Two different people shat on the idea of playing video games for fun today. Neither one of them does much with their free time besides scrolling on their phone or traveling. Why do people with no interests look down on people that play games in their free time?

Didn't read, but that picture is making me seethe. Redditors deserve to get brutallized.

They wanted to see the fabled gamer_rage. You didn't give in did you?

>One travels
>"Has no interests."
Well, you just have to realize you're talking down to a mirror here, anon. Traveling is a wide, complex, and varied interest and you're looking down on it.

>>716202848 (OP)
The economy went to shit and now people realize that society is fundamentally broken. Nobody has any real idea how to fix it but not doing something like having kids or prepping for the future is seen as being part of the problem. In decades past nobody faulted you for being a slacker / "loser". Now everyone is desperate to get out of the corporate hellhole, especially since social media and AI feeds people's sense of looming despair.

The Truth is gaming is more accepted nowdays than it was 10 and 20 years ago
The tiktok zombies of today would call you an internet addict back then for spending a few hours daily reading and gathering useful information from the internet
Give it some years and gaming will be as accepted as movies and netflix are. The gears are already in motion

>>716202970
Why? Is that monitor not very good or something?

>>716202848 (OP)
The average person is compelled to compare themselves to others.
When the average person is given the opportunity, they will compare something that, when filtered through their values, has them come out on top so they can feel better about that thing.
Gaming is seen as childish even if it's commonplace nowadays, so when the average person wants to feel "mature", they can tell themselves "at least I don't waste time playing games!", completely losing the irony of thinking that.
You can see a similar happening occur on /v/ with them thinking they're better than vtuber fans despite them being literal devs like Kojima or celebrities like Robert Pattinson.

The truth is that the GAME was rigged from the start

>>716203218
>Give it some years and gaming will be as accepted as movies and netflix are. The gears are already in motion
It's been like that for a while, but it feels like it's going backwards since the pandemic.

>>716203108
Plenty of people travel just to take photos for social media which I would judge as equivalent as just mindlessly playing every fotm shit.
Traveling is not a hobby unless you're into the history/architecture/geology/anthropology or have any interest below surface-level vanity. Otherwise it's just a display that you're rich.

>>716203191
>In decades past nobody faulted you for being a slacker / "loser".
Why on earth would you think this is true?

>>716203526
The 1990s was a thing

>>716203563
I don’t understand what you mean by that. Slackers, losers, and burn-outs have always been considered to be degenerates and were always treated as such.

>>716203473
Zoomoids don't have the attention span to play them
Melloids don't have the money to buy them
Xoids don't give a shit about anything and just want to drink wine and die
Boomoids are too stupid to understand them
On top of all that GAMERS themselves fucking hate the state of the industry and actively root for the downfall of high profile devs and pubs.
It really is not a good time for the hobby

>>716202848 (OP)
le hecking manly matte black with wholesome wood accenterinos for my man cave

>>716202848 (OP)
Because of the types of gamers who defend shit like pic related. Gamers are cringe and have earned all the disrespect they get.

>>716202970
what do you mean, the Fractal North looks gr-
>office keyboard
>meme desk
>gaymur headset
>Creative Pebble
mfw

>>716202995
nah the other girl in the room started talking about how cool it was watching her dad play unreal tournament growing up and how much she liked stardew. Was kinda cool

>>716203682
>not a good time
>can download thousands of high quality games for free instantly and play 99% of them in their entirety on any device you prefer
For people who actually play games, there has never been a better time to play them.

>>716203817
While I understand that
It doesn't change the fact that most games are and always have been trash

>>716203748
>Amazon Echo
>halo light
>"light this when you want a bj" candle

>>716203108
I wouldn't call traveling an interest or hobby. I also wouldn't openly shit on the idea of traveling for fun because I see the value in it.

>>716203748
>office keyboard
Oh noo~~ should have got a fag mechanical keyboard or whatever you stupid fucking zoomers think you need
>meme desk
It’s a common cheapo particle board desk retard
>gamer headphones
… oh right you don't actually play games with people do you lmfao

>>716203893
Good games are hard to make, but there are a shit ton of them and they are very, very easy to play for free.

>>716202848 (OP)
>Two different people shat on the idea of playing video games for fun today.

Have you ever tried disregarding someone's opinion? I do it all day. Why do the thoughts of those people even matter to you?

>>716203346
>Why?
It might be a eugenics (possible autist setup) thing.

>>716204130
is this for real? t. 36 year old 400+lb virgin neet who's been on medicaid for almost 10 years

>>716202848 (OP)
Why do you care what NPCs think?

Yesterday, I heard one of my neighbors getting really into the football and shouting and screaming like retards usually do. Then I realised he was watching WOMEN'S football. Absolutely unreal, but if the TV tells the NPCs they've got to support "our girls", they get excited over it.

These people do not have souls.

>>716204130
I wonder if this bitch was ever given a concussion. I already know for a fact the one on the left has.

>>716203473
>it's going backwards since the pandemic.
It's really not. Internet addiction got normalized through it and as time goes on Vidya will be spread and consumed by more people.
Watch Sony's, Nintendo's and Steam's MAU tick up every year.

>>716204204
You may find this hard to believe, anon, but the human psyche does not function properly without an “other” to receive feedback from. OP clearly values the input of those other individuals, even if you don’t.

>>716204025
aside from being ikea slop, he has no leg room in any direction

>>716203682
>actively root for the downfall of high profile devs and pubs.
I don't

>>716204130
>medicaid is so sluts don't have to face the consequences of their actions
Gamers rise up!

>>716204380
>OP clearly values the input of those other individuals

If that's true, then why is he posting on a board about Video Games? If their input mattered, shouldn't he give up on gaming?

>>716203730
Good job, you got me cringing bro

>>716204204
>>716204316

I don't care enough to stop doing what I enjoy, just enough to bitch about it here. It's just annoying hearing it so consistently from different people.

>>716202848 (OP)
Because your environment matures along with you, and the older you get, the more you realize that video games are entertainment for children. If a man considers video games his hobby and is over 27 years old, he’s likely a manchild who doesn’t deserve respect. He’s infantile and has low testosterone.

>>716202848 (OP)
To cope that they are ashamed of another sit on your ass activity. "at least I don't play videogames" is what people tell themselves watching the 10th rerun of judge judy.

>>716204482
Him valuing their input doesn’t mean he doesn’t have views of his own, anon. You can still respect someone’s opinion even if you don’t necessarily agree with it.

>>716204586
Why are you even here? shouldn't you be standing with your mom on the corner right about now?

No woman will see you as a man knowing you play video games. Only a boy. Small and weak.

>>716204586
I really wish cretins like you would at least put some thought into your bait posts.

>>716204651
>Why are you even here?

I really don't know why these people are here.
>filter 99 threads
>enter the 100th
>the NPCs are posting in it anyway
It's okay, I'll get rid of this one too. The shitskin NPCs can scatter considering I didn't have a second one open. They do it every fucking time.

Because they want to feel better about themselves despite their lives being worse than yours. Every single niggerfaggot who looks down on vidya has NOTHING going on for them in their life. They'll also get divorced raped, so rejoice in knowing that they're also retarded.

>>716204735
>complains about manchildren
>has hippie in her username
Yeah nothing more mature than CRYSTALS

>>716204586
What should a man over 27 be doing after work instead?

>>716204316
>our girls
It's just tribe mentality. Not much they can do about and neither can you.

>>716204735
The only value women have is the fact that they have a hole. They have nothing besides that. No interests, no thoughts. Nothing.

I couldn't care less what these losers think.

>>716204795
Scroll on tiktok, watch netflix shoes that are meant to be second screened, etc

>>716204795
Having sex with his children and being a good role model for his wife, obviously

>>716204856
let me translate that for you
>speedrunning divorce rape

>>716204762
LMAO don't lie to me your workin that corner trick

>>716204905
Skill issue

>>716204795
Spend time with family and engage in real masculine hobbies like sports, engineering, repair, or invention. Something creative. Something useful.

>>716205030
Sports isn't creative or useful. You're just kicking a ball around for people's entertainment. No different from being a streamer.

>>716204735
That's okay, I see only a little girl in her if she is scrolling twitter for hours and is conditioned to instantly react to every beep of her phone.

>>716205101
You develop your muscles, your cardiovascular system, your nervous system, your willpower, and your drive to win. You develop your ability to work in a team. These are beneficial things. Video games only cause harm.

>tucking your desk facing a corner toward a window
Bad Feng Sui probably

>>716205270
Post arm

>>716205030
>Be productive and do that engineer shit at work
>Lift for an hour after
>Cook and have dinner with wife
>Play vidya til bedtime

Why be productive every hour of the day

>>716205270
Why do Russians love posting low quality bait so much? The only “hobby” that is infinitely more useless than playing video games is (You) baiting on 4chan.

>>716202848 (OP)
Some people don't have hobbies. They live moment to moment, have short attention spans and need other people to entertain them, because they don't know how to entertain themselves. I never gave it too much thought, but there is this idea that there aren't enough souls in the world and some people are just hollow shells with no soul inhabiting their body. Maybe there is something to it?

>>716204735
Men stopped caring about what women think like a decade ago. Can't be more NPC-core than being a woman.

>>716203730
>>716202970
>>716203748
The type of shit you guys get angry over.
Post your gaming setup, I curious what you consider to be "appropriate".

>>716205863

>>716205630
We, Russians, speak the language of facts. I'm telling you straight up how it is. In our culture, it's not acceptable for men over 27 to play games. It's considered shameful and unattractive. Such men are seen as beaten down by life. These are just facts.

And Russia is the most based country in the world right now. That's also a fact. Which means our opinion is inherently based and is a fact. That’s a fact too.

>>716203108
Traveling is not an interest.

>>716205952
tranny art

>>716202848 (OP)
Why do those people constantly post here?
It seems like most people are miserable liars who enjoy ruining things for other people than finding actual enjoyment.

>>716205952
>most based country in the world that only speaks facts
A land where the men amuse themselves by posting humorless bait on /v/ and the women are all camwhores is a land of one thing and one thing only: degeneracy.

>>716206215
Don't let troons steal your stuff, just like the fags stole the rainbow. They shouldn't have anything of their own. No symbols, no things. They must be destroyed.

>>716202970
You're angry because you want to be angry.

>>716204130
Can I have the jobs that the boomers in 1991 promised me would be available when I was ready to join the work force?

>>716204735
Man i'm so glad my mother doesn't give a fuck about this dumb shit considering my dad was into comic books and was well into PC gaming before it even got popular playing mostly RTS games and having a ton of PCgamer magazines (which have since been shredded but i managed to keep the DVDs that were in them)

Long before he succumbed to whatever he had, he wanted me to atleast be a little more outgoing and would expect me to have a hobby outside of just playing vidya which i'm only considering now as i turn 25 5 months from now and haven't done fuckall for the past 7 years of my adult life.

>>716205946
Nice.
Actually fucking nice.
Figure out how to get off the tums though. They're not good for you.

>>716204130
>degenerate men bad
>degenerate women good
What causes this?

>>716205946
>vertical screen
Are you a reddit or discord tranny janny or something?

>>716202848 (OP)
Gamers are the most unprotected group so it's easy to shit on them. That's all.

>>716205946
max comfy anon nice

>>716206785
Those that have vertical screens do it because they play gacha games on their PCs

>>716204130
oh, Mike, so you'll find me a job that pays for medical insurance? So if I get a job I'm guaranteed healthcare? It will be illegal for my boss to give me just short of the hours to qualify for benefits?
Right Mike?

>>716206926
That's even worse, YUCK

>>716204130
we'll make them work so they can pay higher taxes so we get more money to send to foreign countries and you know who

>>716204025
don't you have a Roblox goon sesh to attend to

>>716202848 (OP)
Let me tell you, I wish more people looked down on gaming. Gaming should've remained the refuge of losers; things really started going to shit when normalfags started thinking of themselves as nerds and glomming onto our hobbies. Now gaming is such a massive industry that at the top its run by creativity-averse stakeholders who feed you yearly slop just to watch "number go up," and at the bottom it's littered with the thousand corpses of every 2d indie metroidvania that didn't end up becoming a nacho due to "xxYoutuber_Personalityxx" talking about it their fomo-obsessed, unthinking audience.

>>716204586
I'm not a reference of your perfect male, but I play guitare and I have to say it automatically pains me to know some guy spend so much time in guitare hero. I'm very bad at guitare Hero.

Somehow someone being good at OSU is less disturbing to me. Someone being good at simracing is not a problem. But Guitar Hero, I have trouble to not look down on that. The guy would need to have something else going so it suppresses that instinct.

>>716203941
wtf it keeps getting worse

>>716205952
post your net worth, Vladimir.

>>716207152
Good summary.

>>716207245
Is this how zoomer eyebrows are made?

>>716205952
>In our culture, it's not acceptable for men over 27 to play games.
I believe it. Russia isn't the happiest place on earth, but they do have very affordable healthcare.

>>716205952
in your culture its also fine to fuck male recruits in the bum so i wouldnt put much stock in it

>>716202848 (OP)
Because once you become adult you should only be working. You work, work, work until you drop dead, and then you're replaced like a broken part in a machine. That is the life your masters planned for you.

>>716207152
i agree-i am for abortion because the world would be a better place if George Floyd had been aborted. Great minds, my friend, great minds

>>716207621
This is not true. Only those who disrespect the rules and act overly arrogant are put in their place in this way. It is not a common practice for most people, but an exceptional measure for particularly unique idiots.

>>716204130
I'm all for health care being considered a basic human right. I've been working for 12 years now and I don't care who is using it, single moms, geriatrics, incel NEETs, immigrants. I would rather my tax dollars go towards a system that literally anybody can use freely. There are worse things to waste money on, like defense budget and aid for certain foreign countries. There should be limits to what welfare and support you can get for people who are unwilling to work but health care should not be among those things. I want a system where paying for medical treatment is not something anybody has to worry about and that I won't ever have to worry about either if my life ever takes a turn for the worst.

>>716205863

>>716207536
yes

>>716207621
It's illegal to be queer in russia. You're thinking of the ukraine.

>>716202970
post your setup

>>716207671
Same. That's why I'm not really pro-life. I sympathize with pro-life people, but they're wrong. Not all lives matter. Feeding africa only breeds misery.

>>716205952
>and of course some retarded tranime speaking for my country

>>716207972
>a wild peedor crawls out of the woodwork
how do you even find your way here?

>>716207809
Why is it when I look up Russia's heathcare system the results I get from google are all lies. It's not free, but it's very cheap and affordable for citizens. Russia's healthcare isn't free. That's a fact. Why is google lying?

>>716208090
I don't even know what that word means. I assume you think I'm eastern european. I'm not. I hate the government of the ukraine with a passion. Just like how I hate both israel and palestine.

>>716208027
Here The King said the same thing, friend >>716205270

>>716202848 (OP)
It’s really just about how you present yourself and your hobbies
Gaming gets a bad reputation because of confirmation bias in a lot of people
They see someone who might not take the best care of themselves (bad hygiene, over/underweight, bad fashion, etc) and hearing they play games as their primary hobby confirms that all gamers must be slovenly losers
I’m considered attractive by a lot of people, take care of myself, and am decently successful, so when people ask how I spent my night and I tell them I was playing games, they’re shocked but also interested and usually entertain me to ask more about what I’m playing
I’ve had legitimate conversations with turbo normie chads and stacies about why I like Koei Musou games and it’s a little bizarre to see them make comments like “oh I didn’t know they made games about ‘ancient China’ I wonder if they’ll do something like that for the American revolution haha”
Any hobby can be made interesting by the person describing it with enough sincere honesty

>>716204025
It is a mechanical keyboard. Are you blind?

>>716208125
most european countries provide free healthcare, even for foreigners

Every person that I found with a hobby and of interest never defined itself as its hobby. They say "I like golf", or "I play football". The balanced people I never heard say "I'm a golfer" or "I'm a footballer", unless it's their job.

So if someone says "I'm a gamer", that's a yellow flag to me. Like, I do play guitare, but sometimes when I say "I'm guitarist" or "I'm a musician", I'm missing my own vibes. Because these are my hobbies, not my job.

Dunno if you see what I mean.

>>716208210
>postironic clown said something
lmao his words worth nothing
quit embarrassing us

>>716208407
Russia isn't one of those countries. Everyone has to pay for their care, but it's incredibly cheap. Something doesn't add up.

>>716208447
What do you do for fun?
>I play video games for fun sometimes.
You're a gamer?
>No.

>>716208216
No you idiot, any hobby can be made "interesting" as long as the person doing it is attractive. The message is right there in your TLDR. If you're ugly, your life is forfeit, simple as.

>>716208447
This gamer has been oppressed!

>>716208461
Whose Crimea is, faggot?

>>716205946
is the rest room the room white?

>>716208484
russia has much more money than any european state yet they brandish their free healthcare like it's an impossible feat

>>716208536
I mean, that's how you present it.

"What do you do for fun?"
>I like video games

That's kind of a paradox. Am I a gamer? Yes. But I never say "I'm a gamer" first. I don't present myself as my hobby. Once it's established, it can be tolerated as a language tool to communicate. But that's the maximum.

Do you say you're a cook because you like to cook and knows recipes, and practice your own cooking? No, you say "I like cooking".

Even saying "I'm a gaming enthusiast" would sound better to me if I heard someone saying it. I would know the guy may not be super good at all games but is knowledgeable and have a good attitude.

>>716208027
>jacque fresco
rip

Where the Russian? What u think of call of duty? Trash right?

>>716205952
>We, Russians, speak the language of facts.
Funniest thing in the thread.

>>716208605
>some random faggot made a career out of trash videos and game revievs
>eternal contrarian
>back pedal out of every argument
>saying the very same people, who made him rich so he could relocate in the US, are worthless so is their hobby
>also shitting on tranime
KEK only retarded tranime would defend such scum, get some self-respect kid and go back to /chug

>>716206169
This. Having an interest is not having an interest. Just because a game is good doesn't make it good. How dumb are you people?

>>716207416
i'm not russian or slav but these days i'd prefer to live in a third world hellhole with a low human development than in a multicultural and multiracial globohomo dystopia

>>716202848 (OP)
because gamers are fucking cringe and have no life skills

>>716202848 (OP)
I literally have that same pc case and headphone stand
>>716202970
>getting mad at a normal pc setup
pure reddit

>>716205946
>mini keyboard
>speakers WAY TOO BIG for someone sitting 1ft away from them
>puts classic art on his screens before the photo, to hide his desktop and look "classy"
>ugly, poorly made brick wall behind with FAR too much mortar between each brick, that the poster was too lazy to plaster over like the wall with the window on

I can't believe this is what modern /v/ thinks is good, it looks like some pretentious faggot artist setup

>>716209137
>prefer
like anybody cares what you prefer

>>716209403
god i really wish the russians to send 1 million pajeets to die in ukraine just like they did with the koreans. we can't expect god to do all the work

>>716208125
I don't know what it's like in Russia because I am not Russian, but here in Europe, the healthcare is not "free" in a way that you only have to pay a symbolic fee of half a euro or one euro to be admitted if you are visiting a government program supported doctor or a clinic with the family doctor's referral. This can involve a waiting period, bu it's not always the case. So long as you get things done through your doc, you get stuff basically for free, you only need to pay a paltry admittance fee. Same goes for prescription meds, they also are not "free", but the discount is like 99.9% , so you also pay half a euro for it, take your meds and go. In most cases this sort of healthcare is what majority of the people use and it is of mediocre quality, but not completely awful. You sometimes might have to wait in line for a couple of months for more expensive to service procedures like MRI or Endoscopy.

If you don't want to deal with any of that and are rich, you can always make use of private clinics, you pay the full price of every service and nothing is subsidized by the government unless you have insurance, but even then, insurance plans frequently do not cover many of the things that you might need. You get premium service, but you pay the premium price.

t. eurocripple

>Video games are a waste of time, says anon posting on video games board

>>716209403
>indian
>highly qualified workforce

>>716209897
there's a high demand among white women for strong bharat bvlls

>>716209987
>russian
>white
That's two strikes now.

gaming is my main hobby. i dont even play that much. im not harming anybody or society by playing my video games.

>>716207871
I like apple juice, too!

>>716202848 (OP)
They always were zoomzoom

>>716210045
Why is it that every Slav girl I know (including one of my closest mates) is a Nazi?

>>716203563
Slacker culture in media was not reflective of real life, anon

>>716202848 (OP)
if you mention you play futanari baby fuck simulator 3 - gacha edition, you will be shunned. Just say you play clash of clans or something.

>>716205946
>Men only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting

>>716205270
You could do all those other things with videogames too, and the US military already does. Look up AR technology sometime, its like VR but you don't just stand in a room all day

>>716202848 (OP)
I just don't give a fuck what other people think about literally anything. As far as i'm concerned i'm the only real human and you're all brain dead automatons

>>716202848 (OP)
holy shit we have the sane speakers

Growing up is realizing you only need one monitor

>>716202848 (OP)
Not approved by the talking heads and most people are old farts that only listen to the talking heads.

>>716203191
>The economy went to shit
TWO MORE YEARS doomer bro and teh economuh (tm) is definitely DOOOOOOOMMMEED

>>716205030
>translation: sit on couch and watch TV
andrew tate tier blowhard faggots like you are so pathetic in how thin skinned you are

>>716205630
its part of their propaganda push. Flood the net with shit. not matter what kind, no matter how much it contradicts and no matter how few or many useful idiots gobble it up

all it matters is turning everything they touch into shit. Because they are made out of it themselves

>>716208749
I just say something funny like bird watching or extreme kayaking or fucking her mom. Imagine actually saying you’re a gamer or admitting it, and if someone brings up something say you watch Netflix. Gamers are seen as low status because many have the stigma of throwing opportunities away for gaming. And remember, everyone can be a gamer, so it’s not impressive because it doesn’t make money.

>>716210779
Lack of brainwashing in their native language.

>>716205952
in your culture faggotry is also not only in, but mandatory. as long as you scream no homo when exposed

your culture is fucking shit

>>716207778
this (you) pidorashka?

>>716209403
>vatnikstan+BHARAAAAP
truly a unstoppable match made in heaven

>>716205030
But Matt Walsh is none of those things.

>>716203108
Next you'll tell me eating is a hobby, you enormous fucking roast beef cunt

>>716205952
Your country has been taken over by a sociopathic dictator who brainwashes the masses and silences detractors. And that's not even talking about the national alcoholism epidemic which your frozen shithole is famous for. All the good Russians fled to countries like Georgia, leaving only the most slavish and low minded left to be driven like cattle onto the western front.

>>716204130
Even the jobless 29 year old neet is at worst case "lost tax revenue" instead of a literal crime factory

>>716205030
I am a chemical engineer nigger I do engineering at work, what tranny ass job do you have

>>716207778
>we sometimes rape young men when they act out
This isn't normal and you're a mongrel dog-person.

>>716204586
>27
On but why so specific?

>>716204735
>i give an ick to the religious hippie
Thank God, dodged a bullet here.

>>716205030
>Something creative. Something useful.
Nigger it's a hobby. It is for recreation. If i wanted the 3rd job. i'd get one.

>>716202848 (OP)
>Neither one of them does much with their free time besides scrolling on their phone or traveling.
To be fair, traveling is like, a real thing one can do that is actually beneficial.
Broadens your scope of the world, probably indicates they have other interests within there like learning a language, cycling, hiking (maybe all three and more), like that's something real. If I could travel all the time, I absolutely would never play another video game again.

>>716204339
>Speaker Mike Johnson
>Mike Johnson
>retard on /v/ thinks it's the woman

>>716205952
mid bait m8

>>716204762
>>the NPCs are posting in it anyway
Hey retard, it's trolling. Good rule of thumb, nobody is going to /v/ to genuinely talk about incels or politics, because the people who are on the other side don't go "Yeah, the video game board on the site I don't use or like will be the place to discuss that".
It's just trolling, trolls trolling retarded faggots like (You) who might also be trolling.

>>716204836
Why are you indian