

[The Fartist]

I have no problem with it, it's just not for me anymore.

Gaming is a waste of time along with Netflix, Neogaf, porn, etc. If you let it monopolize your time, any hobby can be bad. I worked with a woman who's boyfriend would go fishing all day instead of finding a job.

Edit: And you must have a pretty sweet job if they let you walk around blowing doobies all day.

I just vape when I feel like it. Some people are microdosing LSD and everyone's cool with it. I'm done with acid. LOL.

 

[Rikoi]

Tbh his comment is the usual comment you would ear from a 60 years old guy that doesn't even understand gaming.
He's not wrong at all, but you must have some coherency when making some statements.

Even making sex 24/7 is a waste of time and will bring nothing to your life. Yes, you will enjoy it, but unless you are making a career out of it you are wasting time.
You can't compare X to Y is not an argument in this context, if they are both not productive.

Even painting or reading a book is a waste of time, unless you are making a career out of it.
Not everything has to be productive or be done to make money, people also like to relax and waste time with something they enjoy.
Gaming can be addicting, but so can be drugs, sex, movies, reading, to the point that can you exhaust yourself until you have no strength or time to do other stuff.
And what about parachuting, mountain climbing, parkour, and other similar stuff which bring nothing to yourself but only an higher chance of dying young?

I would like to also spend some words on the kids and fortnite topic.
It's easy to say kids are idiots because they spend countless hours on fortnite/wow/whatever addicting online gaming that is risky to their life. But you gotta consider two things:

1. Personal issues, which they could have with their family, friends, school, whatever real life reason they believe it's enough to find refugee in a better online gaming world, that helps them forget about the harsh reality.
It's too easy to say "go out and live your life, you are young and your problems are stupid", try telling that to some seriously depressed guy and you might hurt him even more.

2. Parents let them play games since they are born, seriously, too often I see mothers giving their smartphones to 1 year old babies just to surprise them and keep them busy. They keep this behaviour for their whole childhood, they just put them in front of the fucking TV/PC for hours so they can keep them busy. Then they are surprised when children become addicted to the games, because they have no other hobbies.

If this matter is becoming a real issue across the world then they should investigate why the imaginary world of videogames is prefered to the real world, by not dismissing the issue as new generations are made of idiots and it's all their fault.

 

[Davey Cakes]

I have no problem with it, it's just not for me anymore.

Gaming is a waste of time along with Netflix, Neogaf, porn, etc. If you let it monopolize your time, any hobby can be bad. I worked with a woman who's boyfriend would go fishing all day instead of finding a job.

Edit: And you must have a pretty sweet job if they let you walk around blowing doobies all day.

Some people go fishing and don't even keep the fish. They throw it back. They don't care about any reward other than knowing that they caught a fish.

Proof of this: I used to go fishing with my dad. We'd catch bass, sunfish, catfish, snapping turtles, whatever.

We did it just to do it. Because it was "fun" or at least a way to enjoy nature and spend time together.

That's a hobby. You can get better at it, but it doesn't necessarily add value to the rest of your life, and THAT'S FINE. Some people would consider it pointless but who cares what they think?

 

[The Fartist]

Some people go fishing and don't even keep the fish. They throw it back. They don't care about any reward other than knowing that they caught a fish.

Proof of this: I used to go fishing with my dad. We'd catch bass, sunfish, catfish, snapping turtles, whatever.

We did it just to do it. Because it was "fun" or at least a way to enjoy nature and spend time together.

That's a hobby. You can get better at it, but it doesn't necessarily add value to the rest of your life, and THAT'S FINE. Some people would consider it pointless but who cares what they think?

Your brain was releasing dopamine when you caught the fish, no matter if you ate it or released it back in the water. You still got something out of it, whether you realized it or not, at the time. Plus you bonded with your dad, which is awesome.

 

[EtherMagic]

Love Joe, he is Left as far as 90's politics go, he just don't realize he would be considered leaning "right" now. I watch his Pod weekly, just think he made a big mistake not voicing UFC 4, really put a damper on UFC 4 for me. The man has to much money to realize how much his voice means to us fans of UFC, no reason for him to make excuses for it.

 

[gatti-man]

Its a harsh truth but Joe does have a point. I quit gaming 8 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing new girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor, gaf. Stop trying to make gaming a career. Its cringe as fuck.

Gaming is a hobby not a way of life. Oh my and wife is hotter than your gf and I have a bigger dick. No one cares.

 

[Rikoi]

Gaming is a hobby not a way of life. Oh my and wife is hotter than your gf and I have a bigger dick. No one cares.

Too many angry replies in this thread missed the joke

 

[The Fartist]

 

[Dolomite]

Joe needs video games ON HIS PODCAST

 

[Piku_Ringo]

 

[oagboghi2]

Ignorant people with a podcast are a problem too. I don't dislike Rogan but sometimes he acts like he knows shit he couldn't be more uninformed about.

If you are going to say something this dumb, wait for when he is actually wrong

 

[oagboghi2]

A lot of people on here are taking his statement out of context, just like the woketards that listen or watch a snippet and label him alt-right, homo-trans-phobe etc.

Pretty much.

They took an out of context clip , and from there leap to these giant assumptions about what he was saying. I doubt anyone on neogaf could actually defend having a videogame addiction that becomes unhealthy, so they decide to fight a giant strawman that doesn't exist.

Don't worry guys, no one is taking your videogames away.

I honestly wonder how some people function in real life. Do you do this at work or with relationships?

 

[PooBone]

If you are going to say something this dumb, wait for when he is actually wrong

Example? He's wrong here.