Neal is right here of course The idea that playing video games in any way increases real world competencies is the hugest of copes, I don't believe I've ever seen a larger cope Sure it's a fun hobby, it's also a massive and useless time sink, own it
BoiltOwl @nealjclark1
Aug 19
I鈥檓 not being a snob I鈥檓 giving you good advice. Put the games away and play guitar or anything. This madness of arrested development cases needing constant stimulation needs to end. The world spins apace
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Replying to @kitten_beloved
The counter argument to this is that many of the younger (<50yo) billionaires were extreme gamers as kids, the ones who were young enough to play games like Warcraft or Civ or StarCraft etc

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Replying to @amaldorai
I bet they all ate Pop-Tarts too, that's not what caused their success (Although I'm sure they enjoyed it)
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This isn't true at all. A lot of them got into programming specifically to hack/modify their computer games or build their own games. @PalmerLuckey @tobi etc
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Replying to @amaldorai @kitten_beloved
This is more likely symptomatic than causal
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Replying to @amaldorai @kitten_beloved
They are competitive and love action. The overlap is there but gamers are only gamers until they do something useful
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