Videogames Make You Fat

[daemon37]

More specifically, sitting in front of a computer/television screen all day makes you fat.

(que flashback transition)
Back in the old days, if you were bored you'd go outside and hit things with a stick. Or if you were rich you'd hit people with a more expensive stick. The only reason you would ever be sedentary for an extended period of time is if you contracted polio.

Back before videogames, we had games like hoop & stick, hopscotch, horseshoes, jump-rope and much more. But if you weren't into the social scene you could always just go fishing, hunting or house-building (common activities of the time).

Nowadays with our newfangled technology we're progressively more glued to the screen. We work in front of a screen, we play in front of a screen, and some (many) of us even make love in front of a screen.

The point I'm making is that before you go on some special diet, start buying diet-sodas, or (heaven forbid) talk crap about junk-food because of the ever-increasing size of you ass, ask youself this question "Have I gotten off my ass today?". If not, then go outside already. Jeez...

... and don't expect those fried chicken strips to be here when you get back.... mmmm, chicken good.

 

[iLikeHippos]

Just sitting still won't contribute to the amount of fat in your body. But if you eat unhealthy and don't do shit about counter-measuring it like a balance, than you might get fat.

In fact, if you sit still, you DO indeed burn fat. At least, that's what I am taught in school.

What's the upside?
You're training your brain capacity by doing these "anti-social" activities.

 

[klakkat]

Depends. I have a friend who started just eating less to compensate for exercising less due to his videogame habit. He's lost about 20 lbs in 3 months. It's all about discipline and balancing how much you eat compared to how much you burn. Admittedly, most people do gain weight because they keep eating the same amount (or eat more) despite not burning as many calories.

 

[Sonicron]

This just in: The sun is bright, rain is wet and human beings require oxygen to survive.

 

[SlowShootinPete]

Spoiler: cool story

More specifically, sitting in front of a computer/television screen all day makes you fat.

(que flashback transition)
Back in the old days, if you were bored you'd go outside and hit things with a stick. Or if you were rich you'd hit people with a more expensive stick. The only reason you would ever be sedentary for an extended period of time is if you contracted polio.

Back before videogames, we had games like hoop & stick, hopscotch, horseshoes, jump-rope and much more. But if you weren't into the social scene you could always just go fishing, hunting or house-building (common activities of the time).

Nowadays with our newfangled technology we're progressively more glued to the screen. We work in front of a screen, we play in front of a screen, and some (many) of us even make love in front of a screen.

The point I'm making is that before you go on some special diet, start buying diet-sodas, or (heaven forbid) talk crap about junk-food because of the ever-increasing size of you ass, ask youself this question "Have I gotten off my ass today?". If not, then go outside already. Jeez...

... and don't expect those fried chicken strips to be here when you get back.... mmmm, chicken good.

You posted a bit prematurely, the choir hasn't assembled yet.

 

[Dr. UBAR]

I've always wanted to do stuff like that but I don't live anywhere near any fresh water or wilderness. All the kids wanna do is go to the mall and walk around gawking at nothing.

 

[GreatVladmir]

No, being lazy, eating fatty foods makes you fat, driving everywhere, working in a job that requires no phsyical activit those also contribute to making people fat. What about all those over-weight office executives you see, do they play video games? Probably not, they are just greedy & lazy, video games contribute to the lazy part, but if someone doesn't eat loads & plays video games, they are not going to be massively over-weight are they? I know the reason why I'm a fat bastard, I'm lazy and I love fatty foods.

 

[TimeLord]

I sit in front of my PS3 and computer for most of the night after work, I eat an ungodly amount of crap and I weight 8.5 stone

I rest my case

 

[SlowShootinPete]

video games ma make me fat, but posting dumb threads on forums makes you stupid.

... And tomorrow I shall be sober!

 

[Vampire cat]

This just in: The sun is bright, rain is wet and human beings require oxygen to survive.

AAH!

But if you think about it, this change is relatively recent. I remember when i was younger. Me and my friends would play outside for hours after school, often literally till the sun went down. We'd have all kinds of games to play (and I'm not talking about the guiding metal rings down slopes with a stick. Seems like "kids" these days think that's what we did...).

And now, roughly 10 years later I walk trough my old neighbourhood, a place previously full of live, and it is dead. Utterly dead. Before I moved out me and my friends always took walks around where we lived, every day. And every day we were alone. Kids just don't go out anymore! EVER!

There is no way this is NOT harmful to the kids themselves, but I'm more concerned about the mental than the physical really. Just sitting inside all your life has to do something with you. I'm glad I was born when I was and not any later...

 

[Zealous Kringle]

So all those people who wile away the long hours nose-deep in the pages of a book we, what, don't exist or something?

 

[JEBWrench]

So all those people who wile away the long hours nose-deep in the pages of a book we, what, don't exist or something?

Don't we all read by running around our houses at top speed while staring at the pages?

 

[DigitalSushi]

Back before videogames, we had games like hoop & stick

Take it away Kevin Butler!

I must say i've become fatter as I've gorged on video games and beer, my hedonistic lifestyle has ruined my figure, before I was a magnificient specimen but an operation left me indoors for 6 months, I think I need to sort that out.

 

[Devon Dent]

That is a truly sad thing, hope you recover.

 

[DigitalSushi]

So all those people who wile away the long hours nose-deep in the pages of a book we, what, don't exist or something?

Don't we all read by running around our houses at top speed while staring at the pages?

Fuck it, i'm going to give it a try for science.

 

[Zealous Kringle]

So all those people who wile away the long hours nose-deep in the pages of a book we, what, don't exist or something?

Don't we all read by running around our houses at top speed while staring at the pages?

Those of us without a bean bag chair maybe.

 

[Demons_Bane]

Low activity + unhealthy eating = gateway to obesity I believe the problem lies with individuals not having restriction on some aspects on their lives. Sometimes when you have everything you need you forget how to be great-full for what you have. Culture changes, right now culture is pretty low and petty in some aspects. :/

 

[likalaruku]

Mmm... I'm more inclined to blame my home cooking for balooning weight.