Grumpy Pundit: Men Play Too Many Dang Videogames

[Agayek]

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Actually reading the article shows that it's not nearly as inflammatory as you make it out to be. The only mention of video games, at all, is at the very end, and it seemed a lot more like an example than pointing specific fingers at something.

The whole thing in general basically just said we need better role models for young men. I see no problem with that. I'm not sure I completely agree, but this article is nowhere near worthy the amount of rage you seem to posses over it. The man himself may be incredibly distasteful, I don't honestly know and I don't particularly care, but that doesn't warrant attempting to discredit what he said. If anything, it would make more sense to accurately report it and let his distastefulness chase people away from his ideas.

I'm kinda disappointed, to be honest. This site always struck me as a lot more neutral, but I've seen a number of articles like this recently, where facts take a back seat to sensationalism. This article struck me as incredibly childish when I read through the source.

Edit: Context, it's a necessary thing.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Pfffft...whatever. I spend WAAAAAY more time dodging responsibilities and getting wasted than playing video games.

 

[martin's a madman]

He's viewing life as a competition between the two sexes?

Well fuck that guy.

 

[LordFisheh]

with a clear and achievable notion of manhood

Whoever got the privilege of defining exactly what that notion is before it was spread and encouraged by the US government would have a great deal of power.

I hope we can trust that such an important message would be properly vetted for objectivity, tolerance, diversity and political neutrality.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

This grumpy young man says: I'd love to get a job, if only some old fucker would HIRE ME!!!

 

[AMMO Kid]

I just hope that those of us that have jobs and play video games don't take this as a shot at us. He is focusing on those of us who don't do anything but playing video games. I even agree. I have a friend who does nothing but play video games and he could have a job if he wanted, but he's to caught up in spending his parent's money on games and doing nothing else. Guys like him need a wake up call.

 

[Icehearted]

and proposing to abort all African-American babies

So then his opinion doesn't apply to me since he wanted me dead in the first place?

 

[Anorgil]

For a clear and achievable notion of manhood, I propose to use the first definition from Merriam-Webster:

Man: An individual human, esp. an adult male human.

Is there anything not clear and achievable about "adult," "male," or "human"?

 

[Risingblade]

I really do need a job...xD

 

[Nuke_em_05]

I am 24. I have an associate's degree in accounting, a bachelor's degree in management, I've been employed as an accountant in local government for 3 years, I've been married for 4 years, I have a daughter, I have a mortgage, and... oh yeah, I also play video games.

So much potential wasted...

 

[GonzoGamer]

That's funny, coming from a politician. Who should put down the sandwich.

Yea coming from someone who led the "War on Drugs" and helped flush America's education system down the toilet, I can't say I take him too seriously. Maybe he should've been playing video games instead of wasting his life.

His grandkids probably beat him at Wii sports last xmas and he's been nursing the sore spot ever since.

 

[dthree]

Funny he quotes Hanna Rosin to "support" his arguments when her points are much more nuanced. For example, he trots out the same tired "media culture affects our society" argument that if these male movie characters aren't providing a clear, traditional male role model for us, that boys growing into men won't know how to be a man. Rosin posits that as gender roles shift because of socio-economic influences, the culture industry responds by holding a mirror up to it. Hollywood is a lot more influenced by real life than real life is to it.

 

[GotMalkAvian]

If I can throw the ignorance-ball right back into his court, would he prefer that we put down the controllers and go back to the good old days of hard drinking and wife beating?

Now, I can't speak for everyone, but I have a full-time job at which I often work overtime to get things done. I make a decent living wage, and still have time to help take care of my fiancee and our home. I don't really understand what it matters what I do with my down time.

 

[DarklordKyo]

This dude lost all credibility when it was mentioned that he wanted to abort black babies and that he hates gay marriage. I'd just ignore that bastard.

 

[puncturedrectum]

I've always despised this freedom-hating douchebag and this article just amplifies my major fucking hatred for this racist DEA cocksucker.It's especially tragic that a shitheel like this lives comfortably in some bitchin' house while the nonviolent drug users that he locked up are transformed into career criminals as they rot in prison.

 

[Alchemist08]

Ok, time to review bomb another racist, homophobic nutjob's book. Go Go GO!

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

That is why it is acceptable for a 30-something man to have an unhealthy fixation with golfing, at the expense of relationships and responsibility...

My obsession with golfing was never seen as 'acceptable'... although that probably has something to do with not playing gold but waiting in the bushes around hole 11 with a five iron at the local private golf club... and now I can make an entire suit out of gold rolexes... rolexii? whatever... I just need to find a good lining for it... those watchbands pinch in the most delicate of places.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

and proposing to abort all African-American babies

So then his opinion doesn't apply to me since he wanted me dead in the first place?

I think his opinion doesn't apply to anyone because he's a raving fucking dickbag.

 

[Chadling]

I'm a grad student. I regularly work more 60 hours a week in the lab. I have a girlfriend with whom I recently moved in with, and we're figuring things out about how to handle finances and the more mundane matters of living together. I make jack and diddly squat, yet I still manage to make my budget fit.

I spend a couple hours a day playing computer to unwind.

Unlike him, my work will actually benefit mankind in the long run.


You can guess what my opinion of his words is.

 

[Nukey]

Fuck this guy.

I'm doing MMA, have a scholarship and am dating two different girls; haven't I manned up enough?