Playing Videogames is Like Snorting Coke, Says Therapist
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This has GOT to be a joke.
This is the dumbest thing I've heard about video games since someone said that Columbine was inspired by Doom!
I mean, video games compared to crack?
That's like comparing a Walrus to a Brick! The only similarities is that they're both made up of atoms! Have you ever tried snorting a cartridge before? What about smoking a CD?
and then there's this bit:
"Chemical Imbalance?" "Not performing their best?"
Perhaps it's due to a psychotic psychoanalyst in their town?
And, Mr. Pope, what proof do you have of this so-called "High" that is obtained by playing video games? Granted, after playing a few hours of Fallout 3, I do feel pretty good, but that's because I just halved the local Super Mutant Population, not because of some bizzaro psychological affect.
Also:
And AGAIN with the violent video games argument: Unless there can be some proof produced of this...
[HEADING=1] STOP USING IT TO "VALIDATE" WHY GAMING IS BAD FOR US! [/HEADING]
If people say video games are bad for us, the could at least try it first! Good god!
This is the dumbest thing I've heard about video games since someone said that Columbine was inspired by Doom!
I mean, video games compared to crack?
That's like comparing a Walrus to a Brick! The only similarities is that they're both made up of atoms! Have you ever tried snorting a cartridge before? What about smoking a CD?
and then there's this bit:
What the duce.Andy Chalk said:
"Chemical Imbalance?" "Not performing their best?"
Perhaps it's due to a psychotic psychoanalyst in their town?
And, Mr. Pope, what proof do you have of this so-called "High" that is obtained by playing video games? Granted, after playing a few hours of Fallout 3, I do feel pretty good, but that's because I just halved the local Super Mutant Population, not because of some bizzaro psychological affect.
Also:
For the love of Pete! That was isolated!!! It's not like all gamers are slavering maniacs who live for their next moment of Alan Wake or whatever.Andy Chalk said:
And AGAIN with the violent video games argument: Unless there can be some proof produced of this...
[HEADING=1] STOP USING IT TO "VALIDATE" WHY GAMING IS BAD FOR US! [/HEADING]
If people say video games are bad for us, the could at least try it first! Good god!
Anything that gives positive feedback (including pleasure in gaming) can be compared to "snorting crack." The same neurological mechanisms are at work, and the same problems can arise if one becomes addicted to the stimulation they receive from the activity.
Food, sex, drugs, speed, shoplifting, or what have you, abuse of these all the same fundamental failing of human psychology that cannot be attributed to the substance or subject, but only our reactions to it and our inability to manage them.
Food, sex, drugs, speed, shoplifting, or what have you, abuse of these all the same fundamental failing of human psychology that cannot be attributed to the substance or subject, but only our reactions to it and our inability to manage them.
People can get addicted to anything. And maybe playing video games can be the same as doing a line of coke .. to some people. But we're all different, with different tolerances, responsibilities, and thresholds.
The problem, I think, is focusing on the substance instead of the person. Why did this person start doing drugs? What is this person trying to escape from by playing video games? <-- very bare-bones examples. That needs to be the focus, instead of just blaming something outright.
And just in case; no, I do not think video games are inherently addictive. It all depends on the person holding the controller.
The problem, I think, is focusing on the substance instead of the person. Why did this person start doing drugs? What is this person trying to escape from by playing video games? <-- very bare-bones examples. That needs to be the focus, instead of just blaming something outright.
And just in case; no, I do not think video games are inherently addictive. It all depends on the person holding the controller.
I think that therapist was eating a box of Lucky Charms (while he was a plumber) and discovered a cut-out psychology degree. He was like "om-gizl" and here we are.
Don't listen to the LEP, I live in Lancashire and it's a load of crap.
And it's not the games fault it's packed with addictive goodness!
And it's not the games fault it's packed with addictive goodness!
In the article it is actually three out of five but I guess statistics means nothing so we can throw em around, right?
