Art by J. L. Westover

23 points

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?

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14 points

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

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4 points

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

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2 points

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…

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2 points

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

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12 points

Balance. It’s perfectly fine to realize when you’re too far in either direction.

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6 points

Exactly, just got to find that balance. Like slacking off and playing games at work.
Or my fav: playing complex games that are basically a second job!

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11 points

For you to not live in a world where you’re being inundated by all of the collective human stressors every day?

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My experience with stressors is that they are relative, and they scale to fit the available worry. I’m stressed about work, but from personal experience I have been just as stressed about being unemployed or about school. Therefore the stress is the common thing - if it is common then adjusting to the stress is more productive than avoiding the stresses.

Hence meditation, exercise, meaningful relationships, etc.

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11 points

It wants to stop staring at a screen all day and go outside.

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What hustle culture does to your mind

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