BOOMER ARTICLE #1: Grown Men Shouldn't Waste Their Lives Playing Video Games (oof)

Now that is some very spicy content i just came across. Need to have an account with their shitty site, so i can't copy/paste her quotes, but YongYea sums it up nicely in the vid below.

Grown men shouldn't be wasting their lives playing video games.

The only adults who still use the word "playtime" aren't the types to be found on the tube. They're busy riding around outside on e-scooters.

What do ya'll think? Very OOF in my opinion. A true boomer that doesn't know shit.

Tell that to John Carpenter.

An opinion article? Just throw it in the trash and move on... They're largely shit.

Considering that she is a "professional" writer, you kinda have to do some research before you write some dumb shit, or it will blow up in your face, which it did.

Journalism has gone down the shitter over the last decade+. Everyone just reads articles that align with their own opinion nowadays.

Can't believe some people actually get paid to have horrible takes like this.

@hardwenzen: I'm not a boomer, I'm Gen X. I spend more time with my wife and on my Indian than playing video games. That doesn't mean I don't still like to play them - I think I always will.

Doing youthful things keeps you young at heart!

Telegraph? I ain't clicking any of their shit.

I like the quote left by Nick:

"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

It's a psychological fact that the act of "play"--that is, indulging in free time, doing "nothing", expressing creativity (be it through art or building a model or playing a game), and otherwise using your mind for non-productive tasks--is severely underutilized in the modern world.

People that are working overly hard and chasing after tangible goals (wealth and property) tend to be the most unhappy; comparatively, those that value their time and indulge in play and recreation, while not as accomplished in material wealth, tend to live richer and happier lives.

I mean think back to our hunter-gatherer ancestors. There is this belief that they had to work hard, but the truth is those tribes had the most games and activities out of any society and culture. You hunt for a day and bring back a deer, your tribe is eating for a week; forage for a few hours and bring back a few pounds of nuts and berries, suddenly you're getting all your nutrition. What do you do the rest of the time? PLAY!

It wasn't until humans settled down, started growing crops, establishing trade and industry, that we had to swap "play" for "work".

DON'T FORGET TO PLAY!

A quote from a user in the link

"Man this article seriously screams "I'm middle-aged and extremely bitter that men would rather play video games than spend all of their time, money, and attention on me." Sorry Karen, you likely had your shot 20 years ago and you fucking blew it."

😂

lmao true that😆

These are the ramblings of a women who has been ghosted by a gamer.

Is this System Wars material?

By the way, is a Baby Boomer an American who was born between 1946 through 1964? The term is not used to refer to anyone who is not an American born during that period.

Just the headline makes me think some chick who wishes her boyfriend paid her more attention wrote this.

**watching video**

Hmm, married with kids, but close enough. Clearly the romance is gone.

Ladies, never go Karen/sjw/pc if you wanna get laid or have a relationship

Softwenzen is just like those boomers: constantly having a need to condescend what he does not understand.

Always moaning😭

Not sure why anyone cares.🤷🏽‍♂️

@jaydan said:

@hardwenzen said:

@jaydan said:

Softwenzen is just like those boomers: constantly having a need to condescend what he does not understand.

Always moaning😭

You bought Pokemon Snap, dude. That gif suits you better.

@hardwenzen said:

@jaydan said:

@hardwenzen said:

@jaydan said:

Softwenzen is just like those boomers: constantly having a need to condescend what he does not understand.

Always moaning😭

You bought Pokemon Snap, dude. That gif suits you better.

Since I'm in a good mood tonight, I'll give you the gif.

@jaydan: You in good mood? No such thing. That new job of yours must suck😣

Yep, that's definitely the kind of woman who would have this opinion.

Quite the opposite, but not like you would know. You probably work in retail.

@jaydan said:

@hardwenzen said:

@jaydan: You in good mood? No such thing. That new job of yours must suck😣

Quite the opposite, but not like you would know. You probably work in retail.

You were supposed to say that i probably live in my mom's basement. I am very disappointed in you. You're downgrading.🤢

@hardwenzen: I'll see you on my next shopping visit to Costco.

@jaydan said:

@hardwenzen: I'll see you on my next shopping visit to Costco.

At least i get 20% off on everything, kid.

@hardwenzen: Don't forget the free samples.

Are you indirectly telling me that you're interested in some?

Yes, I want to try some of these sushi roll samples. Can you get me some of these in a to-go box?

@jaydan: Sorry pal, employees only.

@hardwenzen: Well **** this place, I'm never shopping here again!

*Dramatic scene so everyone sees, storms out of building*

I think these are valid points. Some young men do spend far too much time gaming and I think this is more prominent in parts of Asia.

Periodically, the news over here would report on a young-ish man 20-30s found dead at home alone. Often they’re gaming/anime addicts, collect dolls of their anime heroines.

Just read the first section shown in the yongyea clip. To me the article seems to have a pretty light tone. Like half jokingly trying to provoke people. I dunno, doesn’t make me angry.

Some young men spend too much time been drunk, stupid, intoxicated and a motley crew of jeopardizing lifestyles, but hey yeah. Gamer's lol

I would agree if she didn't look like a Karen.

Considering the gender ratio between male and female gamer's is nearly 50/50 these days, this article is also sexist for only including men in the picture.

Sexist lady wrote an ignorant article, more news at 10.

What's wrong with being drunk? lol

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

Yep, that's definitely the kind of woman who would have this opinion.

She looks miserable.

Only 50/50 if you count Mobile/casual gaming. Regardless she's a miserable old woman.

@silentchief: Nah there are plenty of core female gamer's out there as well.

Haha fair enough 😁

Plenty is most certainly nowhere near 50%. Someone who downloads candy crush, and plays it for 4 minutes a day while being in a bus is not a "gamer". I don't see them wasting hours grinding for a certain item like a standard "gamer" would, and on many occasions, even enjoy his time doing some mindless shit. This "there are as many female gamers as there are dude gamers" is completely overblown, and not because you know/knew one in real life that it means that they're all over.

A more reasonable number is most likely 20-25% of ladies are gaming, and i am referring to actual gaming, not spending under 10 minutes on a shitty f2p game during a bus ride.

@hardwenzen: Ya but see, it goes both ways. This is under an assumption that all male gamer's are "core" gamer's, which is false. There are plenty of casual and core gamer's across the board. The gender gap is closing and it has been, and will continue to do so.

Of course there is a bunch of casual dudes. But if we exclude the casuals aka non gamers, the difference in actual "core gamers" between both sexes is most likely massive. For sure there are more ladies that play games than 20 years ago, but to call it 50/50? No fking way, and not even close.

On a Switch, the percentage is certainly higher than on the other three, tho. But if we combine them all, female gamers will be far behind.

Next time Sony get hacked, i wish hackers would tell us the numbers cuz i am kinda curious.

@hardwenzen: https://www.statista.com/statistics/232383/gender-split-of-us-computer-and-video-gamers/

Right now the ratio is 45:55, a lot closer than you may think. It does fluctuate, however on a steady rise. The video game industry doesn't surpass the movie industry off male gamer's alone.

Regardless, this lady in the OP is just capitalizing on agenda-driven, sexist bullcrap. She doesn't want to make a point about gamer's, she just wants to call dudes slobs.

What in the world is a "Karen"?

I was gonna ask how exactly did they come up with those numbers, and then i saw a 4000 votes poll. These tiny polls are never accurate. We need Sony, MS and Nintendo to give us the numbers, and that's not happening.