I agree -- I would react the same way to anyone forcibly trying to take something I am holding out of my hands suddenly. If there is no warning, or no real reason I could think of for you to take something out of my hands, I will at the very least glare at you and ask what the hell you think you're doing, and then probably try to get it back. Mine, I say, mine!!!RelexCryo said:
Therapist Repeats "Gaming is Like Snorting Cocaine" Claim
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Wheres the Psychological Community when you need them? They are supposed to go around at a cyclical time to make sure psycho's like these have conclusive evidence that their theories arn't full of bullshit. People like him should have their PhD's stripped off of them unless they have such evidence, which they don't.
I'm pretty sure that a two hour gaming session isn't equal to a line of cocaine. I don't have greasy hair, I'm not borrowing money and not paying it back. If someone came up to me and took the controller out of my hands, I would be confused or think it was a joke rather than act like a joke.
Also, if you split up the word 'therapist', you get 'the rapist'. Just thought I'd point that out(See, I can make ridiculous claims too).
Also, if you split up the word 'therapist', you get 'the rapist'. Just thought I'd point that out(See, I can make ridiculous claims too).
There are any number of things that would cause me to react poorly if you simply walked up to me and grabbed/rudely interrupted me in the middle of. Wallet/keys/money/credit card/sandwich/book/TV remote/etc. That doesn't mean I'm addicted to them or that they are in any way affecting me negatively. It simply means I don't like anyone walking up to me and grabbing stuff out of my hands. Now, if you came in the room and politely asked me to stop playing games/reading/watching TV/eating/surfing the net/etc., I am going to react more favorably. Of course, I would still expect a legitimate reason before listening to you ("cause I said so" doesn't work, but "I need your help with x" or something like that would), but it's a hell of a lot better than grabbing. Being confrontational causes people to react confrontationally to you.
Your point being? Take away my copy of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when i'm reading it and i'll rip your balls off and beat you to death with them. Does that mean books are like doing cocaine? Hostility towards interruptions isn't a foreign concept, it's existed since the primordial days of entertainment. Video games cause a strong reaction because multiple senses are stimulated, but books can have the same effect on people with a good imagination. Unless you're willing to call all forms of entertainment like cocaine because people express hostility at people randomly swiping said entertainment, would you kindly PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR FUCKING ASS?!
I know it's like asking the sun not to reflect off the moon, but honestly. I have yet to see a critic towards gaming as a whole who wasn't talking out of his or her ass on multiple stances because they were too lazy to do their fucking homework.
I know it's like asking the sun not to reflect off the moon, but honestly. I have yet to see a critic towards gaming as a whole who wasn't talking out of his or her ass on multiple stances because they were too lazy to do their fucking homework.
So is Gabe Newell like Tony Montana? Because that's pretty cool. Finally Gamers can get some respect as all the big celebrities do cocaine. I finally feel like one of the in crowd.
Okay, I want to find this guy, and every time that he's watching TV, I'll take away the remote and change the channel. Whenever he's listening to music, I'll change the station. When he's reading a goddamned novel, I'll light it on fire. Let's see if we'll get a similar reaction.
If I tried to slap a watering can out of someone's hand while they were watering plants, they wouldn't react well either.
Therapist is a hack. Not all therapists: this one in particular.
Therapist is a hack. Not all therapists: this one in particular.
He may be on to something there. I just took 20 microns of LSD, and now I'm seeing everything in 16x16x16 blocks of 8-bit color! But that doesn't even compare to what I feel like when actually playing Minecraft. Normally I can actually taste the colors!
[sub][sub]not really, just sitting in class and playing minecraft, but whatever...[/sub][/sub]
I love it when idiots with (possibly) phony degrees in bullshit subjects try to appear knowledgeable and present ill-researched arguments. Makes the rest of us college edumacted folk really happy, ya know...
Lord Inglip sayeth: lyeeimm folios.
[sub][sub]not really, just sitting in class and playing minecraft, but whatever...[/sub][/sub]
I love it when idiots with (possibly) phony degrees in bullshit subjects try to appear knowledgeable and present ill-researched arguments. Makes the rest of us college edumacted folk really happy, ya know...
Lord Inglip sayeth: lyeeimm folios.
Comparing cocaine to video games is like comparing waffles to a potato, not even close.
And yeah, I would be pissed if someone took the controller out of my hand, and I'm sure if you took a book out of someone's hand, or turned off the TV while someone was watching it they would be pretty pissed too.
Logic fail.
Also, last time I checked, I never got a nose bleed from gaming. I'm sure the only time someone ever got one from gaming is when they throw the controller and it bounces back to smack them in the face.
And yeah, I would be pissed if someone took the controller out of my hand, and I'm sure if you took a book out of someone's hand, or turned off the TV while someone was watching it they would be pretty pissed too.
Logic fail.
Also, last time I checked, I never got a nose bleed from gaming. I'm sure the only time someone ever got one from gaming is when they throw the controller and it bounces back to smack them in the face.
Well, he's obviously, and provably, wrong. Move along, people. We've already established plenty of times that claims like this are completely baseless, and even people who don't play games know that. (Most of them, anyway) It does always bug me when people say "If you come in and turn off the TV while your kids are gaming, they'll be angry!"
For Chirst's sake, if I was reading a book and you just came in and slammed it shut in my face, I'd be angry about that, too! Very REASONABLY angry.
Wow, people have actually came up with a million good examples of this already.
For Chirst's sake, if I was reading a book and you just came in and slammed it shut in my face, I'd be angry about that, too! Very REASONABLY angry.
Wow, people have actually came up with a million good examples of this already.
