Is gaming culture worth getting into? | Poal: Say what you want.

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I feel like a social outcast. Gaming seems to be the current 'scene' that has replaced many of the traditional forms of social interaction that I used to enjoy before they went woke and retarded. I'm not in it. (There's still cafe culture of course, but I'm not gonna get jabbed just so I can buy overpriced coffee and chat to a bunch of anemic socialists.)

Am I right to feel this way? Does becoming a gamer bring a sense of joy and a feeling of social fulfillment? Or are gamers in reality a bunch of sad obese losers with health problems? I have no idea because I'm not in it. Do the RGB accessories help or do they just remind you that you're all alone in a dark room by yourself?

If gaming is worth getting into, what is a good way to break into the gaming scene? I stopped playing games around the year 2000 when they stopped being fun and turned into big corporate moneymakers with tiresome cutscenes.

I haven't been a gamer since the 90s. I'm also not a fan of TV or new movies or dressing up in fursuits with my dick hanging out or anything like that. So I'm finding it hard to find a social scene that I enjoy. I feel like a social outcast. Gaming seems to be the current 'scene' that has replaced many of the traditional forms of social interaction that I used to enjoy before they went woke and retarded. I'm not in it. (There's still cafe culture of course, but I'm not gonna get jabbed just so I can buy overpriced coffee and chat to a bunch of anemic socialists.) Am I right to feel this way? Does becoming a gamer bring a sense of joy and a feeling of social fulfillment? Or are gamers in reality a bunch of sad obese losers with health problems? I have no idea because I'm not in it. Do the RGB accessories help or do they just remind you that you're all alone in a dark room by yourself? If gaming is worth getting into, what is a good way to break into the gaming scene? I stopped playing games around the year 2000 when they stopped being fun and turned into big corporate moneymakers with tiresome cutscenes.

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Many have traded away their lives, relationships, opportunities in life for a gaming lifestyle that ends poorly for them mentally, physically, emotionally, financially, and sexually.

Thousands of amazing experiences I would have sacrificed hiding in a dark room plugged into a computer for no benefit other than self amusement.

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This is the truth right here. I live a pretty varied life with lots of different experiences but have also gone through times that were a little heavy on gaming and while sometimes it's fun it's mostly just a huge waste of time. It's not good for you and it stagnates your life.

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100% I'm regretting my continued habit to this day.

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Quit. Right now, not tomorrow, not at the end of this game.

Right now. Decide to do it in your mind, click the power off and contemplate all the things you could do with your new found time.

Improve yourself. Make things. See places. If you blank out, come back, I’ll help with whatever I can.

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You dont have to "be a gamer". Get emulators and play all of the good old stuff for free.

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Start hunting or fishing. Even table top RPGs and board games are social if you can find a group. All of which are more healthy and rewarding.

Video games are huge time sinks. Nothing wrong in moderation. But I never understood how anyone can call it culture. It's anti- culture. It's escapism. Always will be.

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Get into something active that puts you around people if you want to live a good life. It's an adjustment if you've been living like a piece of shit your whole life but EVERYTHING about your life gets more rewarding. Team sports are ideal but there's plenty of other active lifestyle things you can get into.

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D&D gaming is worth it.

I used to love games but struggle to find good ones. I still think Dragon's Dogma and Dark Cloud are better than any big ones these days and gravitate towards replaying them instead of a lot of the new ones.

However, I've been playing in the same homebrew D&D campaign for years. :)

Our group meets every Friday virtually. I became very good friends with our dungeon master and after two years she ended up moving in with me. We still meet everyone online from our separate rooms in the same house now. When she needs a break another member will do little one shot sessions or we'll have game night with Jackbox. It's a nice thing to have to look forward to and I highly recommend.

P.S. Get a standing desk. I usually workout during D&D sessions. Back when I did MMO video games I'd do like 5 push-ups between wipes. It would turn into hundreds of push-ups a day.

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I gave up video games around the same time as you, just before my first child was born. From what I have seen that culture become over the years you would be just as well off to become a tranny. Gamers are pathetic.

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You sound like a faggot, have you considered being less of one?

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When I read your comment I imagined somebody who talks with a lisp and wears earrings despite being biologically male. I don't know why, maybe it was your phrasing.