Barack Obama said something unflattering about video games.

[SomeBritishDude]

I honestly think many of Obama's views on video games aren't unjustified. He just wants kids to get out of the house. That's hardly a bad thing.

 

[KB Rocker]

he knows that tons of people like these types of electronics and he not really getting at anything by telling us he doesn't know how to use them maybe he should read a manual!!!!!!!!

 

[SkullCap]

Another reason why i'm glad I didn't vote for him.

*shrug*

How dare you! He's our savior! *rolls eyes*

 

[Your once and future Fanboy]

Everything we use money on (except food, and other necessities) is meant to be a diversion from things that bore us, no matter if its a magazine, a cd, a movie, tools for the hobby-room, a skateboard, a pair skis, a new book, i could go on forever.
its just because they dont understand the modern media, not because they mean we must use our time and resources to learn, because they are as guilty of that as any other gamer.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

That's a bit far.

It will help with lots of things. Like hiding from armed thugs on pipes!

 

[cervantess1]

I don't really see how he's wrong.. sure, it's unflattering, but that doesn't mean it's wrong..

It's unflattering to say that america has an obesity epidemic, but it doesn't mean that americans aren't getting fatter every year.

Kids should be playing outside as much as possible.. This is the first generation that the parents will be, on the whole, sedentary louts doing as little as possible (and achieving doing very little indeed)... passing that onto our children is not a good thing.

I basically agree with you, but Mr.Obama owns a Nintendo Wii which he has admitted to playing and enjoying, so he is being a little hypocritical.

Well look at it like this what he was trying to get across is that a large number of people have video game obsessions that are all consuming "cough, cough" WOW "cough" and that people need to get off of their lazy asses and do shit other than just dick around all day like a bunch retarded lemurs and instead be productive hopefully mildly intelligent members of society.

WoW is a very.. infectious breed of game. Don't worry, we're slowly working on a pesticide to take care of it. We swear, only one retarded lemur has been harmed in the making of this product. [sub]It stuck its finger in the electrical socket before we could even start, okay!?[/sub]

Don't worry i hear they reproduce so fast you'll have 20 replacements by the end of the week.

 

[addeB]

Kill him, put his head on a stick as a warning to all other politicians, its the only way for them to understand that gaming doesn't make us violent.

I could not agree more! I would also like to nominate you as warchief when Obama is gone.

 

[HK_01]

Really? He only just noticed that it's a form of entertainment and not a tool to improve learning?!?

Edit: Where does all the hate for Obama come from? He's doing a decent job, certainly not worse than Bush. Seems like a pretty good president to me.

 

[JEBWrench]

Speaking of remoteness from one's capital city, I'm 2,274 miles (~3660km) from Washington DC. That's approximately the same distance as between Lisbon, Portugal and Smolensk, Russia (or, if you want it in UK terms, between London and Damascus). A lot of people out here have a chip on their shoulder about the federal government.

I'm about half that away, and around here, he's not too popular either.
(Of course, Sibelius' appointment certainly didn't help his popularity in these parts.)

OT: I'm not sure what he said isn't too flattering. There's a ton of convenient, overwhelming distractions available, and they can easily get in the way of advancement. Of course, there's been tons of convenient, overwhelming distractions since somewhere around the dawn of time.

 

[DigitalSushi]

Kill him, put his head on a stick as a warning to all other politicians, its the only way for them to understand that gaming doesn't make us violent.

I could not agree more! I would also like to nominate you as warchief when Obama is gone.

I accept the nomination of WarChief.

My manifesto as WarChief is thus
* all campers will be killed
* more funding towards nice XboxLive etiquette, be nice to others on a game and you will be rewarded
* 28th March to be declared an International holiday were we burn an effigy of Bobby Kotick and Michael Parckinson out of principle and shits and giggles (that aussie dirtbag)
* Subsidized gaming purchases for all
* Any nations we don't like will change their national anthems to Navi's "Hey Hey Listen!", that'll teach those fuckers that wont toe the line
* I will triple the funding for Scientist researching real world application of the "Double Jump", NO COOKIE JAR WILL BE TOO HIGH FOR ANY GAMER!

ARE YOU WITH ME PEOPLE?

 

[slipknot4]

Kill him, put his head on a stick as a warning to all other politicians, its the only way for them to understand that gaming doesn't make us violent.

I'm not going to read any more of this discussion, you have officially won the thread.
You sir win 1+ internet!

 

[Cmwissy]

I thought Obama himself was a gamer?

 

[Evil the White]

I voted for him as lesser of two evils (contrast Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from the Presidency).

Not gonna make that mistake again. I'll either vote Republican or stay home in 2012.

Yeah, you get such hard decisions over there. We get to vote, but we don't have to think because it doesn't matter- GLORIOUS LEADER GORDON BROWN is still in number 10.

Not that I give a shit about London. It's down south and is thus not important.

Heh. Guess this will make your day then: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8672859.stm

Besides, there's still no parliament. Considering the Libs are asking for talks with Labour, then the Conservatives must not be giving them everything they want.

 

[jpoon]

Wow big shock here, he comes out and says something lame, incorrect and useless...

 

[Eldarion]

I don't really see how he's wrong.. sure, it's unflattering, but that doesn't mean it's wrong..

It's unflattering to say that america has an obesity epidemic, but it doesn't mean that americans aren't getting fatter every year.

Kids should be playing outside as much as possible.. This is the first generation that the parents will be, on the whole, sedentary louts doing as little as possible (and achieving doing very little indeed)... passing that onto our children is not a good thing.

So gaming makes you into a loser?

Generalize more why don't you?

 

[addeB]

Kill him, put his head on a stick as a warning to all other politicians, its the only way for them to understand that gaming doesn't make us violent.

I could not agree more! I would also like to nominate you as warchief when Obama is gone.

I accept the nomination of WarChief.

My manifesto as WarChief is thus
* all campers will be killed
* more funding towards nice XboxLive etiquette, be nice to others on a game and you will be rewarded
* 28th March to be declared an International holiday were we burn an effigy of Bobby Kotick and Michael Parckinson out of principle and shits and giggles (that aussie dirtbag)
* Subsidized gaming purchases for all
* Any nations we don't like will change their national anthems to Navi's "Hey Hey Listen!", that'll teach those fuckers that wont toe the line
* I will triple the funding for Scientist researching real world application of the "Double Jump", NO COOKIE JAR WILL BE TOO HIGH FOR ANY GAMER!

ARE YOU WITH ME PEOPLE?

Death to the campers!

 

[tsb247]

Please don't Just look at the way Republicans are voting on financial reform. They have sold out to the lobbyists 100%. Look at how they voted on the "anti-rape" bill. Look at how they lie about financial reform being another bailout bill for the banks (in fact the banks would pay into a fund to bail themselves out). Look at how they lied that the public option would have increased debt instead of reducing it.

Really you have no one good to vote for, but unfortunately Obama/Democrats are still the lesser of 2 evils.

And Democrats are any different? Politicians lie, and it doesn't matter what side of the spectrum they choose to call home. The Dems are spending like mad, have enacted healthcare reform that is projected to cost FAR more than they claimed it would and have driven healthcare costs up for the time being, have given bailouts to banks and financial firms that have mis-used them (HUGE bonuses to board members and CEOs, private jets, etc.), and are clearly inept in their handling of economic policy (no attention being paid to jobs at home).

 

[JEBWrench]

And Democrats are any different? Politicians lie, and it doesn't matter what side of the spectrum they choose to call home. The Dems are spending like mad, have enacted healthcare reform that is projected to cost FAR more than they claimed it would and have driven healthcare costs up for the time being, have given bailouts to banks and financial firms that have mis-used them (HUGE bonuses to board members and CEOs, private jets, etc.), and are clearly inept in their handling of economic policy (no attention being paid to jobs at home).

Politics: Many sides of a monohedron.