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I cant say I agree... at least personally. When I was a WOW addict, I had no problem with it, and no problem telling people that I was a WOW addict
This doesn't surprise me. When I was still playing EQ2, I used to make sure I would log off before my roommate got home from work, so it wouldn't look like all I did on my day off was play EQ2. Even though it wasn't a secret I play a lot of games.
The point is the Psychiatrist is saying that Age of Conan kicks more ass and is a better game. So if you have a penis or a vagina, play it. If you are like the rest of the internet which are the ones without sexual organs (not like they'll need 'em anyway since no one would want to have sex with said people) play WoW.
It makes sense to me. Ever talk to a non gamer friend and they randomly start bashing the WoW community? What do you do? Admit you play and lose friend rep? Nevertheless, anything that's popular will be just as popular to hate, therefore people will not admit they do the popular thing to other people. Or they can just be real game nerds and not care about anyone else
I'm not sure what they're talking about, I'm not embarrassed of my WoW addiction... or my porn addiction for that matter!
WoW-->FaP-->WoW-->FaP-->WoW-->FaP-->WoW-->FaP
WoW-->FaP-->WoW-->FaP-->WoW-->FaP-->WoW-->FaP
Speaking from experience, I was a WOW addict for about 2 years, I can somewhat relate to what he is talking about. In social situations with my other WOW buddy it seemed like all we talked about when we were out at bars was WOW. Doesn't take a genius to figure out that we were not talking to many women. I didn't realize it until I quit and he didn't. Not having played WOW in months I didn't really care about it anymore, and no matter how much I tried to steer the conversation away from WOW he kept bringing it right back. Its gotten better recently but most times I just end up staring at the bar TV and semi-listening to his WOW rant while I catch up on sports scores.
While I had and have no issues with my previous WOW addiction it was not something I would lead a conversation with, especially with people I didn't know.
While I had and have no issues with my previous WOW addiction it was not something I would lead a conversation with, especially with people I didn't know.
Personally, I find both WoW and porn to be boring and a waste of time.
Playing good, FUN games and interacting with real girls sounds better to me.
Playing good, FUN games and interacting with real girls sounds better to me.
When you have a real life, serious addiction to it, I think it would be more embarassing. But I think that when you personally have an addiction, it seems more embarassing than anything anyone else has- a sort of "No one understands that I have a real problem here" mentality.
If someone is spending obscene amounts of time on something, and believes it is a problem, then it is. I feel sorry when we trivialize a psychological problem because it doesn't fit our social standards for what is and is not a problem; hell, you could have a shuffleboard addiction, and it'd still be an addiction.
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If someone is spending obscene amounts of time on something, and believes it is a problem, then it is. I feel sorry when we trivialize a psychological problem because it doesn't fit our social standards for what is and is not a problem; hell, you could have a shuffleboard addiction, and it'd still be an addiction.
/rant
When you have a real life, serious addiction to it, I think it would be more embarassing. But I think that when you personally have an addiction, it seems more embarassing than anything anyone else has- a sort of "No one understands that I have a real problem here" mentality.
If someone is spending obscene amounts of time on something, and believes it is a problem, then it is. I feel sorry when we trivialize a psychological problem because it doesn't fit our social standards for what is and is not a problem; hell, you could have a shuffleboard addiction, and it'd still be an addiction.
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If someone is spending obscene amounts of time on something, and believes it is a problem, then it is. I feel sorry when we trivialize a psychological problem because it doesn't fit our social standards for what is and is not a problem; hell, you could have a shuffleboard addiction, and it'd still be an addiction.
/rant
I've personally had friends who's lives were destroyed by WoW addiction. I've never seen porn do that.
I think Orcist hit the nail on the head here.
Although I'd rather admit a WoW addiction to my mom than a porn addiction
Although I'd rather admit a WoW addiction to my mom than a porn addiction
WoW doesn't cause peoples' lives to be destroyed and drop out of college, etc.
They do that to themselves.
They do that to themselves.
"As a society we understand that porn is something people do"
I actually don't think that the society understands people that do porn.
Perhaps, though, they understand people who watch porn.
I actually don't think that the society understands people that do porn.
Perhaps, though, they understand people who watch porn.
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I understand how they do that to themselves. However, I don't know anyone who decided to stop going to class because it was disrupting their porn-viewing.
I understand how they do that to themselves. However, I don't know anyone who decided to stop going to class because it was disrupting their porn-viewing.
I couldn't even get into WoW. It was fucking boring and all the people are retarded. Blizzard built a game out of LEVEL GRINDING how lame is that!
Seeing how porn is a generally accepted part of human entertainment and WoW is seen as a life-wrecker, I'm not quite sure how this is surprising.
"I spent six hours with my orc warlock fishing eels to sell to earn pretend money."
"I spent six hours looking at tits."
I know which one I'd rather admit.
"I spent six hours looking at tits."
I know which one I'd rather admit.
i don't think iv ever met any (guys at least) who are ashamed of their porn addictions.
also i'm addicted to wow
also i'm addicted to wow
Lets be serious - there is no such thing as game addiction, so called "experts" claiming people have a problem like this just piss me off.
Ask yourself - have you ever given a blowjob for enough money for your subscription? Can you afford to eat, pay the rent, and have enough to pay the electricity bill?
I got news for you - you are just bored.
Walk up to your closest emaciated homeless crackhead and try to convince them you have a serious problem.
It's ok to want to play games over going out, or seeing your friends/family - chances are, they are all just boring twits anyway. Gaming is fun, and cheap, of course you will want to do it as long as you can.
If you think you are doing too much of it, then grow a pair and delete the account. It's easy, stop blaming everyone else for your problems.
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Ask yourself - have you ever given a blowjob for enough money for your subscription? Can you afford to eat, pay the rent, and have enough to pay the electricity bill?
I got news for you - you are just bored.
Walk up to your closest emaciated homeless crackhead and try to convince them you have a serious problem.
It's ok to want to play games over going out, or seeing your friends/family - chances are, they are all just boring twits anyway. Gaming is fun, and cheap, of course you will want to do it as long as you can.
If you think you are doing too much of it, then grow a pair and delete the account. It's easy, stop blaming everyone else for your problems.
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