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Esiar said:
Redgrave said:
Put it this way, if all of this is a waste of time, then why the fuck are you on here?

Well I'm not predicting sales, insulting people harshly over opinions, etc.

But I never said it was all a waste of time.


This was 100% a waste of time for you then. It seems like your goal is to help people (in a ridiculous way that doesn't help anyone) and this thread in no way helped anyone because you obviously have completely failed on convincing any of us that you're way is "right".. You never learned anything from it either and I'm sure there are much better ways to put out your message.



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Esiar said:
Aeolus451 said:

So you're "critizing" people when you say that their hobby is a waste of time and that it's stupid, silly, ridiculous without really explaining it? I call that insulting gamers and the fine people of this site. 

It's self-explanatory. If you spend too much time on things that you don't need to do, that is foolish, because there is infinitely better things to do. 

I wouldn't say anyone is a fine person - Everyone has evil desires. You can just look at the amount post of some user's on here and see how muh time they have wasted (I am a good example of that, from my Nintentacle account), or look at the amount of posts on Captain Yuri's NSFW thread, or how much times certain users make Alts over and over again even though this is only a gaming fourm and they know they will get banned again...


yikes, you have no idea what you're talking about

passing judgement left and right on others for their own comments or use of time. you lack self awareness I think as well. It's naive to think that you personally will find the same happiness from things that someone else is happy from, and vice versa. 

the reality is someone making a thread like this is doing a strange form of venting, in which the high liklihood is that they are not happy themselves.

you're a gamer. you post on this site and clearly play Zelda. stop pointing fingers and address your own insecurities with where your life is and what time you spend it on. 

take some pills, go out to a party, do whatever you have to do to make yourself feel 'okay' but don't kid yourself into believing the concept that someone reading a book or climbing a tree or working a retail store is in that moment doing anything more significant or relevant then another person who is playing some video games. it's a purely subjective thing and your original post is a bit of conundrum considering you are putting down the concept of commenting and discussing and 'wasting time' with this sort of stuff, yet your thread itself is continuing the circular discussion (which isn't a bad thing, except in your opinion)



Esiar said:
Aeolus451 said:

You don't understand what subjective is.

I kind of disregarded that. It's not subjective, and to say it is is a little self-refuting (If it is all subjective, isn't your opinion that the thungs we are talking about are subjective merely a subjective thing?)


no- there are literal facts of life. a literal fact would be that there are many different things people find happiness in. that is a fact regardless of what you want to say otherwise. Many people claim that a million different things make them happy. it's just an obvious thing, people are very different from one another in the respect of what they want out of life (regardless of if a creator could possibly want them to seek something else)

 

you stating that video games are a waste of time and don't make people truly happy is entirely subjective as it is purely based on personal feelings. it is 'subject to change' based on personal opinion.

you don't seem to have a strong grasp on the meaning of some words unfortunately which makes this overall thread and your argument even weaker then it would be alone, had you not continued commenting

you also seem to have a limited grasp on the fundamentals of Christianity, which above pretty much anything else, teach to not judge others and to spread the word of God in a positive way rather than a critical way. if you're a troll that's understandable, if you're not then it's just sad



Esiar said:

FragilE^ said:
1. Life sure is easy when your imaginary friends constantly tell you that you are the best and that everything you do is righteous and exceptional.

2. Help people because of their hardships, not to gain bonus points to get into heaven.

3. Understand that millions of people help WITHOUT being religious. 

1. Guess I don't apply under this then.

2. This sounds like Islam: No Christian who knows what the Bible says, and applies that to their life, would help people only for such a selfish reason.

3. I never said that this isn't true.

You missed a part of my quote. It still rings true though.


I'm assuming you're religious. I'm assuming you believe in God and his words. Is that wrong? If so, then I made mistake. Otherwise, 1. applies to you. By following the words of God you are always correct and without any faults. That is the very basis of religion (self-confirmation, feeling like you matter, being a part of something big), and a massive reason why people like it. When you "know" that your every view and thought about everything is right (because God said so!), then it gets very easy to put yourself above people. I'm no heaven-expert, but that seems like a bad thing to do.

2. You decide on your own what it means to be christian? :o Impressive!
Let me tell you a little secret: People, are different. People take in religion in different ways. The vocal majority (in other words those who scream the loudest and make the boldest claims, those who start flamewars in youtube comments, those who start threads with condesending bullshit about how eveyone else is wrong and that they and only they know what the true truth is, which then leads to massive reply chains) very often brag about how they help people. They are better than everyone else because they help and that makes them amazing. That is a disgustingly selfish reason, but those people are absolutely christian. Sure not everyone is like that, but here is something interesting:

I'd rather do other things than this. I'd be doing other things than this if I were selfish. I also wouldn't be advising you to help homeless people instea of playing video games if I were selfish.
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At least I'm doing stuff that could benefit others.

See that? Those are your words. And you are bragging about how good you are, and how bad we are, because you are so "unselfish" and you "help" people. (you're also assuming that it is impossible for anyone of us to be helping people too, even if we post in this forum or "waste" time with video games)

3. This is just me reading into this stereotype that you are currently displaying and giving a counter argument before you made the actual argument. Presumptuous of me, I know. It usually goes something like this "You don't help people so you are bad. I help people because God said so. You suck"
I'm sorry for getting ahead of myself, you apparently don't subscribe to that kind of thinking.

 

 

Let me just ask, what did you hope to achieve with this thread? There are no hidden undertones in that sentence. I genuinely wanna know.



Esiar said:
sundin13 said:

42?

Also, I've gotten plenty of happiness out of video games. Playing them and discussing them. Maybe games just aren't for you...

Finally, your last point is terrible. The absence of helping people is not hurting anyone first of all. Second of all, I put my own mental well being pretty high on my priority list. I think I have a pretty eclectic range of hobbies, each of which I have spend a pretty good deal of money on. I play guitar. Is that hurting people because I could have been feeding the homeless? nope. I play drums. Is that hurting people because I could have been batman? Nope. I play video games, listen to music, watch tv, watch movies, watch anime, cook, write etc.. Should I throw myself away to become a slave to the whims of others? No............because that is stupid. Very stupid.

Video games are no more a waste of time and money than any other hobby, and last time I checked, hobbies were quite beneficial to becoming a well rounded individual and me not killing myself.

The lack of helping people does hurt people. How can you say that the absence of helping homeless people does not negatively affect homeless people? You are choosing not to help them, clearly. This clearly affects them. You're putting your own hobbies over them. You know there are starving people. At times you buy games instead of looking for these people and helping them. This hurts them. I understand that you clearly need to provide for your own needs, but other's needs should be put above your own.

In terms of suicide, video games are only surpressing it. It doesn't fix the problem (and the problem is fixable). It can be compared to treating a symptom rather than the actual sickness.


my god you truly do lack an understanding for logic

the absense of acting does not hurt or help or a group of people unless you are already part of a situation including them. a homeless person is homeless- staying home and not helping out at the homeless shelter does not in fact effect said homeless person at all. the status quo remains the same.

helping them obviously would have an effect, but trying to insinuate that a person should feel guilty for not spending all of their free time outside of work and school with charity is just absurd

and again it's a purely subjective thing. YOU think that's what people should do. maybe you're saying it because you feel guilty yourself about not doing it enough (most likely that is the case)

In the end you keep bringing up your own personal viewpoints and judgements, regardless of how they formed or what motivated them, they are yours and yours alone at least specifically and to each point. and no- 'others needs should be put above your own' is nonsense in general. A person is incapable of helping others in the first place if they do not maintain their own bridge of life so they can operate. That is in line with insinuating that a person barely coping with the bills should go to the grocery store, buy this weeks food, and then donate it to the homeless rather than feed themselves. sorry but that's not how the world works, someone shouldn't automatically sacrafice themselves for a perfect stranger they know nothing about

video games and the rate of suicide are not connected at all, stop talking nonsense please



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My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

Esiar said:
Nettles said:
Esiar said:
Nettles said:
And we spend 8 hours a day sleeping.What an even bigger waste of time.If we played video games for 90 mins and slept for 6 1/2 hours instead would that be better?

It would be better, but what would be even better is to do useful and necessary things throughout the day and get 8 hours of sleep.

If you work for 10 hours a weekday then generally you don't want to go run a marathon afterwards.If you're tired after work gaming is a cheap way to wind down, relax and save money.If you're spending your weekend playing games or watching TV i agree though.

Well, not so much for saving money.

Well that depends on what games you play and how you acquire them.I'm just saying it is cheap compared to whatever you consider not wasting time (Socialising? Furthering education? Travelling?)



Esiar said:
ZombieJesus said:

There are two conclusions which follow necessarily from your comment.

1. You don't know what objective means.

2. You don't recognize that by the very definition of god, objective evidence can't exist.

1. I do.

2. How do you define God?

1. Time will tell.

2. Every cogent description of god possesses the following form:

Spaceless, timeless, immaterial, coupled with some maximal qualities (omni-). By this very definition, objective evidence is impossible since we live in a Universe with space, time, and material. This entity clearly cannot exist here.



Esiar said:
Angelus said:

Really? 17 pages?

Don't you guys know the #1 rule of communication?
Never argue with overly zealous religious people. You will never break through their indoctrinated minds. You wanna talk about wasting time....this thread could go in a Wikipedia entry defining irony.

Indoctrinated minds. Speaking of hypocrisy/irony.

Keep swinging



Esiar said:
rolltide101x said:

You can be a Christian without believing in the Bible. Again, quit trying to tell people what to do. People can worship anyway they choose, there is no right or wrong way

Of course you can worship anyway you want to, but there is a right way if you believe in a specific religion. You can't be a Muslim and not believe Muhammad was sent by Allah. You can't be a Christian who doesn't believe the Gospel. If there is a lying Christian who believes the Bible, then they are going to Hell according to the book they believe: Thus making them a hypocrite, therefore a false-christian according to their holy book.

You are saying that as if everyone 100% believes the Bible is correct.... I believe that parts of the Bible have became corrupted. You can worship any religion anyway you want too.....