Is this really what young gamers these days are becoming

[epialesofaergia]

I would assume these girls employ the honor system in order to find out whether or not her prospective/actual boyfriend pauses his game to text her back, and any system wherein consideration of marriage may be conducive to putting out sooner is easily corruptible.

I'm sure there's some sort of social function for those lines of thought, but my local government prohibits me from thinking about girls of that age so I can't really comment.

 

[Captain_Fantastic]

well to add a tidbit i could never explain it but the "culture" of the small town im from has priorities in such a way that if you call somebody on a cellphone for anything other than an emergency its allmost considered rude i dont understand how this works but i dont plan on questioning it


and yeah i can see it being a joke but there comes a point where the entire "gamers treat their xbox better than their girlfriends" fad gets annoying

 

[retyopy]

Alright, I have formulated a new theory. Any person who posts something like that must be murdered. Brutally.

 

[ultrachicken]

Holy generalizations, Batman!

Seriously. Cut the "The new generation has no morals!" bullshit. You read a facebook post made in jest and proclaim all people younger than you are "abhorrently lacking in basic manners?"

Overdramatic OP is overdramatic. Nothing more to discuss.

 

[Dogstile]

Alright, I have formulated a new theory. Any person who posts something like that must be murdered. Brutally.

Humour.

Its a JOKE. Murdering someone for a joke that quite honestly is one of the most harmless i've heard all year is a tad over the top.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Is this really what older, elitist gamers these days are becoming?

 

[AwkwardTurtle]

Texting = social skills and interaction with human beings now?

Fuck, the world is doomed.

agreed. texting is not a social skill and it is barely social interaction.

Oh my gosh I'm glad I'm not going crazy. Of course my preference is talking face to face, but I can't believe the number of times when while having a texting conversation I would casually ask "Oh hey can I call you?" and I'm met with the response of "Why? lol"

I simply can never really think of anything to say "Umm so we can talk?"
Of course the response is "We're already talking. "

AHH~ When did texting=talking?!?!? We're already using phones so let's TALK using our MOUTHS. x3

Maybe I'm just an insane person for preferring to hear the voice of other people than read mere words on a screen. ._.

That was just my little rant on the subject.

OT: I agree with the opinion that taking a silly facebook status as a representation of all young gamers as a whole is a bit of a big leap. So I feel it's just a simple joke and exaggeration. :3 The facebook status that is.

 

[Iffat Nur]

Sounds like stereotypes.
Just because someone made a facebook post like that, doesn't mean every 13 year old guy is like that.

ITT:Old people are demonizing the young because of minor tidbits they see.

 

[Captain_Fantastic]

ITT:Old people are demonizing the young because of minor tidbits they see.

I shall give this the handwave on the grounds that i consider myself old enough to dislike youth without a good reason

 

[Brian Hendershot]

It's a joke. I tell it to my girlfriend all the time--though I must point out I really just stop playing games if I am going to talk to her. It's really pointless to try and do both even if we are texting...

I think the more pressing concern right now is why the hell people think it is acceptable to replace the word You with just the letter u! Come on...it doesn't take that long to type people.

 

[Iron Mal]

now i was scrolling down facebook today and i came across this little tidbit of "wisdom"

Facebook wisdom? Two words I did not expect to hear in the same sentence.

dear girls,
if he pauses his video game just to text u back.....
MARRY HIM!!! ¢¾

That may have just been a joke but if that's all it takes to get a girl to want to marry you then why the hell do some people hold it up so importantly these days?

Seriously, based on this it would seem that the only prerequisite to get a girl to marry you is to acknowledge their existance (I've been dating my beautiful girlfriend for almost two years, been happy for the whole of it I would like to add, and acknowledging that she exists isn't something I even need to put thought into doing, it's automatic).

my comment follows. really.....REALLY!, THAT is what this world is coming to do young people these days really have such an abhorrent lack of basic manners, and or social skills that they cannot regularly pause a VIDEO GAME, in order to interact with other human beings.

While I know better than to think that this represents all younger gamers it probably wouldn't be too far from the truth to say there are more than a few little shits out there who lack even basic manners (just play with a headset on in a match of Halo and counter the number of people who teabag you).

Now i am an avid gamer and i can honestly say i spend more time gaming than being a social person. but there are perfectly valid reasons behind this that i wont get into unless asked or questioned. Nonetheless if i were to say "get a call or text" asking me to join some friends in an activity of some sort no matter how boring it may sound 90% of the time i would shut off the game drop the controller and go. I also would trust most of the people in my circle of friends to do the same.

I'm sure most gamers are the same way, most of us are probably considerate enough to put someone else's presence ahead of our playing of a video game (especially our significant other).

In my own experience I tend to always make sure I can talk to my girlfriend no matter what (long distance relationship, I put a high value on all the time I get to talk to her) so I tend to either play on a console so I can prioritise talking to her or I schedule any games I play around the times she isn't gonna be able to talk (so when she's off reading or shopping etc.).

Maybe I'm an exceptional case of going above and beyond here but I make my hardest effort to put others first (and I'm not even an overtly social person either so I'm pretty much in your situation too).

but apparently things in this world have changed

The world...the world never changes...

 

[TheKramers]

now i was scrolling down facebook today and i came across this little tidbit of "wisdom"

dear girls,
if he pauses his video game just to text u back.....
MARRY HIM!!! ¢¾

my comment follows. really.....REALLY!, THAT is what this world is coming to do young people these days really have such an abhorrent lack of basic manners, and or social skills that they cannot regularly pause a VIDEO GAME, in order to interact with other human beings.

Now i am an avid gamer and i can honestly say i spend more time gaming than being a social person. but there are perfectly valid reasons behind this that i wont get into unless asked or questioned.Nonetheless if i were to say "get a call or text" asking me to join some friends in an activity of some sort no matter how boring it may sound 90% of the time i would shut off the game drop the controller and go. I also would trust most of the people in my circle of friends to do the same.

but apparently things in this world have changed

(edit) maybe im just a grump

I may be young (I'm twenty, so maybe not that young) and I regularly die during multiplayer games because I'm texting my girlfriend. Sure my friends don't like it, but she's more important

 

[Dark1Elder]

now i was scrolling down facebook today and i came across this little tidbit of "wisdom"

dear girls,
if he pauses his video game just to text u back.....
MARRY HIM!!! ¢¾

my comment follows. really.....REALLY!, THAT is what this world is coming to do young people these days really have such an abhorrent lack of basic manners, and or social skills that they cannot regularly pause a VIDEO GAME, in order to interact with other human beings.

Now i am an avid gamer and i can honestly say i spend more time gaming than being a social person. but there are perfectly valid reasons behind this that i wont get into unless asked or questioned.Nonetheless if i were to say "get a call or text" asking me to join some friends in an activity of some sort no matter how boring it may sound 90% of the time i would shut off the game drop the controller and go. I also would trust most of the people in my circle of friends to do the same.

but apparently things in this world have changed

(edit) maybe im just a grump

i agree, i would also pause, and turn of the game if a friend called/text saying "wanna go do something" however there's a 50/50 chance that the message or call is gonna be "hey, wanna hang out and play some games?" seeing as how my entire group of friends are pretty much avid gamers, like myself.

 

[Harbinger_]

I lost faith in the future a long time ago. When it comes to 'gamers' these days I laugh at how if the only games you play are either A: Facebook games or B: Call of Duty then you are automatically a gamer. The OP's post about the facebook girl's post is just further evidence at how low people have fallen.

 

[funguy2121]

now i was scrolling down facebook today and i came across this little tidbit of "wisdom"

dear girls,
if he pauses his video game just to text u back.....
MARRY HIM!!! ¢¾

my comment follows. really.....REALLY!, THAT is what this world is coming to do young people these days really have such an abhorrent lack of basic manners, and or social skills that they cannot regularly pause a VIDEO GAME, in order to interact with other human beings.

Now i am an avid gamer and i can honestly say i spend more time gaming than being a social person. but there are perfectly valid reasons behind this that i wont get into unless asked or questioned.Nonetheless if i were to say "get a call or text" asking me to join some friends in an activity of some sort no matter how boring it may sound 90% of the time i would shut off the game drop the controller and go. I also would trust most of the people in my circle of friends to do the same.

but apparently things in this world have changed

(edit) maybe im just a grump

Sounds like somebody doesn't understand irony.

 

[KingofallCosmos]

There's too much facebook, texting, and other unimportant elements here to take this seriously.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Wait... you're judging an entire group of people because you saw something stupid on FaceBook? Are you kidding me? Good lord, you sound like the stereotypical old guy who thinks all kids are idiots and all teenagers are out to kill him or corrupt the world.