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WeedleTLiar on scored.co
1 month ago0 points(+0/-0)2 children
>books, chess, bird watching, painting, nature walks and enjoying a cup of tea are all just a stones throw away from cranking it to porn...
No, there is a fundamental and critical difference between the two.
All of the things you listen are active. *You* have to set up the chess board, create the image of the writing, or actually get out and walk.
Video games are passive. Even though you are pushing buttons you are entering a world that has been created for you, purely for entertainment. You are not active in creating or visualizing this world, you are a passive participant. That's the danger; that you become accustomed to everything in your life being ordered, by someone else, for your benefit.
Are there beneficial side effects? Sure. As you mentioned, video games are good at presenting narratives and spreading culture, and there's some evidence to suggest that they improve things like spacial reasoning.
But for every benefit, there's a risk. Because they present completely synthetic worlds, up to an including physics, video games can just as easily present evil ideas as good. Sitting around improving spacial sense doesn't provide excercise, like other methods do, and doesn't produce anything, like woodworking or even 3d print design would.
In short, video games have a high likelyhood of wasting your time, which is one of the biggest issues with porn.
It depends on the types of games your playing, what your goals are, if you’re playing with frens in chat? Only after those questions can you compare them to porn IMHO. On top of all that shooters especially are amazing for hand eye coordination IMHO.
1 month ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)1 child
> No, there is a fundamental and critical difference between the two.
There really isn't.
> All of the things you listen are active. You have to set up the chess board, create the image of the writing, or actually get out and walk.
> Video games are passive. Even though you are pushing buttons you are entering a world that has been created for you, purely for entertainment. You are not active in creating or visualizing this world, you are a passive participant. That's the danger; that you become accustomed to everything in your life being ordered, by someone else, for your benefit.
You've contradicted yourself so severely, I'm just going to let this hang here. No. Videogames are not a passive process. You're completely wrong.
What you're actually afraid of is low IQ people being subject to long nose propaganda.
> But for every benefit, there's a risk.
That's life, my friend. Almost anything good can be turned and used for evil. *"It's a Kingdom of conscious. Or nothing."* It's up to the singular individual, down to the common man, to hold his own soul in good standing.
> Sitting around improving spacial sense doesn't provide excercise, like other methods do, and doesn't produce anything, like woodworking or even 3d print design would.
You're missing the point of art, and the enjoyment of it. You're not supposed to produce anything when walking through an art museum, reading a book or listening to music.
I'm not saying you have to pull profound understanding and deep personal insights out of every gaming session, as I'm sure many pieces of art get walked straight by in an art museum.
But it's up to the individual. How do you know what will spark inspiration? Creativity? The excitement of discovery? How do you know what will kickstart and expand someone's imagination?
Yes. There are titty mags, pornos and smut. But there's also The Lord of the Rings. You don't throw away the good because of the bad.
Excellent comment. You said it better than I came here to say.
I remind people that quite a few us here are only redpilled in the first place because of GamerGate. I'd imagine that makes up a fair chunk of our base here.
Just realize that it's fantasy and not reality, don't replace real life with it as a cope and don't make your it your entire personality and lifestyle. Simple as. Do the important things in life that needs to be done first. Work first, play later.
And furthermore, I consider that Israel must be destroyed.
No, there is a fundamental and critical difference between the two.
All of the things you listen are active. *You* have to set up the chess board, create the image of the writing, or actually get out and walk.
Video games are passive. Even though you are pushing buttons you are entering a world that has been created for you, purely for entertainment. You are not active in creating or visualizing this world, you are a passive participant. That's the danger; that you become accustomed to everything in your life being ordered, by someone else, for your benefit.
Are there beneficial side effects? Sure. As you mentioned, video games are good at presenting narratives and spreading culture, and there's some evidence to suggest that they improve things like spacial reasoning.
But for every benefit, there's a risk. Because they present completely synthetic worlds, up to an including physics, video games can just as easily present evil ideas as good. Sitting around improving spacial sense doesn't provide excercise, like other methods do, and doesn't produce anything, like woodworking or even 3d print design would.
In short, video games have a high likelyhood of wasting your time, which is one of the biggest issues with porn.
There really isn't.
> All of the things you listen are active. You have to set up the chess board, create the image of the writing, or actually get out and walk.
> Video games are passive. Even though you are pushing buttons you are entering a world that has been created for you, purely for entertainment. You are not active in creating or visualizing this world, you are a passive participant. That's the danger; that you become accustomed to everything in your life being ordered, by someone else, for your benefit.
You've contradicted yourself so severely, I'm just going to let this hang here. No. Videogames are not a passive process. You're completely wrong.
What you're actually afraid of is low IQ people being subject to long nose propaganda.
> But for every benefit, there's a risk.
That's life, my friend. Almost anything good can be turned and used for evil. *"It's a Kingdom of conscious. Or nothing."* It's up to the singular individual, down to the common man, to hold his own soul in good standing.
> Sitting around improving spacial sense doesn't provide excercise, like other methods do, and doesn't produce anything, like woodworking or even 3d print design would.
You're missing the point of art, and the enjoyment of it. You're not supposed to produce anything when walking through an art museum, reading a book or listening to music.
I'm not saying you have to pull profound understanding and deep personal insights out of every gaming session, as I'm sure many pieces of art get walked straight by in an art museum.
But it's up to the individual. How do you know what will spark inspiration? Creativity? The excitement of discovery? How do you know what will kickstart and expand someone's imagination?
Yes. There are titty mags, pornos and smut. But there's also The Lord of the Rings. You don't throw away the good because of the bad.
I remind people that quite a few us here are only redpilled in the first place because of GamerGate. I'd imagine that makes up a fair chunk of our base here.
Just realize that it's fantasy and not reality, don't replace real life with it as a cope and don't make your it your entire personality and lifestyle. Simple as. Do the important things in life that needs to be done first. Work first, play later.
And furthermore, I consider that Israel must be destroyed.