Why do people feel the need to "grow out" of video games? You only have to go to /pol/ or /fit/ to find out why Video Games are absolutely degenerate and detrimental to your health, but why? People who perpetuate this narrative do so from an angle that says they are now liberated from video games and their lives are much better off without them but I just can't make sense of that.
I'm talking about more than just /pol/ mind you. Even a few if my friends have announced one more than one occasion "I don't play games anymore" like you either do or you don't. Sure I play less then I did when I was a kid but I can't see it having any toxic effect on my life whatsoever. I just go to work, pay bills, see my friends and play vidya when I'm bored or its fun.
Obviously some peoole simply don't want to play Vidya and I get that but I'm talking about a seeming movement against video games, my friends won't even take a turn at Fifa at a party or something always quoting "Nah I don't play games" when these same dudes were just six months ago flogging Bloodborne with me on a daily basis.
What is driving this opposition to vidya? Why is there now a belief that to become an adult or to be taken seriously they must be done away with?
People are stupid and brainwashed there's no need to waste time and energy wondering why
>>340681330
Because the industry is just as bad as hollywood or even worse these days. Most of the people who claim they quit vidya are oldfag neckbeards of the 90s/00's and now that videogames cant fill the hole anymore they move on with their lives.
Basically anyone who still feels optimistic about vidya is a normie, underage, or a retard.
>>340681330
Who cares
Most people use vidya as escapism and/or a way to procrastinate instead of doing more productive things that might scare them because they take more effort than vidya.
>>340681330
normalfags
>>340681330
>I don't play video games anymore
Because they need to reassure themselves that they have a future that matters now, even though the only thing that might have changed is that they might have nothing fun to do in evenings.
>>340681330
1. Some people get way too into games and make them a big part of their lives which can lead to self destructive behavior. (This can be said about a lot of things)
2. It gives some people a reason to look down on others, thinking of them as immature or childish even when they might be very productive members of society.
Videogames are relatively new, people are stupid and believe that if something is new and enjoyed by kids then said thing is exclusive for kids.
>>340681330
prepare to eat a red pill anon. its bigger than you think. the JEWS. yes, THE JEWS AGAIN, they pai
>>340681330
>Why is there now a belief that to become an adult or to be taken seriously they must be done away with?
this viewpoint is childish and people who are proponents of it are usually not worth listening to
>>340681330
Because kids play video games too.
You're not supposed to associate with kids because they have nothing interesting to say, and by association, neither will you if you continue to surround yourself with children's media.
>>340681330
I literally was small talking to a girl and told her I was working on a small game with a friend and she said "I guess it's better than real violence"
>>340681330
I have friends like these OP and they are usually insufferable, it's because they like to feel good about themselves and it makes them feel like a bonafide big boy now.
Worse is that most of my friends still watch Let's Plays like MarkyMark that asian pew die pie yet still won't touch an actual controller.
>>340682251
But I am noticing this exclusively from people around 20 - 25. My brothers in law are both in their 30s and will play gladly, just seems like along with the whole fit culture, instagram goals etc. that removing Vidya becomes just as much of a statement about your image.
>>340681330
Go look at your average adult gamer.
They're not the spitting image of health, fitness or mental prowess.
Most gamers over the age of 20 look like losers.
This is why people think they're childish.
They don't want to become a living stereotype.
>>340681330
>What is driving this opposition to vidya? Why is there now a belief that to become an adult or to be taken seriously they must be done away with?
how shit games are being churned out
latest tmnt game and dark souls 3 is making me not give a shit anymore
playing through witcher 3 and id rather watch a hearty movie based on all the gameplay i went through than actually play the story driven game at this point.
theres other important shit i could do than waste time playing a video game
>>340681330
It's the perfect way for some people to make themselves feel better about themselves. You see it with all kinds of shit.
>oh I don't play video games, I have a life, I'm not a child
>I don't go to the gym, only insecure people would want to put on so much muscle
>I didn't play sports in high school, I didn't want to be some dumb meath eat
>I don't have time to get good at drawing, I don't have time to sit around doing nothing all day
etc.
>I HATE VIDEOGAMES
>proceeds to spend the next 10 hours playing clash of clans and some other mobile trash with atari-level gameplay
That's normalfags for you
>Normies want to stop playing vidyia
Why stop them?
They drop it because they think that's what they're supposed to do as "grown adults".
>>340682684
I never understood this. If you don't want to be some lazy, unhealthy piece of trash why not just get fit? Its like instead of doing actual work to better themselves they'd rather take the easy way out and drop something they enjoy to seem mature to others.
I'm 24 and I've quite literally given up on the game industry.
Call it nostalgia or whatever, but I have much more fun playing the games I grew up with than the bi-annual AAA trash being released today.
>>340682840
because they don't ever stop, they don't count games they like as videogames and yet still support them, continuing to fuel the industry the direction its going
>>340682584
They don't know how to deal with new things, they need to prove themselves to other people, they are the same kind of people that get wasted on parties and make fool of themselves.
By /v/ standards I am a normie, I play a lot but I also go out and have a job, I get drunk at parties and sometimes get high, I encounter these kind of retards all the time, they are so shallow they need to make fun of others to feel better.
>>340682584
20-25 year olds are the ripest for "I'm a grown up now, I need to do grown up things". They'll either grow out of that mentality or they'll become insufferable adults.
Another option is that they never liked games to begin with.
>>340683071
Maybe its because I don't remember much from my childhood, but I think things are fine now. Maybe not as magical as they were when I've first started experiencing them, but I still find a gem every now and then. I like to keep an open mind on these things though.
Social stigma
Video games are still the nerdy or the basement dweller thing to do in the eyes of most people. As much as the market has spread it's going to be seen as a waste of time to delve into games as it was thought with comic books, rock music, television, probably radio and various other things before them. Not that vidya is anywhere nearly as socially impactful as any of those things, but regardless. It will pass in time as everything else did.
>>340681330
It's the high school mentality of forced perceived maturity. You know how the story goes. A few guys are alright, hang out with you when you're in middle school, play Magic/Yugioh/Xbox/whatever with you, et cetera, but then when they get older, they become pussy whipped and become convinced that they're too old to hang out with you and play those sorts of games anymore, and look down on you for doing so. (You STILL play Magic? Come on, we're 16 now! It's embarrassing being around you and we think you seriously need to drop it and grow up.) I mean, you're free to not like what you liked 5 years ago, obviously, but don't start going around talking shit about others that still enjoy it. I mean, I didn't like half of the tv shows that most of those guys liked, but I didn't sperg out about it and start flinging personal insults around. My best friend unironically likes Attack on Titan and instead of saying stuff like "HAHAHA FUKKEN PLEB, YOU'RE A RETARD THAT ONLY WATCHES SHIT ANIME, WATCH GINGA EIYUU DENSETSU INSTEAD FAGGOT," I just ignore it.
There are people that believe that baseless insults for the sake of making them make them look smarte.g. most of /v/, and while I enjoy a good bit of shitposting between friends, some people take it a bit far and start outright ostracizing people for one reason or another. Needless to say, I no longer hang out with people that are too triggered by people liking what they don't.
>>340682684
The average American adult isn't very healthy in the first place.
Because they are normals that only got in the hobby due to it being fad lately
Look at anime they dont feel the need to quit because people there are real nerd losers with nowhere else to go
You would think adult manchildren who play video games well into their 30s wouldn't worry about people criticizing them.
After all, they've lived their whole adult lives under the mantra of "Who cares what people think of me, I'm an adult!".
>>340683071
AAA is trash. There are tons of good indie games
is this a REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
thread?
i did not read op because shitposting etc
>>340681330
>>340681680
>>340683492
>>340683673
>>340681470
Hands down best post in the thread OP. Listen to this anon he knows what's up.
>>340681680
Nah Ive been playing games all my life and theyve never been better
You are a bitter fag that needs to leave this board, move on dude
>>340683952
Post your recently played list.
>>340683835
gold.
>>340684063
A bunch of porn games
>>340683835
>>340683673
I know a bunch of guys that "quit" anime in high school, despite only watching DBZ, Naruto, Pokemon, and Yugioh dubbed on broadcast TV. Didn't really give a shit about their ignorance until they got triggered when they saw me reading Pluto and acting like niggers, taking my tablet away from me and saying I needed to stop. Yes, a pack of idiots really tried to confiscate materials they didn't like as if I was committing a thought crime and I had to punch a guy to get it back.
>>340682723
Yes this is the answer to OP
>>340684254
Really? Thats funny, Urasawa manga looks totally presentable to normalfags.
>>340683004
I didn't say it was a logical thought or choice but I can see how they came to the conclusion.
>>340683492
pretty good summary. id add on to it but i'm a fuckind idiot who cant make any articulated sentences.
you see it in media all the time, typically those grown up movies with adam sandler and that fat unfunny fuck with token chris rock, or any shit family movie.
then you see old fuckers having model train hobbies but i have yet to hear anyone makin fun, or makin an example of them
>>340683835
okay this one's actually funny
>>340684567
Well I guess when you got guys like "Markimoo" acting like retards while playing video games in front of millions of people it doesn't really make the rest of us look that great.
>>340685078
living
>>340685318fucking spoilersWORK YOU FUCKING FAGGOT SHIT GOD DAMING
>Living
>>340685318
Did you just remade your post because it didnt have enough meme in it?
Fuck off.
>>340685318
>List of things not worth the time spent on them:
You life
>>340683835
/r9k/ can sometimes be either really depressing or just filled with gold like this
>>340685318
reposting because you forgot to add the epic reaction image and greentext?
>>>/out/
>>>/reddit/
>>340685318
just kill yourself at that rate
>>340682684
>>340684567
A lot of people are stupid and unhealthy. As such you can find just as many of those people that are into sports and other popular things. Doesn't mean you should give it up if you enjoy it.
>>340683071
this.
Overwatch and all was ok, i mean its a fine game but i fired up spyro 2 recently and i'm having a fucking blast playing it. Going back and playing the games you grew up with might help you remember what you loved about games in the first place.
>>340683492
Reminds me of a funny thing that happened to me.
>in uni library
>see a guy from Japanese class that assures me he's my friend
>he asks to play Yugioh with me
>haven't played in a few years, but he brought two decks, so whatever
>two asian girls see us and he starts looking incredibly uncomfortable
>I ask him what's wrong
>"Dude, they'll get angry at us and you know it. They'll think we're weeaboos!"
>he is legitimately afraid of two random people he doesn't know thinking he's some made up 4chan term (This was ~2010, so no one cared about Filthy Frank memes, but he was already aware that most asians hated anime stuff)
>I don't give a fuck and keep playing
>they come to the table
>one of them says "So what are you guys doing?"
>"Friend" panics and says "Uh... this is what he likes! I'm just following along because he asked!"
>Girl 2 says "Wow, these cards use Chinese characters? You guys can read that?"
>"Friend" instantly becomes confident again and says "Yes, that says Yami or Àn if you're using the Chinese reading" and so on and so on
>the guy that was terrified of their opinions a second ago is now explaining Kanji in the context of a trading card game to them and ignoring me completely
Fucking hell, I don't know how I ended up with such beta associates in Uni.
I don't play as much as I used to. Mostly because I started lurking /g/ and now Linux is primarly my main hobby followed by listening to music and then vidya. At least with the first two, there is always new things to discover and their is some depth and meaning behind them for a proper adult discussion. Video Games these days are extremely shallow. Nothing has changed since 2006 in terms of what games can offer. VR is still in its infant stage so it has no significant effects on gaming these days. I still enjoy playing older games but I haven't bought a new game in years.
>>340683835
Family Guy is fairly anti-religious and racist at times, so I'm not sure how it became a normalfag show.
>>340681330
Who cares what normalfags from /pol/ and /fit/ think. Get a job and spend your freetime on whatever the hell you want, now fuck off.
>>340685563
didn't realize you can't chain 3 spoilers
and yes
>>340686070
Im from /pol/ and I'm not a normalfag. Normies hate racists.
>>340685847
Thats lower than omega
>>340685847
Your friend sounds like fun and a joy to be around simply because he makes your life less boring by association.
>>340686164
Saying the word normie makes you a normalfag, pot call kettle black. I'm pretty sure you hate anime is well.
>>340684469
It's Japanese and they knew it, so it was automatically bad. Of course, I think they really were more upset about me reading it than what I was reading, so they would have done it with just about anything. Oh, and they called this part "edgy"
>>340686064
>Implying anti-religion and racism isn't "cool" and normalfag territory.
Sometimes normal people have something in common with the average /pol/tard
>>340686287
Not that high school teir anime. I used to hate but after watching the good stuff like Serial Experiment Lain, I absolutely enjoy it every so often.
List of things not worth the time spent on them:
>Television
>Clubbing
>Reading fiction books
>Fishing
>Going to FNM
>Talking to people about your car
>Woodworking and similar hobbies
>Attending churchishygddt
>Going to tourist attractions
>not having a perfect posting record on your 4chan profile
>>340686064
It jumped the shark long ago,It's humor almost only comes from half assed references.Normies get a sense of accomplishement knowing said references,but pull off some layers and you understand that It's just a 'lol some randumb xD' show now.
>>340684063
Not the op you're talking to, but I've been enjoying myself. I'm finishing up xenoblade chronicles X, just got the odin sphere remaster, finishing up fire emblem fates (conquest), and playing a little overwatch in between. I'll probably go back and finish the DaS 1 DLC before checking out DaS 3 and I'd like to start the first witcher to see if it's a series I'd like to get into.
That's the short story. Sorry you haven't found anything enjoyable, m80
>>340681330
I don't really see this increasing, it seems like it's been this way since I was a teenager
I think people just aren't used to the idea that not everyone likes to socialize with all of their free time, whether in person or on social media, there hasn't really been any precedent for video games other than toys in youth
Men used to work their jobs, drink and play cards in their off time or spend time with their family, or work toward having a family, and next to nothing else
>>340686189
>>340686205
He's an alright guy, but he has major insecurities about people liking him. Of course, his only major problem is being a manlet, so I don't know why he's so worried. Everyone thinks he's funny, so he's the kind of guy that can get away with speaking Japanese in front of normal people without getting weird looks.
>that one friend you were bros with
>play vidya all the time
>get older
>he becomes taller, handsome, and gets a gf
>starts to hang with the athletic healthy people
>I remain the child
>stuck here posting about muh sadness
I love V I D E O G A M E S
>>340685847
thats not funny at all. id be pissed if anyone pulled that on me
>>340686663
Sounds like reddit if you ask me.
>>340686287
>>340686064
It's a cartoon but the characters do "adult" things, like use profanity. Isn't that just whacky and mature?
>>340681330
>You only have to go to /pol/ or /fit/ to find out why Video Games are absolutely degenerate
So is porn but i doubt you virgins are looking to give that up anytime soon
>>340682584
>>340682820
These are too true... I think casual games are filling the void for people who would play regular games otherwise, but for some reason don't, mainly family and friends who've had kids
>>340686592
>Clubbing
There's definite benefits to going to clubs if you do it right
>>340686605
What you don't like 3 minutes of EPOC TROLOLOLOLO SINGALONG XD?
>>340686946
Like catching stds!
>>340686070
>Get a job
You say that like there are jobs to get.
>>340686347
it's pretty edgy bro
>>340686898
having kids is a sign of "adulthood" to mostbut dont believe that horseshit because they probably felt pressure or something and are now stuck with two snot nosed brats and a bitchy wife>inb4 good goy dont breed and reduce your race
>>340686741
Yeah, that.
Fuck off
>>>/r9k/
>>340686064
>Family Guy is fairly anti-religious and racist at times, so I'm not sure how it became a normalfag show.
The fuck are you smoking? Those two things are loved by legions of normalfags.
>>340686853
Porn doesnt intrest me one bit. It all seems fake.
>>340686347
Never heard of Pluto before this thread but now I'm interested.
>>340687204
>It all seems fake.
what about amateur porn?
The genuine kind
>>340687165
thats womens only goal in life essentially. they think they have to have kids to fulfill their boring mediocre life.
thats all it is
>>340687315
errr maybe. Either that or facebook pics.
>>340686946
coke addiction isn't beneficial
>>340687251
>Never heard of Pluto
oh shit nigger, you're in for something
it's a reimagination of Astroboy by the same guy who made Monster.
Pluto literally made me cry on several occasions, get ready for dem feels. Also guy has probably THE best background artist in the entire industry working with him. it's drop dead gorgeous at times.
I actually prefer Pluto over Monster because it's more concise.both can't reach the greatness which is Old Boy
>>340681330
Because we're brought up believing people have to produce something to be worth something.
>>340687251
It's a remake of a few stories from Astro Boy. It's pretty good, but the ending is more satisfying if you are familiar with Astro Boy.
>>340687152
Is it really worse than that one scene from American Sniper or Spec Ops: The Line? Anyway, it's actually supposed to be sad. The main character is actually disappointed that he will never understand human emotions. At least untilsomething bad happens to his own family and he goes crazy.
>>340687107
>He doesn't exclusively watch girls getting fucked on a phone camera
Nothing more genuine than some guy pulling his phone out during sex
>>340687545
yeah, drinking or doing drugs in clubs I would consider as doing it wrong
>>340681330
>"grow out" of video games
I'm with you on this. I hate that term "grow out of video games" like it is a pair of shoes your feet are too big for or like a pacifier you had when you were a baby. I guess I could tell people I "grew out" of watching TV since I hardly do that anymore. Video Games are a form of entertainment just like Movies, Music and TV. Also the age of the average game was much younger 20 years ago. Now it's older because kids in 1994 who were playing Genesis and SNES are 30+ years old now...like me. Shit, I have been using the internet since 1997, which most of my life.
>>340687583
I didn't watch American Sniper, SOTL was pretty edgy.How does he even have a family if he is a robot?
>>340686946
Not that anon but what's clubbing like? I've never been since I live out in the sticks where the closest things to clubs we have are all the churches around. I swear there's 2.5 churches for every person down here.
>>340686707
there's a fat as fuck dude in my web dev class who always browses reddit, he always has the shittest excuses for not finishing assignments. The lecturer doesn't even give a fuck, he's just like
>you know you won't pass if you don't do any work, right?
>>340687694He met a robot woman, they fell in love, then they adopt a robot child
>>340687828So he can't feel emotions, but he can fall in love? And there are robot children? Well, okay.
>>340687501
>facebook pics.
>tfw you used to click download
>tfw you discovered that fb sends a notification to the photo's owner
>>340681330
>Even a few if my friends have announced one more than one occasion "I don't play games anymore" like you either do or you don't.
this, and I think I have an answer
one of my friends who plays weekly pen and paper with my group said this the second time to me in my life. first time was probably 2 years ago, last time just one or two weeks.
>7 friends sit together, pausing from playing, drinking, talking about nothing really
>ask friend about game
>"no, I don't play games anymore, I concentrate more on job and friends"
>tell him that's cool, we are playing dark souls 3 and aoe2 together
>we talk about a few stories and upcoming games
>he occasionally mentions he doesn't play games anymore but doesn't really interrupts or disturbs us
>just says it sometimes when there is a pause
I think those people are kinda like vegans. you know, people who have the need to tell you that they stopped doing something nobody cares about except for those who stopped doing it too.
my theory is, he just knows people who say exactly that, and they go around telling everyone "I'm don't eat meat anymore" or "I don't play games anymore" to make sure they made the right choice.
they seem to be not very sure of their choice.
>>340687720
Loud
>>340687720
imagine loud music and a bunch of people standing around
mostly dudes
drinks are expensive
>>340681470
as usual, first post is best
>>340687720
>what's clubbing like?
I know of at least 3 ways to go about it.
The way I used to do it. Being generally unhappy about being surrounded by strangers in a dark and loud environment filled with distracting lights.
The normalfag kind of way where you actually enjoy this kind experience while getting stupor drunk with tons of alcohol while hitting on women.
And the way I recently started to do it as a place where I can train my social skills without repercussions, being able to get away with saying almost any shit, seeing how people react and calibrating my social queues to said reactions.
Both #2 and #3 can be pretty fun in their own way or as a combination of each other. I really wouldn't recommend #1
>>340681330
>>340687964
And this is exactly why I hate social media.
Though I will be "fair" here. On one hand, why were you even using Facebook to look up pictures of slutty girls you know? On the other hand, why would these girls get upset if someone downloaded the slutty pictures they put up as if they didn't want attention?
>>340681330
Anyone else stop playing video games once they got a job? Got a job to help pay for video games and it completely killed my interest. Not even sure why I'm still on this board.
>>340687720
Music is loud as fuck, first 2 times I went I couldn't even hear my voice when I was going on my way home, I was scared.
people are sheep
they'll do anything for social acceptance
this will be less and less of an issue as this generation gets older though
>>340688052
this.
really overrated, wouldn't recommend.
If you want to pull in a club you better be extremely attractive, white, drive a decently expensive car and have your own place that is decently expensive too. If you all those requirements then sure go and have fun.
>>340688193
why isn't anyone worried about their shit being public anymore? its like psuedo-stalking lookin up people but no one seems to give a shit unless they deem you creepy
>>340688110
I feel like that is almost a JUST edit.
>>340688306
yup. and the women you see are either slags or white girls wanting attention who have no intention of fucking you but instead want free drinks
fuckin hate everything about clubs
>>340688306
>If you want to pull in a club you better be extremely attractive, white, drive a decently expensive car and have your own place that is decently expensive too. If you all those requirements then sure go and have fun.
ooooor you could just screen for logistics and get laid easily without any of that nonsense
will it hurt? no
is it necessary? hell no
I once pulled a girl from a club without either of us having a place to stay at evenI AM white tho
>be normie
>feel the need to get a girlfriend just as a sink for time and attention
>get one that's not impressive yet brag about it
>spend at least 2 hours a day watching TV or netflix
>be normie
>get memed by a 4channer and not realize it
>post things I found on imgur to facebook
>be normie
>used to play video games but don't
>get off shift
>begin commute home, listening to pop radio in my car, or rock if I have """"taste""""
>start texting friends (while driving)
>have to come up with stuff to do every day
>hang out at park
>skate around, wow lots of niggers around here, wasn't like this when i was a kid
>driving home from friends (am drunk) listening to pop radio
>get home late and try not to wake little brother or he'll tell parents (am 19, used fake ID because im h4rdc0re)
Must be suffering.
>>340686853
>this level of reading comprehension
jeez dude that's pretty embarassin
>>340688616
>be normie
>go to the movies
>pay for concessions
>>340688597
>I once pulled a girl from a club without either of us having a place to stay at even
So you drive a tow truck?
>>340688597
Was she asian, latina or black?
>>340688713
>dad always wore big jackets and stuffed shit in them
>picked up on habit
>>340681330
>Why do people feel the need to "grow out" of video games?
Might as well ask why do adults feel the need to grow out of adventure time pajamas and chocolate milk. Because it is not normal you idiot, the fact you don't see this is equally concerning.
I hate video games. I think they’re abominations. They don’t mean what they used to mean. They were originally in the hands of developers who would actively expand the imagination of their nine- to 13-year-old audience. That was completely what they were meant to do and they were doing it excellently.
These days, the industry thinks the audience is certainly not nine to 13, it’s nothing to do with them. It’s an audience largely of 20-, 30-, 40-year old men, usually men. Someone came up with the term "Gamers". These Gamers latched on to it; they were simply interested in a way that could validate their continued love of Zelda or Mario without appearing in some way emotionally subnormal.
This is a significant rump of the videogame-addicted, mainstream-addicted audience. I don’t think the industry stands for anything good. I think it’s a rather alarming sign if we’ve got audiences of adults paying to play Star Fox Zero or Kirby, and delighting in concepts and characters meant to entertain the 12-year-old boys of the 1980s and 1990's.
>>340686695
Not him, but why would that piss you off? It's just a beta being a beta.
>>340688616
whenever i hear someone say, or even mention, that they like rock i instantly think they are a faggot with no taste
>>340688347
>why isn't anyone worried about their shit being public anymore?
because 20 year olds have being around facebook for half their life and see it as normal
THIS is the world we live in. Welcome to postprivacy.
>>340688858
Pasta?
>>340688347
>why isn't anyone worried about their shit being public anymore?
Because either people are too old to realize that because they did not keep up and have no idea how technology works.
Or they're so young they've never known anything else and believe that's the norm.
>>340688306
>If you want to pull in a club you better be extremely attractive
>white
>drive a decently expensive car
>have your own place that is decently expensive
I just finished reading Elliot Rodgers manifesto and that's alarmingly similar to the things he said.
>>340688713
>not going to wally world before the movie for superior candy selection and because it's cheaper
>>340688762
>Was she asian, latina or black?
d.) none of the above
Super shy white girl. I wasn't even sure we'd actually get to fuck while lying in the same bed as her.
>>340688896
if i told you i listened to grindcore i dont imagine that would go any better. it literally doesnt get any more generic than rock.
>>340688778
>not being a woman with a big purse
>>340688870
he threw him under a bus for petty shit. imagine all the other worse shit he would do in more severe scenarios. if he even gets himself in said positions seeing how his "friend" is a spineless beta
>>340688995
>I just finished reading Elliot Rodgers manifesto
you do this often?
>>340688991
>Because either people are too old to realize that because they did not keep up and have no idea how technology works.
>Or they're so young they've never known anything else and believe that's the norm.
this is actually true
There's a very small age gap where people actually realize how bad things are and it's usually between 25 and 35. Anyone above or under that age falls into the above distinction.
>>340688896
So what sort of music do you like?
>>340688858
>>340688948
It's Alan Moore raging about superheroes with "superheroes" replaced by "video games".
>>340687165
That's usually what it boils down to. I would say a minority of parents genuinely had kids for the purpose of making a wholesome family to care for. I overheard a young mom on a double date with their 30 something friends say "yeah I'm going to be that type of mom that goes to PTA meetings :^D" like if they're joining a fucking sorority. They only had children to feel purpose and have some sort of identity instead of having to bear the existence of the 9 to 5 wager life until they die. To them being a parent is an escapist hobby, no matter how they don't even see it. It's in their subconscious. AND they feel as if they are a special entity for pumping out a child.
And I don't mean ALL parents, but there's a good bunch of mid Gen X to early Gen Y parents that do appear to have that mentality, only to divorce in a decade once the honeymoon phase is gone.
I grew out of video games and I didn't even WANT to.
I miss playing and shitting on games.
Nowadays, /v/ is just a means of getting news and shit.
I wish I was like you guys still.
>>340689018
>super shy
>goes to clubs
I will never get this
>>340688896
I like all kinds of music but I don't know shit about genre names. The other day I felt really uncomfortable when a couple of friends started talking about music. I've never felt like buying a music magazine and shit.
>>340688858
yet all the people who pay $60 to go see childish fantasy superheroes at the theatre are cool, well adjusted people whose hobbies aren't up for questioning
>>340689024
might as well say you will listen to anything except country or rap
>>340681330
Responsibility is for suckers and the only "reward" (lol) for it is prestige. Let them have it, if they want it.
"Adults" shackle themselves and eventually realize they're living in chains and wonder why there isn't The Man or Dad to tell them they're a good boy for doing things they hate anymore.
At that point they get REALLY MAD and start shaming everyone who isn't "pulling their weight." It's the small and worthless compensation for their imprisonment.
>>340689018
How?
>>340686070
>i dont like pol or fit therefore theyre normalfags
>>340689160
i listen to anything except country/rap :^)
>>340688858
epic meme bro
>>340688995
Wasn't he all of the above?
>>340689209
well, it was a concert by Diplo and apparently she was a super huge fan of his and drove hundreds of kilometers specifically to go and fuck him.
She did manage to get into the DJ booth, but didn't manage to fuck him. I just stepped in and helped out as much as I could.
She used to work as a swedish masseuse and does silk rope dancing in her spare time.
Fun times.
>>340689281
"le nerd xd" is in. It's hip. And there is NOTHING that can be done about it. That being said, is there ANYONE who legitimately enjoys superhero movies who don't read the comics?
>>340689281
movies instantly negate any stigma on something.
>>340689440
plus a few handfuls of psychopathy
>>340689426
Anything? Got any dionysian revelries to recommend?
>>340688858
I know where you're going with this
https://youtu.be/-Arb_oPvXdM?t=8s
>>340689107
It's an interesting window into the bizarre mind of a killer. I mean you rarely get such intricate detail from the killers perspective in this kind of case.
Not like I had anything better to do anyway.
>>340689468
What a disgusting skank
>>340689178
i say its just a woman thing.
or a faggot beta male
>>340689178
you sound really jaded. maybe you should look at yourself before you start judging others.
>>340689195
>I wish I was like you guys still.
>like character designs of some games
>like the sinopsys of said games
>havent finished a single player game in years
Theres a lot of people in here that just can't enjoy videogames anymore. Something similar happened to me with drawing.
>>340689281
This is especially funny because that's a modified rant from the Watchmen guy about superheroes.
>>340687203
Not really
Some people give weird looks if you tell them you like Family Guy, as if you just told them you're retarded
>>340681330
Video games are a fad.
An overwhelming majority of people playing video games don't genuinely enjoy the hobby. They do it because it's an extremely accessible activity that you can you do either alone or socially to pass the time. It's the same thing with television and movies. It gives you something to talk to people about, it helps create social bonds and lets you be part of a group.
Eventually, they get older and they have other things that take their time away, other things that they can relate to others with. A job, a spouse, kids, etc. They no longer have a need for something that's made to waste time. They can talk about their work or kids with their friends. Video games are no longer necessary to them.
The people who still play video games past 18-24 are people who've been playing because they actually like it. It's the same with any other hobby, and why you see the 30+ community filled with people who like building model airplanes or have train collections and so on. If you're doing something past 30, it's because you genuinely enjoy it. If you "grow" out of something by 30, it's because you never actually liked it.
People who grow out of video games are admitting to themselves and the people around them that they needed a crutch to get through their social life early on.
>>340681330
Who cares what people say? Do what you want.
That being said, now that I am in my late 20's I find that I can't get into vidya as passionately as I used to. I still play vidya, but not as much as I used to as my priorities have shifted and this is fine. But if you want to play video games whole day, who is there to stop you?
>>340689486
>is there ANYONE who legitimately enjoys superhero movies who don't read the comics
Kids. My niece loves the Marvel Cinematic Universe and she's only 4 years old. I have yet to convince her to sit down long enough to read even a page of anything.
>>340689486
>is there ANYONE who legitimately enjoys superhero movies who don't read the comics?
Used to be me but then I started reading the comics. The movies do have problems but holy fuck I'm glad Bendis isn't writing them.
>>340685847
Bro......you were the beta in that story. Sorry man
>>340689785
Fads aren't consistently popular for 40 years you fucking moron
>>340689336
>How?
Mostly by not being a creep. I met her earlier in the night, but bailed because I thought she was a hooker.
She said she was a.) by herself b.) didn't know what to do after and c.) had no place to stay at. Plus she kinda had that over the top hooker look to her as far as her dress and purse were concerned. It was getting late tho and I didn't have many options left so I gambled and decided to stick with her. I asked her if she was hungry, we went to eat pancakes at 4:30am. I chatted a bit with her, showed her some travel videos my sister made and after the pancakes she asked "now what?" so I suggested we should share a room since neither of us had a place to stay at.
Once in the bed with her I started to make out with her, grabbed her boobs, got a handjob and fell asleep.
Later on I woke up again, horny as fuck, started to fool around with her once more, she was giving me another handjob, but I decided "fuck that", put on a condom at which point she already was really wet and started to fuck her.
Hotel room at a mirror on the ceiling which was kinda awesome.
>>340689239
have some sort of middleground
i grew up listening to nu-metal(shit like slipknot,mudvayne) because thats what my bro listened.
later realized i could download my own music and did some research, went from slipknot to death metal and melodic . grew out of metal though around the age of 20 and got into electronic music
dont really give a shit nowadays, just listen to pandora so whatever comes up and sounds good to me ill like it.
music snobs are the worst though. if you aren't producing or making your own music and go into such details/discussions of music then fuck off
>>340687380
And to have someone that takes care of them when they are old
I thought I was starting to grow out of video games, but then I played God Hand, Wolf TNO, and Yakuza and I think they appeal to me, them being wacky games with fun gameplay, more than most AAA title which tries to be 2srs4u. I just think people that say they are quittin video games just cant find that fun video game anymore so I can see why they would "quit" but even then they may play old favorites so who knows.
>>340688995
>>340689107
>Elliot Rodgers manifesto
Well Now I got something to read.
>>340689917
What's a better word for an activity that people are doing simply because it's temporarily popular in their social bracket, that they stop doing once it stops being popular?
Regardless of whether or not the word is correct, not a single point of the post even remotely changes. Why'd you single that irrelevant part out?
>>340685847
Every introvert goes through a phase of giving too many fucks what other people think about them. It's only when they finally get pushed hard enough that they realize how retarded they're being and chill out.personal experience
>>340688858
I remember when I used to be on this side of the argument.
>I'M AN ADULT NOW. I MUST DO ADULT THINGS, AND SAY ADULT THINGS, AND WEAR ADULT THINGS. YES SIR, I AM 100% ADULT NOW.
Only to realize it was fucking stupid. Don't get me wrong, there is a side that post touched on. Weebs, and people who use their hobbies as a form of identity. Like saying "I'm a gamer" or "I'm an otaku". That shit is intolerable. Especially when it comes from an older generation that complains about something meant for children of today.
>Gen X fags complaining about the Star Wars prequels
Or people who treat superhero movies as a religious experience.
But as a hobby that's enjoyed lightly? Is there really anything wrong with that?
>>340689486
>That being said, is there ANYONE who legitimately enjoys superhero movies who don't read the comics?
That would be me. I am mostly put off by how convoluted both Marvel and DC universes are. I can't get into either with all those references and tie ins.
The marvel cinematic universe manages to be a lot more consistent. That however might very well change soon with any actor dropping out really or another wave or reboots.
I will however say that I did enjoy the Injustice: Gods Among Us comics.
>>340689905
I don't understand. Was I supposed to suddenly pretend I was interested in those girls just because they were giving us attention or call out his own insecurity?
>>340689785
>Video games are a fad.
Video games aren't a fad just because they're popular with people who don't really enjoy them, unless you think tv and movies are fads as well
>>340689931
Normalfags are so disgusting
>>340689625
This. Imagine if it was a guy that claimed to be super shy and wanted to go to a concert to fuck Lady Gaga or something. You people would all be laughing at him.
>>340689326
t. neet
>>340690308
>Normalfags
jokes on you, I was merely pretending to be a normalfag :^)it did get me laid tho
>>340690005
i think there is something legit wrong with me.
I see that picture and think "wow shes cute" but then i think about all the problems that come with having a gf. On the surface it would seem great to have her but then i dig deeper and i think "is this really worth it? is this worth losing my free time, having to compromise on everything i do, just for the sake of having a companion?"
i dont think i can ever get married.
Stick to 2D and stay happy
I feel bad for people that cant do this
>>340690138
>>340690282
Fads are when the entire thing rises and falls in a short time, you're talking about an age-related activity or something
>>340689629
Do I? I'm just pointing out what I see. I know I'm a piece of shit myself, but I don't go around having kids to feel worth.
>>340690334
>that claimed to be super shy
she didn't claim to be shy, she was acting that way. I could barely get a conversation going with her.
>>340690398
I see that picture and all I see are the dozens of cocks she must have sucked
3DPD
>>340690432
Regardless of whether or not the word is correct, not a single point of the post even remotely changes.
>>340681330
They aren't culturally acceptable, so young adults feel the need to show others how mature they are by making it known they they gave video games up.
>>340690138
that's called you being contrarian, and has nothing to do with the overall popularity and widespread use of something
>>340690005
i think that is a problem with me. i feel so inclined to instantly play the new shit that i'm interested in to feel like i'm part of a hobby.
but the good games are already made and i'm just completely ignoring them.
i feel like id like yakuza but i have no fuckin clue about japanese culture
>>340690383
>got laid
>thinks he's not a normalfag
>>340690475
Yet she was confident enough to go to a concert to fuck some musician? Weird. Are you sure she just didn't want to talk to you personally?
>>340689931
Damn, I wish I could do something like this, but I doubt any girl would want to hang out with someone like me, much less have sex with me.
>>340690340
Neet or not, there's a bit of truth to what he says. A lot of arrogance in being a "mature and sound intellectual" these days.
>>340690398
If there is true affection for each other then you wouldent have to sacrifice anything(well except maybe for bills if your both poor).
If a girl tries to make you get rid of your shit or spend insane amounts of time with her she aint worth it.
I needed to eliminate a source of distraction in my life and channel that energy into literature and philosophy. It's more useful and beneficial distraction than videogames. Reading does not corelate with inteligence, instead it's contriubuting to your cultural capital. Once you go to uni, there's really no excuse to play vidya when you can work out to expand your sexual capital, or read and study to expand your cultural capital.
Video games, like masturabation, are surrogate experiences, substitution to real life experiences. They allow for self growth and self expressions, but only in the confines of the simulacrum, not the real thing it's based on.
>thread devolves into r0k shit
god damn it. I was actually concerned with discussing video games. Not your asian library girls or slutty concert fuckings
>>340690641
Getting laid is no longer a normalfag thing anymore. Or is CWC a normalfag now?
I miss the days were playing video games was seen as pathetic and nerdy and all the cool kids practiced sports. Gaming has become mainstream as fuck, and you're not one of the cool kids if you don't constantly follow up with the latest gaming trends. The same goes with certain movie genres. I used to get bullied for playing video games and liking Star Wars for example. Now every fag and his mom enjoys these things and ''geek'' culture is glorified.
>>340689560
Damn, that guy is mad edgy but alan moore btfo
Visyo game addiction is aimoly a lack of self control
>>340690642
lmao exactly what I was thinking. Sounds like a girl who wanted to see her favorite musician, not get followed around and hit on by some fucking creep
>>340690764
What? No way...
>>340690232
you treat them like a person and not gender based is the only answer i can give you. not the person you're replying to
id just treat them like children since young females are all children.
>>340690620
See I just play what looks interesting to me because at the end of the day I only play video games by my self so I have no one to impress.
If you like silly stories, games with lots of side-quests, and beat em up adventure gameplays you might like yakuza.
>>340690789
I do too, maybe thats why I got into weird and weirder stuff as time goes on
Gonna wallpaper my home with anime girls
fuck the police
>>340690642
>Are you sure she just didn't want to talk to you personally?
I have a text of her saying that all she wants is me talking dirty to her in German
>>340690398
really? my first thought seeing a picture like that of a girl posing in a selfie is how self-centered and narcissistic that cunt is
>>340681330
people are easily influenced by media
videogames are a "threat" to traditional media, because if you're playing a videogame based medium, you're not consuming the traditional media
the traditional media perpetuates that videogames and computers are for shut in losers and they will never get laid, because if people just made their own opinions, they wouldn't be able to get as much money from falling out of relevance
>>340690738
How have you used your literary powers?
>>340690935
>couldn't even hold a conversation with her
>she texted me all night talking dirty though
$100% true
>>340690764
kys my man
>>340690475
she wanted to fuck a dj but couldn't so she settled with you
is this something you overlooked?
>>340690398
Get aboyfriend.
I'm serious. It's perfect. Has none of the problems you just listed.
>>340681330
>Normies are finally quitting vidya
THANK FUCKING GOD ITS HAPPENING, POST YOUR FACE WHEN NORMALFAGS QUIT VIDYA AND WE CAN HAVE OUR HOBBY BACK.
>>340691143
most men aren't attractive though
>>340690738
Why do you talk like that
I don't think you need to quit, but /v/ shows you there are plenty of autistic children who should.
>>340690642
thats pretty much it. she dressed a certain way and acted a certain way as soon as she left her place.
she wanted to attract a certain sort of dude but it backfired and then slept with a fag from 4chan
>>340690975
No mainstream outlets are actually pushing the "computers and vidya are for manchildren" narrative, you dumb sperg.
The only news sites I've ever seen shit on video games are GAMING SITES.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
And none of them are "traditional media".
>>340691176
HOLY SHIT it will be the early 2000s again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W77-TBsv30k
>>340691206
I guess I'm biased since I'm into the bara/chubby kind of male you'd find on /v/, but it shouldn't be that hard.
>>340690738
the neckbeard got into the thesaurus again...
>>340690667
>Damn, I wish I could do something like this
I paid about 20.000$ to get tutored to learn how to push myself to be able to do something like this over the course of 3 months.
I was a virgin until last year, I'm turning 30 in 4 days.
I went from being unable to start a conversation with a woman to being unable to hold a womans attention to being unable to make them feel comfortable to spend time on their own with me to them not willing to make out with me to being unable to get them into a bedroom with me to them unwilling to get naked with me to finally being able to insert my penis in their vaginas.
Funniest thing was what the first woman I got laid with said "oh my god I can't believe we just met like this and this wonderful experience just happened"
"just happened" my ass, I was sweating blood and tears through the entire 8 hours I spent with her to navigate her to my bedroom.
>>340691341
NO! NO! Bad neckbeard! *swats neckbeard with paper*
REEEE ORK ORK REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>340690789
its become such a normie hobby that you're expected to always be playin the new AAA fps shooter on console, or cs go/LoL
i'm pissed now, i haven't touched cs:go in forever because of so many fuckin fags in the community who care about ranks
>>340691381
>I paid about 20.000$ to get tutored to learn how to push myself to be able to do something like this over the course of 3 months.
what the fuck is wrong with you
>>340691074
>is this something you overlooked?
no, I even stated the opposite while telling my story
>>340691056
>she texted me all night talking dirty though
>implying we exchanged numbers before we fucked
>>340691263
just because you're unaware of the most consumed media doesn't mean it doesn't exist
you don't watch those disgusting sitcoms do you?
most people do, and that kind of thing lives there
>>340690895
yeah i love action beat em up dante games the most.
playin witcher 3 atm and i dont really give a shit about combat which surprises me. the side quests in that game interest me so much i completely forget how shit the combat is
>>340691489
>what the fuck is wrong with you
I inherited 4 million € and didn't want to lose my virginity to a hooker
>>340691381
>$20.000
I really hope that decimal isn't supposed to be a comma, or else you got scammed so fucking hard
>>340690975
no, children are easily influenced
>>340691531
Lazy stereotypes and sitcom writing does not constitute a "narrative".
>>340691381
This is why girls don't interest me. I respect PUAs and realize you need to essentially land an aircraft and be a master manipulator to fuck a girl.
That's not love or even any kind of relationship with a human, though. Girls are not guys and a genuine relationship with them is impossible. You just have to be an artificial brainhacker to keep them interested.
Not worth it. It is better to live alone and be content with sweet fantasy.
>>340691643
should have bought €4 million worth of drain cleaner and drank it all
Even if i did give up I would still come to 4chan, like most people on /v/ probably do these days.
>Dealing with housing and a spouse
>or stay here and shitpost
>>340691381
>I PAID $20 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET TO FIRST BASE
HOLY SHIT
>>340690136
>reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT52PqQ8_kU
>>340691381
Im virgin at 31 and no fucks given
Why do you want to be someone you arent? Why cant you accept yourself and be happy?
You will hate your life sooner than you think
>>340691708
if you're still "school age", you're still a child
school goes beyond "high", and people are still highly impressionable there
>>340691706
ok
>>340691803
>sex is first base
Videogames are actually the medium with the least reward for how much time you spent on them
It happens on all mediums - that is to say, you basically wasted, but videogames easily have it the worst.
You spend dozens/hundreds of hours on a game and what the game gives back to you is nothing. You haven't learned anything, the supposed benefit to health is negligible and in the end you are basically a worse person.
It's not just the games themselves either, it's everything else. The LPs, the streams (which people here vehemently defend), the communities, the interactions between people (this board, for instance).
It's not just that people play videogames, it's that the community around videogames (which includes this place) only plays videogames. You/they are ignorant of basically everything else. Ignorance, idiocy and aggression are brothers, so it's not just enough to be an absolute imbecile, you have to be an angry, confrontational, closed-minded imbecile too.
The culture around it too is fucked, and just one example is the moral imperative that is to 100% a game.
Everything should be dine in moderation, but this apparentlu doesn't apply to videogames. For the dozens of hours and the extreme amount of time most videogames take there's just NO REWARD.
>>340681470
>>340683916
>>340688060
>>340688291
This is just the first post on this thread and its replies, imagine the rest of the threads and their replies.
There is nothing about videogames that gives people the "right" to be this smug and arrogant because they play them.
>>340691657
>or else you got scammed so fucking hard
about half of it went into accommodations, food and transportation.
If you split up the remainder by the hourly rate it's less than what I charge for my services as apsychotherapistand comes down to about 90$/hour which is about high average for a personal coaching relationship.
>>340691843
what power did you choose
>>340691720
>I respect PUAs
PUAs are scum and if you agree with them there's no surprise women don't want to be around you
Maybe if you'd look at women as something other than fleshlights with central nervous systems you wouldn't be such a pathetic loser
