I’ve always understood this site to be anti-gamer but for some reason I’ve always chosen to blind myself to the fact that many of you are just selfdepricating gamers.
You’re not really invested in the cause.
I feel like I’m in an Alcoholics support group and I’m the only one not drinking while you guys just hate on yourselves.
I feel like a clown, feeling supported by TRAITORS.
I stand alone with a double barrel shotgun surrounded by people double handing gamecube controllers what the FUCK
And the Buddha said,
"Who would enlighten the gamers,
If I were not here among them?"
One man surrounded by a locust of treat children can only hope to be engulfed by their drool, annexed into a body that is rectally attached to a nintendo console, yearning for the latest form of abuse that will placate the entity’s masochistic desires
Man walks into therapy office
Tells doctor he's depressed, has to spend time at the office with people who make his life hell
Doctor leans back, says "You should relax, play a calm game of Mario Kart"
Man starts weeping and says, "But doctor, it's a me, Mario!"
Drum roll, hold for laughs, fade to black
I want to share this with someone, but I'm not sure I know anyone who understands the context
It's like posting loss in the group chat
I mean, just go for it
Social mores will compel people to laugh
I actually posted that to couple of group chats after posting that, I enjoy confusing people just as much as I like making them laugh
I also underestimated my friends, couple of them understood the joke immediately
The doctor was also Mario. I dunno how but some big ass yellow pills would probably help.
Counter argument, what better thing is there to do than play Mario Kart while hitting the Mario Cart?
Is this supposed to be a dig at me for commenting on a week old post? I only did because I alternate sorting by new and new comments cuz you know, I have to keep an eye on shit as a mod? So this showed up on the top of my feed because someone else also commented here recently.
What is your point? What is funny about this?
Also btw it's flies not flys.
The first time I've ever been called out for grammar on this site and it's a mod.
It's a tongue in cheek joke. I too also sort by new comments.
tbh I find it hard to comprehend that some people literally never play video games. I can understand not every day, but never? genuinely incomprehensible to me
Some people play games, some are g*mers, some people jerk off, some are gooners
Life isn't very long, most work the majority of the day and only have a few hours to yourself tops. Gaming systems are expensive and associated with nerds. Are you going to play a poorly simulated game rendering of reality or be the game?
Sure, or dosbox games etc that can be played on absolutely anything, but when a lot of people think gaming systems they think the latest game ads with high end gaming pcs, PS5/XboxX or stronger phone models, not their own phone, their work laptop, etc. That's far too expensive for a hobby if you only know of the broadest terms possible and don't have time to look into it seriously. Popular flashy new games that in consciousness needs an investment vs obscure 'sad nerd' games they can play on any old thing.
Do pc or console gamers consider phone gamers their siblings? No, there's quite a bit of elitism, even the can X run Doom jest belies some of this mindset.
Also there's the appeal of concrete immediate tangible sensual reality and escapism via say cooking, drawing, or knitting etc which all produces something IRL as a result, vs gaming which usually has very little to show minus pixels for all that time spent.
Does this perspective still hold up when considering the popularity of sports? Playing a pickup game of basketball doesn't have a real world tangible result besides being a bit healthier no?
Playing a pickup game of basketball doesn't have a real world tangible result besides being a bit healthier no?
That's a massive benefit though. Your tangible result is living longer/living healthier lol
Somewhat. You're sculpting your body and reflexes with sports, but you can sculpt reflexes with games (and make yourself sick overdoing it with most sorts of gaming). There's some material social aspect very well established with sports that has yet to be developed for vidya.
I will not touch grass, no matter how nice you make it sound
Video games got old to me after about 30 years of gaming. I pretty much retired from gaming in my mid 30s. I fire up an old game in an emulator a few times a year and some Words With Friends and thats pretty much it.
Gonna be honest in real life all tbe leftists I know don't play video games. Y'all sound like addicts.
You know there's more ways to spend your time than staring at skinner boxes all day right?
There's a difference between playing games, one of many potential recreational activities, and internalizing the act of playing games as part of your identity.
Yea there's a huge difference between gamers who are sick of corporations churning out shitty unfinished games and Gamers who are mad at those corporations for ruining the games by including characters that aren't straight white males.
There's a difference between huffing paint, one of many potential recreational activities, and internalizing the act of huffing paint as part of your identity.
Yeah that's cool, anyway we're playing smash bros and got room for one more
look buddy i want to beat the boss in 1 minute 32 seconds not 1 minute 36 seconds and that's why i think you are a _________________
I had pretty much fun with that because every time i dropped on some fucking wehraboo spewing nonsense they were like "yeah let's check your stats noob" and then shut up because i was in something like top 2% players lol.
We got one said ableist shithead in here of the opposite variety. Telling people to just "go play basketball" or something.
Kill the reactionary in your head folks.
The Gamer™ is a fascist who is annoying and makes video games their entire personality. Not all video game treats are bad
i play video games and make horniness my entire personality
we are not the same
No, you misheard, we're actually gay-mers, homosexual amphibious humanoids.
your laughing
they reduced lara crofts breast size slightly and your laughing
Gamers truly are the most oppressed class...