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Originally Posted by Sean It's pretty simple. He's just a loser who lacked self control and is crying about it.
We've all heard the same story a thousand times, we've all seen the same thing. It's nothing new.
The thing that got me was how he DARED to compare it to real drug abuse. That's just insulting. It's nowhere in the same league, the same scale, even in the some fucking reality as drug abuse and he's an ignorant moron for trying to do so. |
No doubt self control was the critical issue. You'll get absolutely no argument from me on that.
Also no doubt that it's nothing new. Again, we were shocked at the level of response... if you look back over the history of the blog, it's really just yet another personal blog with a readership of like a dozen friends and family members where I typically just spew whatever is on my mind.
You know, the kind that pointlessly takes up space on the internet.
Next thing we know the thing is getting bombarded. You know how it goes, somebody puts in on digg, then it gets on slashdot this morning, and all of the sudden we become the poster children for wanting to ban Warcraft or something.
Neither one of us wants to ban Warcraft. It's a sweet game. Too sweet for the likes of me and him. Its design, for whatever reason, pushes all the right buttons for me to forget about any of my responsibilities whatsoever. It's my problem, I quit the game.
He did the same thing. It just took him a lot longer and a lot more damage was done.
As for the drug addiction analogy: this was a comparison based on personal experience on his part. It's anecdotal evidence and ergo worth approximately nothing.
Regardless, let me give you a little more anecdotal evidence: I have a sister who had a very serious drug problem, and her behavior was very similar to his. The same? No, but similar enough I think to make the comparison far from insulting. Exaggerated perhaps, but not insulting. Not to mention the fact that it has been shown time and again that certain video games trigger the same response in the brain that heroin and certain other addictive drugs.
Again, not the same thing... but I don't know about insulting.
In short, what I am really hoping to find out is just how you guys are able to do it. This is an attempt at open dialogue, nothing else.
