Grumpy Pundit: Men Play Too Many Dang Videogames

[The_Emperor]

*sigh* I can't even be bothered to ridicule this mans stupidity and small mindedness.

all I ever think now when I watch/read the news is "I don't want to live on this planet anymore"

I have a job by the way, and I play games. I spend at least 2 hours minimum a night on gaming, instead of watching tv etc. I work for a school as a teaching assistant.

Luckily I'm not American, I feel bad for you guys when your politicians are this stupid and don't try to hide it.

At least our politicians pretend they are smart, they have a huge wall of pretense between the voters and themselves with which they think we are all none the wiser to the fact that they have no power or any clue on how to deal with the problems we are all having.

That guy is just derp.

 

[Beautiful End]

So like...what I understood is that woman getting more diplomas and jobs is a bad thing. What I heard was "WTF MEN! Woman smart and are taking over! Get out your pitchforks and torches and don't let this happen!"

Yeah, I know the issue is guys are seemingly spending so much time playing games that they forgot they have a life. And I have so many arguments to counter that: Games are not gonna cause the apocalypse, it's a lie, he's fat and old, and so on. But this argument is filled with sexist comment both towards women and men. And they are:

-Guys are fat and lazy and dumb and games are to blame and if they could only drop that controller, we could go back to the 1800s where women were treated like slaves and guys ruled the world.
And...
-Woman are evolving into a smart creature ALMOST like men. This is an outrage and we should stop this. If woman do manage to gain some sort of significance in society, the world will end. And a three-legged puppy will be kicked. You don't want that, do you?

*Sigh* I'm just not even gonna bother anymore...*Does something productive*

 

[2733]

get a challening job

Well I would love to but nowhere I fucking apply to fucking hires me.

I always get through the interview process, I always answer their technical problems. Often times, they'll say "wow, that's the fastest we've seen someone solve this!" but no, that's not good enough because I don't have incredibly specialized experience they're looking for.

Whoa! you got an interview? you must have a hell of a resume.

I wonder if Mr.Bennett will hire me to slap him every time he is about to say something stupid, cause he clearly needs it.

 

[Baresark]

The message about priorities is quite correct, but blaming video games, that is as bad as any leftist, you rightist tard. It's not like he can cite anything that says men aren't getting jobs because of X, Y, or Z. He is assuming men are playing videogames instead of working. I would say that isn't true. Besides, videogames is a passtime that does not come cheaply at this point.

He is clueless, but he has a good message behind it. Listen to part B, not the wrong part A, I suppose is in order.

Also, who gives a shit if women make more. My god man, grow up. This is easily explainable by the wage disparity between women and men. Women get paid less for the same job, so the incentive is obviously to hire more women.

The easy thing to do would be to make a law that says women have to make as much as men. Then a bunch of women could get fired and men hired. We are clearly the superior half of the species.
/sarcasm.

For real though, if a wage disparity exists, then that is why women get more jobs men used to have. So, don't go knocking the disparity, enjoy the job, haha.

 

[Monsterfurby]

I have long believed that somewhere in the American heartland, there exists a rift in the time-space continuum that keeps spitting out witless defenders of medieval mores, people whose values had already been outdated when Columbus first set sail. This guy here seems a pretty good example for that kind of person.

 

[Brainsaw]

The shear fact he says people need to "get a job and stop playing videogames" If jobs weren't so hard to find now, I'm sure plenty of people would be happy to work. As is with the job market, now many don't have jobs and so when not looking for one they may decide to play video games. And then there are the people who play games as just something fun to do and many have jobs.

 

[ultrachicken]

I don't even care about him blaming this "problem" on video games, I'm more concerned by the fact that he considers women rising to success a problem.

 

[Baresark]

*sigh* I can't even be bothered to ridicule this mans stupidity and small mindedness.

all I ever think now when I watch/read the news is "I don't want to live on this planet anymore"

I have a job by the way, and I play games. I spend at least 2 hours minimum a night on gaming, instead of watching tv etc. I work for a school as a teaching assistant.

Luckily I'm not American, I feel bad for you guys when your politicians are this stupid and don't try to hide it.

At least our politicians pretend they are smart, they have a huge wall of pretense between the voters and themselves with which they think we are all none the wiser to the fact that they have no power or any clue on how to deal with the problems we are all having.

That guy is just derp.

You are quite right, but to correct on one thing, he is not an elected politician. He got a political appointment. Both of which were granted by presidents, who are obligated to pay off the people who helped get them elected. As a minister of Education, he couldn't mess up because the school system is all messed up anyway. As a drug czar, he couldn't mess up because there is a million layers a drug company has to go through before they reach him. He had harmless jobs. I agree that a lot of politicians are stupid, but most of them put on a good show for everyone. This guy isn't even trying to put on a good show. I would say this is some weird attempt to get a job when the Democrats get ousted. Weirder things have probably happened.

 

[The Good Doctor]

All right, Bennett, time to put down the politics and get on a goddamn treadmill or something, because your far-less-than-challenging-and-mostly-bullshit job is making you a fat, fat old man.
On a side note, "the machismo of the street gang calls out with a swagger" sounds awesome.

 

[Coffinshaker]

ok, I'll bite. I'll go get a job then... oh wait... it's your kind (politicians) who ruined the economy and caused a total collapse in my field. so... what is it you want me to do now?

 

[DalekJaas]

I dislike how authors of these articles feel the need to defend video games in the actual piece. It is frustrating to read.

 

[camazotz]

I've got an idea for the betterment of society: Stop publicising the pointless piffle that old, conservative ranters like this bastard put out.

This, here!

Trolls predate the internet....the internet just makes them easier to spot. This guy is still a troll, albeit an old one who's taking advantage of the poor old gullible media.

 

[algalon]

This is just another of those far-left republican racist old men that needs to hurry up and die so that more tolerant, higher-minded individuals can take his place. Why are we paying attention to him again?

 

[hooksashands]

This is how old prune conservative radio hosts cope with their mid-life depression / erectile dysfunction.

He only wants us to 'man up' because he's completely lost that ability.

 

[No_Remainders]

Everything he says is true.

[sobs quietly]

I have to change my life.

Anyone want to buy a used PS3 slim?

[sobs quietly]

... I'll give you five bucks for it.

OT: Shrug. He can piss off. That's all I really have to say on the matter.

 

[TheMadDoctorsCat]

Everything he says is true.

[sobs quietly]

I have to change my life.

Anyone want to buy a used PS3 slim?

[sobs quietly]

Hahahahaha, you win the thread. *Bows*

It's amazing how people who have problems with other people's hobbies never seem to have the same problems with their own, isn't it? I don't usually stereotype, but given who we're dealing with here... I think this guy should probably put down the whiskey and his hunting rifle and stop shooting defenceless critters!

 

[MrPanafonic]

Whoa whoa whoa.

He's conservative, gay-bashing, racist, and sexist? How does this man not have his own Fox show?

they already have one of those

 

[MrPanafonic]

Everything he says is true.

[sobs quietly]

I have to change my life.

Anyone want to buy a used PS3 slim?

[sobs quietly]

... I'll give you five bucks for it.

OT: Shrug. He can piss off. That's all I really have to say on the matter.

ill give him 10

 

[Epic Fail 1977]

Oh yeah, on a side note Greg Tito, you shouldn't slander people. Be a bit more responsible as a writer.

This.

-'Bennett (said) that aborting all African-American babies "would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do'-

He then went on and joked that it would lower the crime rate. How you get that he wants to abort all African-American babies is a bit disgusting, eh?

I'm no fan of conservatives (here or abroad) and I've no idea who this Bennett is (I'm British) but my bullshitometer started twitching upon reading Greg's article. The quote above sounds much more believable to me than the claims made in Greg's article.

On topic, it is interesting to see the ongoing debate in the Facebook comments section on what defines a man. Seems that Bennett at least has a point in that everyone is rather muddled in this area, though I question whether the lack of a clear and universally accepted definition is necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Exerzet]

Speaking for myself, I can only state that if not for video-games, I'd probably have gotten another useless hobby, that wouldn't be half as much fun.

Boys will be boys.