I think OP said a bit more than that. As did oregoncom. OP said he wished he was forced into sports which I can tell you is misguided on so many levels. oregoncom said we should just straight up ban video games as if games cant be a healthy part of your life or an artistic experiance, implying theyre all slop. Which is just art snobbery.
Theres a lot more going on then just “I wish I wasnt addicted to computers”. If it was just that, I might agree. Though frankyl I dont reeally regret myself just existing day to day because Im disabled and capitalism doesnt really have a place for someone who functions how I do so Im just gonna keep drifting. I wish I could find time to like, read more, or learn to draw, sure. (Hell I actually wish I could find time to acutally PLAY games rather than waste time on youtube/twitch/discord. Even that would feel more productive). But I think alienation has hit me so hard that I dont really care that much anymore.
yeah, there is a lot going on for sure, everyone is bringing their own preconceived notions and hangups to it. I only really replied because 1) the comment you replied to said nothing about sports or physical activity, let alone mounting a defense of “jock culture”, so I felt it merited a reply, and 2) I felt like most people in the thread weren’t actually agreeing with “we should force kids to join sports teams” and were just going on vibes. Some are, but not everyone
idk how I feel about it. technology kinda sucks ass but you’re not wrong, there’s plenty of valuable uses for it and tons of artistic value to digital mediums.
I wish sports were less notoriously stupid, injurious, bro-y affairs when I was in school. I needed that physical activity, but everyone involved in promoting it and half the other kids who really liked sports were like the worst humans I’d ever interacted with. I don’t think that’s inherent or at all universal, but it was my experience.
edit: and yeah, mood, I’m terminally online like real bad these days, just playing through disco elysium would feel productive compared to this shit
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People are mostly just identifying with the other half of the OP, resenting technology and our addictions to it.
I think OP said a bit more than that. As did oregoncom. OP said he wished he was forced into sports which I can tell you is misguided on so many levels. oregoncom said we should just straight up ban video games as if games cant be a healthy part of your life or an artistic experiance, implying theyre all slop. Which is just art snobbery.
Theres a lot more going on then just “I wish I wasnt addicted to computers”. If it was just that, I might agree. Though frankyl I dont reeally regret myself just existing day to day because Im disabled and capitalism doesnt really have a place for someone who functions how I do so Im just gonna keep drifting. I wish I could find time to like, read more, or learn to draw, sure. (Hell I actually wish I could find time to acutally PLAY games rather than waste time on youtube/twitch/discord. Even that would feel more productive). But I think alienation has hit me so hard that I dont really care that much anymore.
yeah, there is a lot going on for sure, everyone is bringing their own preconceived notions and hangups to it. I only really replied because 1) the comment you replied to said nothing about sports or physical activity, let alone mounting a defense of “jock culture”, so I felt it merited a reply, and 2) I felt like most people in the thread weren’t actually agreeing with “we should force kids to join sports teams” and were just going on vibes. Some are, but not everyone
idk how I feel about it. technology kinda sucks ass but you’re not wrong, there’s plenty of valuable uses for it and tons of artistic value to digital mediums.
I wish sports were less notoriously stupid, injurious, bro-y affairs when I was in school. I needed that physical activity, but everyone involved in promoting it and half the other kids who really liked sports were like the worst humans I’d ever interacted with. I don’t think that’s inherent or at all universal, but it was my experience.
edit: and yeah, mood, I’m terminally online like real bad these days, just playing through disco elysium would feel productive compared to this shit