The problem isn’t video game addiction. It’s that real life is terrible now.
2025-06-20 16:09:55
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Matt D :
Why is it addiction with video games but not with other hobbies? No one’s ever been addicted to playing guitar or hiking or watching the news
2025-06-20 18:16:45
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ThingsandStuff19 :
Video games allowed me to travel to arizona to meet some online friends we’ve talked to everyday for years.
2025-07-05 19:34:40
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Frylig :
the biggest benefit of games is learning to loose and dealing with it. nobody will comfort you, only make fun of those who cannot deal with it.
2025-06-20 16:10:39
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Tarhanmotorsport :
It’s not an addiction dude 🤦♂️….it’s like any other craft that requires time and dedication to hone….everything these days gets turned into an addiction ….its the most populate negative connotation we try to give to anything we want to demonize.
2025-06-20 18:48:08
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KathleenMartin :
i didn’t realize I was broke because of programming… until I read the book Secret Money Domination by Robert Robinson. It didn’t motivate me it exposed me.
2025-06-21 10:08:14
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Tamara Todorovic ✝️ :
This is too general. Social media can be good for finding information and bonding. Video games can be bad even in small amounts, if causing rage in people. It depends a lot on usage.
2025-06-21 12:26:52
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Top1GoobieWoobie :
Most the men I know just play whatever the big battle royale or call of duty is big, and it’s just for like a few hours every night. They still have careers there pursuing and a circle of real life friends.
2025-06-20 16:47:16
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Papa in the Kitchen :
Now do people who read fiction…
2025-07-05 14:12:04
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slappykyl3 :
Let’s just ban podcasts
2025-06-21 08:30:44
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Rich :
video games, especially with friends, are infinitely better than doom scrolling socials
2025-06-21 01:00:19
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Holden :
Video games make boys feel like heroes who accomplished something and saved lives and competed goals and - most importantly - the world appreciates them and rewards them for the effort. The real world treats them like villains just for simply existing.
2025-06-21 07:26:53
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cheekibreeki :
How much of the "addiction" is parents letting children have unrestricted access to gaming? 60-90 mins max and not every day
2025-06-20 18:29:57
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MrLonely911 :
I used to play violent games as a child and even then I knew they weren’t real. I have no violent tendencies and do not wish to cause harm to anyone. Video games do not make people violent. If they did we’d have a very serious problem on a global scale. With millions and millions of people (including children) playing video games over the last 30 - 40 years, I think it would be far clearer and more obvious if video games did cause detrimental problems.
2025-06-21 00:15:07
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Shinners :
What people really need to be aware of is loot boxes and micro transactions in games like Fortnite and the such. Some of those features are quite literally gambling.
2025-06-20 17:40:14
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Just*Jenn :
They are equally as damaging
2025-06-21 06:25:00
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unusual.lore :
even as an adult there are very limited options for casual local recreation. video games become an oasis in a desert of toil.
2025-06-21 14:26:27
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johjlop700 :
Multiplayer Video Games dont develop social skills.
2025-06-20 19:00:47
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j :
they made lil bro miss out on prime fortnite
2025-06-21 06:00:43
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Tiktoker :
Sorry, I don’t trust anybody that Jordan Peterson interviews
2025-06-23 00:01:47
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🕸 :
instead of video games, get young men into mixed martial arts from young
2025-06-21 12:38:36
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Ocean2 :
People don't understand that anything is and can become an addiction as the body needs something as a stimulus. Be it smoking, drinking, taking drugs, (corn), video games, gambling, energy drinks etc. Most people have 1 of these yet we call video games a problem which is the least harmful of them all.
2025-06-21 08:30:44
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Alias Alibi :
playing online game with strangers you will never meet is the problem.
2025-06-22 15:24:53
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Grim :
Video games have never made a human violent since their invention.
They can however make a violent person more violent as can violent music, movies or TV.
If a person is weak, everything is a detriment.
2025-06-21 17:30:26
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AliGeeky :
The game isn’t usually the issue, as a gamer I can attest that it’s the communities in the games. My sons will definitely be allowed to game as that’s literally how my husband and I met, but we will definitely monitor their groups
2025-06-20 23:23:46
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