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Maine GOP attack Dem for playing World of Warcraft!

I just find it hard to believe that no one you know plays any sort of video game unless you live in some cloistered community. Do you count video poker? Maybe some of them secretly play The Sims for hours each night but hide it to avoid persecution by the local community.

Well, I never said that, but who cares about what I really said. Right? You're not going to let anything stand in your way of making a personal attack.

But, since you brough it up...why is it so hard to comprehend that not everyone is just like you?
 
Why not, the last one did...


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I just find it hard to believe that no one you know plays any sort of video game unless you live in some cloistered community. Do you count video poker? Maybe some of them secretly play The Sims for hours each night but hide it to avoid persecution by the local community.

I wouldn't count the gambling gaming machines as "video games" for the purpose of this discussion. Just as I wouldn't count training films as part of the movie industry. Video poker, backgammon, chess, solitare can all be played in the physical and the video part is just a display issue. In fact I prefer to play backgammon in the physical.
 
So you are claiming that conservative leisure activities are always constructive? Please see my above post referencing golf and horse dancing.

What? Where did I even hint at that? Are you so over the top partisan that you have to bring political persuasion into everything?
 
It's a good means of separating out the weird or the childish from the normal. The opponents can capitalize on a huge generation gap (one that existed up to the early point of the last decade) and demonstrate that they "aren't ready" for grown-up activities like politics.

Or people can grow up and learn some people get rid of stress in different ways. I am sorry, but this is simply childish behavior on the part of the Maine GOP. I would much rather have a representive relax time be playing WoW or Madden compared to going out and doing drugs or drinking. Hell, I am about to go get a game of Command and Conquer because my mind needs a break from studying. And for anyone saying I am not ready for grown up activities, in law school, top 25% of my class, and I am a select few for potetial TAs for next semester. Whoops, guess I am not ready for anything yet.
 
Well, I never said that, but who cares about what I really said. Right? You're not going to let anything stand in your way of making a personal attack.

But, since you brough it up...why is it so hard to comprehend that not everyone is just like you?

I apologize. It was this line that lead me to my conclusion.

"Of all the people I know, work with, am friends with, am acquaintances with and the conversations we have, video games is never a topic."

I missed that you stated earlier in the post that MOST of your friends don't play though if it is never a topic of conversation, how do you know? As usual, I'm not claiming everyone else plays video games but in modern U.S. society those who don't are just another fantasy right wing majority.
 
What? Where did I even hint at that? Are you so over the top partisan that you have to bring political persuasion into everything?

The Libbos--the diversity promotin' folks--just can't believe that there are people out there that aren't into the same **** they are. When they find out we're here, they call us, "Amish", which is code for, "backwards", since the Amish basically live in the 19th Century.
 
Or people can grow up and learn some people get rid of stress in different ways. I am sorry, but this is simply childish behavior on the part of the Maine GOP. I would much rather have a representive relax time be playing WoW or Madden compared to going out and doing drugs or drinking. Hell, I am about to go get a game of Command and Conquer because my mind needs a break from studying. And for anyone saying I am not ready for grown up activities, in law school, top 25% of my class, and I am a select few for potetial TAs for next semester. Whoops, guess I am not ready for anything yet.

It's a perspective that resonates with many people (moreso the existing voters rather than upcoming potential voters), so it will be exploited. That's all there is to it.
 
I apologize. It was this line that lead me to my conclusion.

"Of all the people I know, work with, am friends with, am acquaintances with and the conversations we have, video games is never a topic."

I missed that you stated earlier in the post that MOST of your friends don't play though if it is never a topic of conversation, how do you know? As usual, I'm not claiming everyone else plays video games but in modern U.S. society those who don't are just another fantasy right wing majority.


I wouldn't have even participated in this thread, if not for the suggestion that the folks that don't play vidoe games, or at least spend a limited amount of time playing them are the folks that are the weirdos.

I was only pointing out that thise folks aren't the weirdos, they're the normal folks, who perform tough, dirty, dangerous jobs everyday, to make a living.

Most of the gamer dorks I've worked with were substandards workers, lacked maturity, motivation, common sense and social skills. They couldn't take an ass chewing; when I got in their ass about something, they wanted to throw a hissy fit and drag up. They had problems telling the difference between a discussion and a lecture; had an inability to respect authority; believed that instructions were optional.

My dad told me when I was a kid: "There are two kinds of men in the world, roughnecks and ******s." The gamer dorks usually AREN'T roughnecks.
 
Or people can grow up and learn some people get rid of stress in different ways. I am sorry, but this is simply childish behavior on the part of the Maine GOP. I would much rather have a representive relax time be playing WoW or Madden compared to going out and doing drugs or drinking. Hell, I am about to go get a game of Command and Conquer because my mind needs a break from studying. And for anyone saying I am not ready for grown up activities, in law school, top 25% of my class, and I am a select few for potetial TAs for next semester. Whoops, guess I am not ready for anything yet.

If you're spending 22 hours a week relieving stress by sitting your ass on a couch, a job that requires 60-80 hours a week serving the people might not be a good fit for you - which was precisely the point the Maine GOP was trying to make.

You can excuse your couch potato behavior however you wish, and it's your life to waste, but it doesn't make them any less excuses.
 
If you're spending 22 hours a week relieving stress by sitting your ass on a couch, a job that requires 60-80 hours a week serving the people might not be a good fit for you - which was precisely the point the Maine GOP was trying to make.

You can excuse your couch potato behavior however you wish, and it's your life to waste, but it doesn't make them any less excuses.

The interesting part is that she demonstrates that she has only spent about 30 minutes playing that game since the campaign started. Of course, that also shows the relative...incompatibility of MMORPG playing and more demanding jobs.
 
I wouldn't have even participated in this thread, if not for the suggestion that the folks that don't play vidoe games, or at least spend a limited amount of time playing them are the folks that are the weirdos.

I was only pointing out that thise folks aren't the weirdos, they're the normal folks, who perform tough, dirty, dangerous jobs everyday, to make a living.

Most of the gamer dorks I've worked with were substandards workers, lacked maturity, motivation, common sense and social skills. They couldn't take an ass chewing; when I got in their ass about something, they wanted to throw a hissy fit and drag up. They had problems telling the difference between a discussion and a lecture; had an inability to respect authority; believed that instructions were optional.

My dad told me when I was a kid: "There are two kinds of men in the world, roughnecks and ******s." The gamer dorks usually AREN'T roughnecks.

And a roughneck doesn't have to be someone's boss to have the guts to chew them out.
 
It's a perspective that resonates with many people (moreso the existing voters rather than upcoming potential voters), so it will be exploited. That's all there is to it.

I don't completely disagree, but like you said it is perspective and that is sort of my point. The job is stressful and playing WoW isn't as bad as many things they could be doing.
 
You're a homosexual. :lol:



Thrall was pretty boss but I have two words for you as a Tauren.

Cairne ****ing Bloodhoof!

Yeah he was boss too, but Wyvern is just a badass. Like seriously try and **** him up and see what happens.
 
I don't completely disagree, but like you said it is perspective and that is sort of my point. The job is stressful and playing WoW isn't as bad as many things they could be doing.

I'm not suggesting it is a point I completely agree with. To me, it is just a possible tool to undermine the credibility of the opponent. I might have qualms with gaming culture, and I do, but for the most part, I am pretty live and let live with it.
 
If you're spending 22 hours a week relieving stress by sitting your ass on a couch, a job that requires 60-80 hours a week serving the people might not be a good fit for you - which was precisely the point the Maine GOP was trying to make.

You can excuse your couch potato behavior however you wish, and it's your life to waste, but it doesn't make them any less excuses.

Compare it to my 30-45 hour work week, where I probably play 12-15 hours, either she is not playing enough or I am playing too much. And it isn't excuses because as I stated I am doing fairly well in school, but I need a way to get rid of stress. Playing video games is one of those ways. Like I said, it is a stupid attack on something that is minor.
 
Acording to the figures you posted you are indeed correct in you original assertion that the video game industry has surpassed both the music and video industry in gross receipts. Also, the figures report 2/3rds of the US population plays video games (though how they could know that is a bit shaky, sounds like someone is spittballing for advertising effect).

Personally I find it's like the stats that the porn industry trumps all other entertainment media - sad.

How so? Video games are not porn, and there is nothing shameful about playing a game, and they are a viable source of entertainment, and one of the best ways to tell a story IMO.
 
I'm not suggesting it is a point I completely agree with. To me, it is just a possible tool to undermine the credibility of the opponent. I might have qualms with gaming culture, and I do, but for the most part, I am pretty live and let live with it.

I understand that, but the GOP is using perspective and completely blocking out their own. Maybe some one from the GOP watches TV for three hours a night. That is just as much a waste of a time then playing a game for three hours. My point is, simply because you do not understand why doesn't mean it is childish or you are not prepared for problems.
 
How so? Video games are not porn,

Well, in a way they are. It's a carnal, often depraved portrayal of reality (hyper-reality, really).
 
I understand that, but the GOP is using perspective and completely blocking out their own. Maybe some one from the GOP watches TV for three hours a night. That is just as much a waste of a time then playing a game for three hours. My point is, simply because you do not understand why doesn't mean it is childish or you are not prepared for problems.

Certainly not, but we have had generations that were more inclined to believe it (not at all unlike the "boob tube" complaints). It will fade away after a while. Well, that is unless, the gaming community continues to strive to be like the satire in the film Gamer.
 
What? Where did I even hint at that? Are you so over the top partisan that you have to bring political persuasion into everything?

So please elaborate concerning these constructive leisure activities. Oh, and prove the woman's opponent in the OP either engages in them or something equivalent or by your own standards just criticizing her is hypocritical.
 
Certainly not, but we have had generations that were more inclined to believe it (not at all unlike the "boob tube" complaints). It will fade away after a while. Well, that is unless, the gaming community continues to strive to be like the satire in the film Gamer.

Then I shall help break that mold. Soccerboy22: Law Student, TA, and Holy Paladin defender of the Alliance.
 
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