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This is more for discussion, maybe some of you can handle it

I didn't even game often, but it constantly occupied my headspace. I spent tons of cash on Nintendo and steam just to barely play game but look forward to them. Or I would play them and it would just feel like a huge time sync and not fun.

I'm 40 now with 4 kids. I always justified it as a way to bond with them or something I deserved. I would say it was not as bad as doomscrolling or social media.

What kept me in the most was just memories of gaming. I just couldn't recreate the happy times. But I kept trying anyway. I tried moderation but I just cannot do it.

I decided to quit them all. It's liberating not to try for achievements or set arbitrary time limits. I no longer spend mental energy seeing what slop is too woke And acceptable.

I feel like this is something I should have done when I had my first kid years ago. It's a complete waste of time beyond some good mental exercises many of you cocks shamed vidya, and I salute you for it.

Everyone reading this under 40. Don't waste years like I did.
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damnesia on scored.co
19 days ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 2 children
I haven't seen anyone say it but I didn't read everyone's post cause there was a lot but the problem I see with video games is that they are the ultimate surrogate activity. The kind of sentiment I'm seeing a lot of here is that everything is fucked and this is a way to squeeze some joy from the kiked world we live in... But the world is kiked because there aren't enough men with the drive to muster resistance to it. Hopefully that's changing but the games are where that drive went. It didn't just get bred out of us. They gave us shitty, mindless, repetitive jobs and then pushed games on us to simulate the feelings we used to get from acheiving goals in a hard fought but successful life. As men we have a natural drive to pursue accomplishment, success, victory. If it weren't for the games a lot more people would be a lot more discontent with their soul sucking realities and they'd be aiming their drive at destroying the people causing their lives to be this way. I don't say that to diminish them as an art form or whatever else you might think they are. They can be that too. I've had great bonding experiences playing them with my son and my friends. There are beautiful intricate worlds and stories I could have never experienced in another way. But they are circuses on a whole new level. They let you pretend to be a great person in a fictional world which prevents you from becoming one in the real world.
Cleatusvandamme1 on scored.co
19 days ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
On the nose. I avoided that conclusion for as long as I could. But, it is akin to pornography, simulating and satiating
Cleatusvandamme1 on scored.co
19 days ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
On the nose. It's delifine like pornography, satiating a need and drive.
I could only avoid that conclusion for so long.
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