The average low-skilled, unemployed man plays video games an average of 12-30 hours per week

People that waste tons of time and don't develop themselves are key voting block for Hillary Clinton. Not sure where you're getting that "vote for Trump" garbage from. He's the candidate for actually taking personal responsibility for yourself, not relying on the Federal Government for help.

Playing video games well requires some skill, doesn't it?

different perspective wrote:

People that waste tons of time and don't develop themselves are key voting block for Hillary Clinton. Not sure where you're getting that "vote for Trump" garbage from. He's the candidate for actually taking personal responsibility for yourself, not relying on the Federal Government for help.

You're wrong - the original poster is correct. While your average Trump supporter is at home shooting people on video games, the Clinton supporters are actually out shooting people. Chicago is awesome.

they are learning a skill wrote:

Playing video games well requires some skill, doesn't it?

Kinda off-topic:

It is insane to me how much certain video game streamers can make.

What's more insane is that viewers donate $5-$500+ to the video game streamers that they like. This phenomenon is much more confusing to me than Pokemon Go.

Cankles '16 wrote:

different perspective wrote:

People that waste tons of time and don't develop themselves are key voting block for Hillary Clinton. Not sure where you're getting that "vote for Trump" garbage from. He's the candidate for actually taking personal responsibility for yourself, not relying on the Federal Government for help.

You're wrong - the original poster is correct. While your average Trump supporter is at home shooting people on video games, the Clinton supporters are actually out shooting people. Chicago is awesome.

Ha ha, very good point! Clinton supporters definitely do take what can be learned from video games and apply them to real life situations very well.

doot doot wrote:It is insane to me how much certain video game streamers can make.

What's more insane is that viewers donate $5-$500+ to the video game streamers that they like. This phenomenon is much more confusing to me than Pokemon Go.

There are also people making money by eating food on camera.

I don't understand any of this but I want in. I wonder if I could double down -- eat donuts while playing Warcraft or whatever. Because that's a wonderful contribution to society.

The world is so f*cked.

I credit video games to my success in life. I play 5-10 hrs/week and have a high skilled/high paying job and a family.

I'm not a gamer but I have a hard time believing the mindless diversion of gaming and snapchatting is more of a lure to idleness than the mindless diversions of the past.

The difference today is that the social safety net, both that provided government and that provided by overindulgent parents, allows those who might be inclined to sloth to follow through on their inclinations and avoid hard work altogether.

More likely Bernie voters than Trump voters in this group.

LastRealHedgie wrote:

More likely Bernie voters than Trump voters in this group.

They're both exactly the same: people who are pissed off that they now have to compete with globalization and automation and can't expect to waltz out of high school as a C-student and be handed a union factory job that pays well enough to buy a 3 bedroom house in the suburbs and two cars.

The only difference is how they want the government to make things easier for them without having to do any actual work themselves. In the case of Bernie voters, it is through expansion of the welfare state. In the case of Trump voters, it is through the repeal of globalization.

This is why you see so many Bernie voters crossing over to the Trump side now that Bernie is out.

doot doot wrote:

they are learning a skill wrote:

Playing video games well requires some skill, doesn't it?

Kinda off-topic:

It is insane to me how much certain video game streamers can make.

What's more insane is that viewers donate $5-$500+ to the video game streamers that they like. This phenomenon is much more confusing to me than Pokemon Go.

It's probably cheaper than cable to contribute to a few of these gamers

I spend more than 30 hours on letsrun.

That's not a lot considering they probably don't have anything else to do apart from sleeping and eating.

many more weekly hours wrote:

That's not a lot considering they probably don't have anything else to do apart from sleeping and eating.

Sounds like the unemployed losers downstairs.play vid games all night, get up atnoon get high and crank the games again.

different perspective wrote:

People that waste tons of time and don't develop themselves are key voting block for Hillary Clinton. Not sure where you're getting that "vote for Trump" garbage from. He's the candidate for actually taking personal responsibility for yourself, not relying on the Federal Government for help.

+1

playing video games >>> watching TV

Gravy wrote:

playing video games >>> watching TV

playing video games>>>watching TV>>>posting here

I guess the key to not getting your threads deleted is to refer to them as "low-skilled" instead of "poor people." Noted.