Fredrick2003 said:
"Playing" "a computer or video game" for most people is going to Pogo and playing flash games, or playing Wii Sports. But because Wii Sports has "Sports" in the title, it makes them feel safe.
If that makes you feel better, by all means, think that. However, I think the anectodal evidence that can be found from merely
scrolling up proves you wrong.
Look, You are entitled to your opinion. However, I'm just as entitled to my opinion that your opinion is rather dated, inaccurate, and absurd. I honestly think that breaking out of your own stereotypes (that "society hates gamers" and it is reasonable for you to "hate society back") would only serve you well.
It's nowhere near as damaging as, say, believing that all black people are drug-users who listen to rap music, or that all Jewish people are greedy and bent on manipulating everyone around them, but to assume all athletes are jerks, 'real gamers' don't engage in athletic activities, and society at large reviles gamers is still an unhealthy attitude: if for no other reason than you're basically making assumptions based upon your own prejudices and you're not actually THINKING about things.
Believe me: you want to be a 'rebel'? You want to be a beacon of free thought? Question everything, including (and, in fact, in PARTICULAR) the preconceived notions that are fed to you by the media. Question
yourself always, first and foremost. That way, you can minimize the chances that you are being manipulated towards someone else's purposes as much as reasonably possible.
Or, you know, just stick to the status quo, simply because it is both comfortable to you and justifies your petty resentment for whatever perceived (or real) wrongs that were done to you. Let's see how far that gets you in Life.
