Why do GF's/Fiance's/Wives hate Video Games?

[KraftDinner]

Like anything else, it's all about both respect and compatibility.

[Imported]

The story of god of war

 

 

 

 

 

This is for kids?

 

Who the **** cares. Go lose yourself in that game. Then cry here about why women don't want you when you wakey wakey.

[Drseussgrrl]

If I had to choose between a "gamer" and someone who "read too much", it's a no-brainer.

 

I think most women would agree with me here.

 

So - take that as you will.

[Woggle]

Plenty of women play games as well.

[chucksagent]

Drseussgrrl - You didn't answer why. None of you have.

 

Your BEST answers have been:

 

1) Because they are lame

 

2) Because they are for kids

 

3) Because people get hooked and play too much

 

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1) Why are they lame?

 

2) They are 100% NOT just for kids anymore - They actually have ratings systems for games and one of the largest demographics today is Adult Males between 25 and 40.

 

3) What about the people who DO NOT play too much. Like me. How is it any different from reading? If your boyfriend spends an hour playing a video game vs. an hour reading, why do you care what he is doing?

 

If men started judging women based on Facebook, Cell Phones, Gossip Magazines, Chatting with their girl friends on the phone, Reality TV, and going to da club (lol), there would be a LOT of single ladies out there!!! Lol.

 

And I forget who posted it, but someone summed it up quite nice:

 

ANYTHING FUN can be addictive....Facebook, wordswithfriends, television, music, etc. But nobody gets judged for any of those things. And someone said "Yeah, uh, pretty much everyone agrees Facebook is addictive and it's bad." Yeah, everyone agrees with it, but everyone STILL DOES IT!!!! Lol.

 

For example: I SWEAR ON MY MOTHER this is a totally true story....My fiance and I were at a VERY nice restaurant for dinner. We never pull our phones out during dinner because we aren't classless zombies...So our waiter after we gave him the check, he says "I wasn't going to say anything, but I feel I need to. My manager and I just observed that you were the ONLY couple in the entire restaurant who wasn't on their cell phones at all during dinner."

 

I thought she was just being nice or exaggerating. As we made our way out of the restaurant, EVERY couple was just GLUED to their phones...It was like a Twilight Zone episode.

 

But because I occasionally spend half hour to an hour playing a video game IN MY OWN HOME, ON MY OWN TIME, I am LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME.

 

I'm sorry, but that kind of thinking is not reasonable...And it doesn't show high intelligence or high critical thinking. Because it isn't back by anything. It's just feeling a way to feel a way or having an opinion "just cause you have the right to an opinion" when really, as enlightened human beings, we should ALL try to base our opinions on some sort of fact.

 

So spending 2 hours in silence in a movie theater or on your couch watching TV or Film is cool and worthwhile, but 1 hour playing a video game makes you a loser. That's just small mindedness. Think about it.

 

And I'm not being defensive - because during law school, I RARELY played video games...I had no dog in the race...And even then, I didn't understand all the hate. I just couldn't afford the current system then because I was so broke trying to get through school.

[Drseussgrrl]

I never said they were lame or for children.

 

Just giving you my own personal preference. Yes I played video games in my 20's. So did my boyfriend. But we knew when to put down the controllers and rejoin reality.

 

I'm in my 30's though, now, and I can't tell you just how incredibly sexy it is to see a dude at the kitchen table, in a wife beater and glasses with a cup of coffee, pouring over a book. There is so much more depth to that image, for me personally, than a guy who can't look away from a television set while he beats up hookers or slashes people in two.

 

Sorry but no amount of telling me how "totally awesome" this game or that is going to change my mind.

 

Hey - you asked.

[Estate]

Who the **** cares. Go lose yourself in that game. Then cry here about why women don't want you when you wakey wakey.

 

Imported is dead right!!!!

 

Yes, of course those stories sound like kids stuff!!!

Man, I'm Irish... probably one of the few cultures who can actually rival the mythology of the Greeks... but guess what? They were all stories I was told as a kid about these mythological (i.e. fantasy) beasts and dragons and monsters and warriors and so on....

 

OMG, you fought Zeus at the end of Level 2? DO ME! (The reaction you're expecting from a girl right?).

 

Well we're all just laughing at you... I'll repeat... how are you going to change the worlds view on this stuff by posting on this thread...

You just don't see it.... the more you post the convince me this thing is great, the more you're making it sound like a complete load of horsecrap... It's the year 2013, people don't care about fantasies.

 

And yeah, of course they are made for adults... the developers know who guys these games so they make them for those people... there's more money to be made.

But it's like the whole arguement that as smokers get older, more companies are subliminally advertising to get younger customers.... is that true? I don't know... but it makes sense... cigarettes are not for kids but if you that's where you're gonna find your customers for the future then it actually makes business sense, whether it's right or wrong.

 

Here, go do us a favour.... go out to a bar tonight and tell a girl that Zeus God of War story you just copied and pasted above... tell us how many times you're laid.

 

As I keep repeating... fight me on it all you want but guys like me and a few above are actually trying to HELP YOU by making you understand the mindset of the majority of people out there... if you don't want to accept that, then you know why you can't get laid but please, for the love of god, stop whining about it on here... you've been told how to help yourself.

 

Ad that video? I watched 10 seconds... chills down my spine is not the words I'd use.

[Estate]

Drseussgrrl - You didn't answer why. None of you have.

 

Your BEST answers have been:

 

1) Because they are lame

 

2) Because they are for kids

 

3) Because people get hooked and play too much

 

----------------------------------

 

1) Why are they lame?

 

2) They are 100% NOT just for kids anymore - They actually have ratings systems for games and one of the largest demographics today is Adult Males between 25 and 40.

 

3) What about the people who DO NOT play too much. Like me. How is it any different from reading? If your boyfriend spends an hour playing a video game vs. an hour reading, why do you care what he is doing?

 

If men started judging women based on Facebook, Cell Phones, Gossip Magazines, Chatting with their girl friends on the phone, Reality TV, and going to da club (lol), there would be a LOT of single ladies out there!!! Lol.

 

And I forget who posted it, but someone summed it up quite nice:

 

ANYTHING FUN can be addictive....Facebook, wordswithfriends, television, music, etc. But nobody gets judged for any of those things. And someone said "Yeah, uh, pretty much everyone agrees Facebook is addictive and it's bad." Yeah, everyone agrees with it, but everyone STILL DOES IT!!!! Lol.

 

For example: I SWEAR ON MY MOTHER this is a totally true story....My fiance and I were at a VERY nice restaurant for dinner. We never pull our phones out during dinner because we aren't classless zombies...So our waiter after we gave him the check, he says "I wasn't going to say anything, but I feel I need to. My manager and I just observed that you were the ONLY couple in the entire restaurant who wasn't on their cell phones at all during dinner."

 

I thought she was just being nice or exaggerating. As we made our way out of the restaurant, EVERY couple was just GLUED to their phones...It was like a Twilight Zone episode.

 

But because I occasionally spend half hour to an hour playing a video game IN MY OWN HOME, ON MY OWN TIME, I am LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME.

 

I'm sorry, but that kind of thinking is not reasonable...And it doesn't show high intelligence or high critical thinking. Because it isn't back by anything. It's just feeling a way to feel a way or having an opinion "just cause you have the right to an opinion" when really, as enlightened human beings, we should ALL try to base our opinions on some sort of fact.

 

So spending 2 hours in silence in a movie theater or on your couch watching TV or Film is cool and worthwhile, but 1 hour playing a video game makes you a loser. That's just small mindedness. Think about it.

 

And I'm not being defensive - because during law school, I RARELY played video games...I had no dog in the race...And even then, I didn't understand all the hate. I just couldn't afford the current system then because I was so broke trying to get through school.

 

This post is too ridiculous to even go over...

 

You guys sound like the 40 year old virgin...

 

"Careful, careful.. these are still in their original packaging"

"They're not dolls, they're action figures"

 

 

Fine, we get it! In your little world, these things are important... but to most, we don't care... a doll is a doll...

You're not going to convince someone otherwise and the arguements you use to convince us only make it sound MORE lame to us because we have NO interest.

 

You need to grow up. These games might be aimed at adults but only to a certain type of adult.

 

 

I mean, I play the occassional game of fifa or nhl but it last half an hours and I have no more time for it.

 

The point is... what type of man do you want to date.

The stereotypical gamer... "geeky" interests, in jokes, lack of social skills, obsessed with fantasy worlds, probably out of shape as this is his life...

or...

Normal Guy... probably spends that time keeping fit, in the gym, working hard, exercising, going to a bar, a concert, a show, going to the beach, hanging with friends, taking care of himself physically and financially... the list goes on.

 

Convincing yourself this is the way most people are is deluding yourself.

[man_in_the_box]

Have played :...

 

Sorry for the short reply but I should really be doing other stuff than spamming LS right now.

 

I was also referring to my own experience as designing maps and levels with various editors. I've written a book when I was 15 and honestly this stuff is putting my imagination to equal levels.

 

Cool list, I need some new stuff to play.

[Woggle]

I am far from a virgin and I am successful yet I still enjoy the occasional game especially in the winter. In the summer it is outside time.

[man_in_the_box]

Well yes, the argument that every man that plays a game is a socially retarded basement dwelling nerd makes as much sense as that all men will cheat given the option, that all women only date men above 6 feet, that any man who watches porn is an addict that neglects his wife... etc.

 

Generalizations are such a brilliant concept.

[Woggle]

I would rather be with a female gamer than a woman who watched Real Housewives.

[man_in_the_box]

I had some negative experience with it as well. There's definitely too much.

[Imported]

I would rather be with a female gamer than a woman who watched Real Housewives.

 

I'd rather be with a woman that likes working out, going to the beach to swim surf, relax, heading to the mountains to ski, dressing up and going out to eat, do some dancing at proper dance halls than either of the choices you listed.

 

People that play video games, generally aren't like that....except on message forums where most video game players aren't fat, socially awkward, angst virgins that work at dead end low wage jobs and then rushes home to play video games till they pass out, sleep for a couple hours and then repeat.

 

You might have some success, but your marketability is limited.

[chucksagent]

You're not going to convince someone otherwise and the arguements you use to convince us only make it sound MORE lame to us because we have NO interest.

 

 

Normal Guy... probably spends that time keeping fit, in the gym, working hard, exercising, going to a bar, a concert, a show, going to the beach, hanging with friends, taking care of himself physically and financially... the list goes on.

 

Convincing yourself this is the way most people are is deluding yourself.

 

Hmmmmm

 

-I go to the gym

-I work hard

-I DO NOT go to the bar and fail to see how that makes someone cool or productive lol

- I go to concerts - but not to get stoned or drunk like awesome people

-I have a time share at a beach

-My many friends comes to my time share

-My friends and I all golf

-My friends and I all play video games

-I make lots of money and own my own home.

 

I know a lot of guys who go the gym, and the bar, and concerts who wouldn't even know what a time share was, much less be able to afford one. Lol.

 

I've forgotten hotter girls than most of the sterotype you speak of will ever DREAM to be with...DRRRREEEAMMM to be with...The problem is, people like YOU Estate!!!

 

You make people who have different interests than you feel inferior because deep down you aren't that thrilled with your own life. You're no different than a modern day bully. Allegedly dorky/nerdy guys had to deal with people like you in Elementary School/High School, and now that you've grown up, and being hot or cool isn't enough to pay the bills, you probably hit your peak at 18. Now the only way to get that thrill again, is to be able to judge those "beneath" you and remind yourself and anyone who will listen how THE COOL KIDS go to concerts and the bar and listen to music, and anyone who wastes time with video games are fat pathetic nerdy guys...poor dorks. They don't have your awesome life. Meanwhile you paint a picture of some fellow liberal in a wife beater sitting at a table pontificating about how wise he is sipping a coffee over a book. And how that image is such a far superior one than some fat loser who is sitting on a couch playing a game. Because fat people in sweatpants are the devil and skinny deadbeats in wife beaters are so epic...just like reading is awesome and video game sucks. To anybody with an IQ about 120 you are the idiot and not the other way around. Sorry, just thought I'd let you know. You and the other "cool kids" in high school are being laughed at in the board meetings...Maybe I will go have my prom queen secretary get me a coffee and remind her whats what after reading this drabble.

[Imported]

Hmmmmm

 

-I go to the gym

-I work hard

-I DO NOT go to the bar and fail to see how that makes someone cool or productive lol

- I go to concerts - but not to get stoned or drunk like awesome people

-I have a time share at a beach

-My many friends comes to my time share

-My friends and I all golf

-My friends and I all play video games

-I make lots of money and own my own home.

 

I know a lot of guys who go the gym, and the bar, and concerts who wouldn't even know what a time share was, much less be able to afford one. Lol.

 

I've forgotten hotter girls than most of the sterotype you speak of will ever DREAM to be with...DRRRREEEAMMM to be with...The problem is, people like YOU Estate!!!

 

You make people who have different interests than you feel inferior because deep down you aren't that thrilled with your own life. You're no different than a modern day bully. Allegedly dorky/nerdy guys had to deal with people like you in Elementary School/High School, and now that you've grown up, and being hot or cool isn't enough to pay the bills, you probably hit your peak at 18. Now the only way to get that thrill again, is to be able to judge those "beneath" you and remind yourself and anyone who will listen how THE COOL KIDS go to concerts and the bar and listen to music, and anyone who wastes time with video games are fat pathetic nerdy guys...poor dorks. They don't have your awesome life. Meanwhile you paint a picture of some fellow liberal in a wife beater sitting at a table pontificating about how wise he is sipping a coffee over a book. And how that image is such a far superior one than some fat loser who is sitting on a couch playing a game. Because fat people in sweatpants are the devil and skinny deadbeats in wife beaters are so epic...just like reading is awesome and video game sucks. To anybody with an IQ about 120 you are the idiot and not the other way around. Sorry, just thought I'd let you know. You and the other "cool kids" in high school are being laughed at in the board meetings...Maybe I will go have my prom queen secretary get me a coffee and remind her whats what after reading this drabble.

 

Oh, no way. You're a CEO$10kADay too?

[ThaWholigan]

This is another case of binary thinking I can see. There is a world of difference between a man who occasionally plays a game every couple of days for an hour or 2 at most (I don't play at all these days) and a man who plays every day without fail for half the waking day.

[sweetjasmine]

The major drawback I see from video games over TV is that many video games that guys play (first person shooters, RPGs, etc.) tend to "suck you in". These kinds of games especially tend to remove the player completely out of "being present" in real life. I think this phenomenon is what really grinds the gears of relationship partners.

 

Yep, this is exactly it. Video games are interactive, by definition. They're designed to hit those reward centers in your brain in a way that reading a book or watching TV don't.

 

FWIW, I get the same aggravation when my girl is absorbed with something on her phone and I'm trying to talk with her. I can only imagine how P.O.'d I'd be if that same behavior lasted for 3 hours every night after work.

 

Great analogy. It's like the buzz people get from receiving text messages. It's why they can't just leave that damn phone alone.

 

HOWEVER, it's a problem when the guy has no job, lives at home with his mom, does nothing to improve his life and just sits at home in his stained teeshirt playing hours upon hours of World of Warcraft.

 

One of my exes was OBSESSED with that game. To the point where he was blowing me off, ignoring me, putting on his stupid microphone headphones when I'd go over to see him. He once blew me off and cancelled plans last minute because he was going on a raid. Said it was "easier to blow off one person, than 25 people" who were involved. I'm like... OK so you blow off your girlfriend of over a year for little 14 year olds you don't even know. Cool.

 

Needless to say he was dumped very soon thereafter. I have a personal vendetta against World of Warcraft now. Nothing but a life sucker and a waste of time!

 

Oh dear. World of Warcrack. A similar thing happened with one of our friends. He's not unemployed and he has his own place, but he gets super into Warcrack and the like. His girlfriend would drive 45 minutes to go see him, and he'd be playing Warcrack and wouldn't want to give it up, so she would sit there on his bed, waiting for him to stop playing that stupid game. Because they had a raid planned or something or other, so she should just sit there and twiddle her thumbs until he's ready to pay attention to her. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Needless to say, that relationship didn't last.

 

Anyone ever heard of that kind of thing happening with a book or a movie? On a regular basis? Of course not.

[Estate]

Hmmmmm

 

-I go to the gym

-I work hard

-I DO NOT go to the bar and fail to see how that makes someone cool or productive lol

- I go to concerts - but not to get stoned or drunk like awesome people

-I have a time share at a beach

-My many friends comes to my time share

-My friends and I all golf

-My friends and I all play video games

-I make lots of money and own my own home.

 

I know a lot of guys who go the gym, and the bar, and concerts who wouldn't even know what a time share was, much less be able to afford one. Lol.

 

I've forgotten hotter girls than most of the sterotype you speak of will ever DREAM to be with...DRRRREEEAMMM to be with...The problem is, people like YOU Estate!!!

 

You make people who have different interests than you feel inferior because deep down you aren't that thrilled with your own life. You're no different than a modern day bully. Allegedly dorky/nerdy guys had to deal with people like you in Elementary School/High School, and now that you've grown up, and being hot or cool isn't enough to pay the bills, you probably hit your peak at 18. Now the only way to get that thrill again, is to be able to judge those "beneath" you and remind yourself and anyone who will listen how THE COOL KIDS go to concerts and the bar and listen to music, and anyone who wastes time with video games are fat pathetic nerdy guys...poor dorks. They don't have your awesome life. Meanwhile you paint a picture of some fellow liberal in a wife beater sitting at a table pontificating about how wise he is sipping a coffee over a book. And how that image is such a far superior one than some fat loser who is sitting on a couch playing a game. Because fat people in sweatpants are the devil and skinny deadbeats in wife beaters are so epic...just like reading is awesome and video game sucks. To anybody with an IQ about 120 you are the idiot and not the other way around. Sorry, just thought I'd let you know. You and the other "cool kids" in high school are being laughed at in the board meetings...Maybe I will go have my prom queen secretary get me a coffee and remind her whats what after reading this drabble.

 

Oh get over the Dr. Phil crap....

If you do all that stuff... GREAT! Why are you defensive then? This topic is obviously not about you! It's about the guys who are so into this stuff they do nothing else and then can't undrstand why girls don't like them.

If you do all that other stuff and are happy in life and play some games on the side... cool...! You've nothing to worry about then.

 

But don't dare come on here making personal remarks... " I am not happy with my life", "I force my interests on others"...

How do you know me?

What interests have I pushed on you here? I only listed some general stuff that fit, healthy, normal males do, it's not a complete list, it's not the entirety of MY life, it's just an example...

 

Given 2 hours 1 evening... whats better, World of Warcraft or the gym? There's no contest which is fitter, more active, healthier and more attractive!

 

You sound like a complete idiot.... do you want to know ME? Know why I know enough to post here?

I never played World of Warcraft, it came after my time. I was BIG into Racing Simulators as a kid. Look up GrandPrix2 and the huge community for that back in the day... I built tracks, cars, skins, everything you could... my name is on them, they are still out there I know... so no, I was not a "jock" who peaked at 18!! You arrogant p****.

 

But when I turned 18 I actually realised I had spent a huge portion of my teenage years WASTED on this crap... yeah, it was fun, yeah I'm still fond of it but these were all ONLINE friends and I neglected a lot of rela world stuff. I wasn't fit, I wasn't healthy and I wasn't exactly Mr. Popular.

So I STOPPED! I was too old for it.... (And back then I'd have agreed saying these were "simulators" not "games", blah blah...)

 

Next... made nothing of myself? Hahaha... I'm 28 and in a Senior position in a huge multinational... I'm not here to gloat but if you asked? Peaked at 18... hardly. How did I do this? I stopped devoting every minute of my time to videogames before it was too late and focused on REAL things that MATTER in life.

 

Next... sitting around in my wife beater? Are you kidding me? I don't even own a bloody wife beater nor does that image describe me in one way...!

 

"Reading"..... I'll admit, I don't read books, I don't have time... sure, some find it stimulating but I literally don't have time to sit and read novels or whatever nor do I think it makes anyone more important because they have.

 

This is what irritates me so much on these boards.

 

People like me and a few others come on here and try to offer some advice from the perspective of someone who has BEEN THERE and DONE THAT and has actually come around and improved their life to GET WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF IT when previously we were not...

... we see people on here struggling with the same struggles we overcame and WANT TO HELP.... only when we do... we are verbally blasted and attacked.!!!

 

Do you see what you just wrote? You just wrote a complete summary of what you perceive to be MY life just because you disagree with me on a message board because you are too blind to even consider my advice.

 

Ignore me all you want. I don't care. I HAVE the life I want.... I'm actually trying to help people here even if it's a little tough love....

 

 

... but that kind of judgemental harsh attitudes to people you encounter in life is EXACTLY why you are failing... my suggestion is to take that piece of information, own up to it and realise maybe you are going about this not in the right way.... but I can only assume you won't and will not lift a finger to improve your own life, just trying to bring others DOWN to your level makes you feel better!

 

Well done man.

Some people just don't want to be helped... last time I'll try.

[chucksagent]

Estate - don't try and back peddle...allow me to remind you of what you posted:

 

"You guys sound like the 40 year old virgin...

 

"Careful, careful.. these are still in their original packaging"

"They're not dolls, they're action figures"

 

Fine, we get it! In your little world, these things are important... but to most, we don't care... a doll is a doll...

You're not going to convince someone otherwise and the arguements you use to convince us only make it sound MORE lame to us because we have NO interest."

 

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So don't make it out like I struck the first blow....You did....And you puff out your chest and say "I come on here and try to give someone advice and a little perspective but they just don't want to listen and know everything."

 

COMING FROM THE GUY WHO SAID:

 

"YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONVINCE SOMEONE OTHERWISE AND ARGUMENTS YOU USE TO CONVINCE US ONLY MAKE IT SOUND MORE LAME BECAUSE WE HAVE NO INTEREST."

 

There is no CHANCE you are on your way to becoming anyone important because that is clouded, closed minded thinking. People on the top need to be able to brain storm, problem solve, be reasonable, be open minded.

 

You essentially say "gamers are losers, nothing else will change my mind."

 

That is no different than saying "All blondes are dumb." "All fat people are lazy." "All black people are fast." "All Irish people are drunks." "All polish people are stupid." It's a stereotype man, and it's no good.

 

And don't tell ME what this post is about. I STARTED THE POST. I AM THE ORIGINAL POSTER. I didn't ask WHY do women find guys who are slobs who live with their moms and play 40 hours of video games a week repulsive.

 

I asked........why.......when EQUALLY COMPARED TO ANY OTHER WASTEFUL ACTIVITY IN THE WORLD (Facebook, TV, Movies, Gossip Mags, heck, any magazines, Reading, Bowling, Darts, Bar Hopping, Texting, Etc.) WHY DO VIDEO GAMES HAVE THIS HORRID STIGMA????

 

And I think now I figured out why and answered my own question. Because people are closed minded, opinionated, "eat up whatever my media tells me," drones, who just think what they want absent of any reason or critical thinking.

 

I mean seriously. If I was meditating for an hour a few times a week nobody would care....or taking a nap....or reading...If it's MY HOUR, what does it matter to ANYbody how I spend it???

 

And why is Television so much more enlightened then video games....TV is trash today minue a few really good shows...95% of it is terrible trash though.

[Estate]

Estate - don't try and back peddle...allow me to remind you of what you posted:

 

"You guys sound like the 40 year old virgin...

 

"Careful, careful.. these are still in their original packaging"

"They're not dolls, they're action figures"

 

Fine, we get it! In your little world, these things are important... but to most, we don't care... a doll is a doll...

You're not going to convince someone otherwise and the arguements you use to convince us only make it sound MORE lame to us because we have NO interest."

 

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So don't make it out like I struck the first blow....You did....And you puff out your chest and say "I come on here and try to give someone advice and a little perspective but they just don't want to listen and know everything."

 

COMING FROM THE GUY WHO SAID:

 

"YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONVINCE SOMEONE OTHERWISE AND ARGUMENTS YOU USE TO CONVINCE US ONLY MAKE IT SOUND MORE LAME BECAUSE WE HAVE NO INTEREST."

 

There is no CHANCE you are on your way to becoming anyone important because that is clouded, closed minded thinking. People on the top need to be able to brain storm, problem solve, be reasonable, be open minded.

 

You essentially say "gamers are losers, nothing else will change my mind."

 

That is no different than saying "All blondes are dumb." "All fat people are lazy." "All black people are fast." "All Irish people are drunks." "All polish people are stupid." It's a stereotype man, and it's no good.

 

And don't tell ME what this post is about. I STARTED THE POST. I AM THE ORIGINAL POSTER. I didn't ask WHY do women find guys who are slobs who live with their moms and play 40 hours of video games a week repulsive.

 

I asked........why.......when EQUALLY COMPARED TO ANY OTHER WASTEFUL ACTIVITY IN THE WORLD (Facebook, TV, Movies, Gossip Mags, heck, any magazines, Reading, Bowling, Darts, Bar Hopping, Texting, Etc.) WHY DO VIDEO GAMES HAVE THIS HORRID STIGMA????

 

And I think now I figured out why and answered my own question. Because people are closed minded, opinionated, "eat up whatever my media tells me," drones, who just think what they want absent of any reason or critical thinking.

 

I mean seriously. If I was meditating for an hour a few times a week nobody would care....or taking a nap....or reading...If it's MY HOUR, what does it matter to ANYbody how I spend it???

 

And why is Television so much more enlightened then video games....TV is trash today minue a few really good shows...95% of it is terrible trash though.

 

You are an idiot.

I'm out.

[Untouchable_Fire]

It's because video games are considered to be the past time of children not adults.

 

The video game industry has surpassed Hollywood in terms of artistic accomplishment and sales. People who think like this are dinosaurs.

 

Besides... who would want to date or marry a woman who has her head so far up her rectum that she doesn't understand video games.

 

I know an number of women like this around my age and they are technologically retarded. I consistently see them failing to connect with their own kids, because they simply don't understand gaming culture and technology.

[chucksagent]

Untouchable Fire - I think you may have just broke down a HUGE barrier in people's way of thinking and what's wrong with it.

 

My future sister in law is an emergency room doctor. And she has two kids. She told my fiance to "Hold onto him, he is a modern day renaissance man."

 

My fiance thought she was making a joke. And she said "No, I'm serious...He is great with child X (her son) because he teaches him football and baseball and can still play them both very well. He knows electronics and communicates with child X in that regard because he understands computer games and video games. He knows about TV, Movies, Politics, Law, etc. He passed the bar exam the first time and can have an intellectual conversation. Yet he is hilarious and knows how to have fun. Most people get too bogged down in identifying themselves as a certain type of person (no different than genre's of music)...But your man (me) is capable and comfortable is just about any scenario.

 

Growing up, my Mom was a single Mom. And she and I had some trouble because we couldn't identify any common interests. She didn't like anything I did and worse yet, she didn't make a HUGE effort to try and get into them.

 

I grew up poor working in a crappy factory making crappy money. I've climbed up the ladder, touching every rung along the way...I currently have my own law practice and make a very good living (I'm not filthy rich or anything but I'm my own boss and don't want for too much). And every run along the way I've learned something. For I have wined and dined with kings and queens and slept in alley's and ate pork and beans.

 

 

One big thing I've learned is that you should NEVER call people crazy...because it's dismissive. He's crazy because he plays video games. He's crazy because he goes to the gym too much.

 

Someone posted "I'd rather a guy who goes to the gym too much than plays too many video games." I'd say that's wrong. I wouldn't want either. Gym rats are just as bad if not WORSE than gamers. At least gamers can have a conversation, gym rates are narcissistic and obsessed with themselves. And keep in mind, again, I have played football, lifted weights a ton, been there done that...I've also played video games for much of my life. I enjoy and do both. I do NOT have a dog in this fight. Lol. I actively do and enjoy both things. BUT, I don't ever get crapped or my B@lls busted for going to the gym! See my point. Lol.

 

My ultimate point being, nobody should judge anyone else for willingness to explore and try out different activities. It's that "Video Games are terrible" mentality that ruins it I think.

Edited February 12, 2013 by chucksagent

[Drseussgrrl]

Dude. Your original question was "Why do wives/gf's hate video games?"

 

We illustrated why.

 

You continue to tell everyone that we're wrong about it.

 

Seems to me you came here to validate yourself in some way. With all of your extremely long arguments, just who are you trying to convince?

[Untouchable_Fire]

My ultimate point being, nobody should judge anyone else for willingness to explore and try out different activities. It's that "Video Games are terrible" mentality that ruins it I think.

 

Look, women age 35-120 won't get video games. They are stuck in 'horse and buggy' thinking. A certain percentage will of course adapt and change, but the vast majority are still trying to figure out what an 'angry bird' is.

 

Each age group under 35 has an increasing percentage who 'get it'.

 

When I was in highschool... late 90's.... the ONLY game girls were willing to play was a wedding dress design game. Boys who played game were super nerds and considered radioactive.

 

My 16 year old niece thinks boys who don't play video games are toolboxes... and can beat me cold at Halo. She has to be one of the hottest girls in school... and would have been considered a nerd 15 years ago.

 

If a woman doesn't like WarCraft... it means she doesn't play.