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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I was listening to a self help book about bad habits and it keeps going on about video games=time waste, don't do it. Honestly that's bullshit and I'm sick of that viewpoint. What if that's what I like to do in my down time to relax? Why is playing video games a bad habit but watching a movie isn't?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Well, the author probably grew up and was socialized in a world that had books/movies, but not video games, so...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

What downtime things did it say aren't a time waste?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Their point might have been to do something constructive. To get a skill out of it you can use to provide for yourself if need be. So they're probably thinking of carpentry, pottery, gardening or other vocational hobbies....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Because once you play enough video games, you will develop the urge to commit a shooting /s