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Games Will Follow Smoking Cigarettes - Unhealthy, bad, pure evil: gaming

Calin Ciabai writes:

''A few days ago I decided to put an end to my most disgusting habit: smoking and, as expected, most of my friends have rushed in to congratulate me. But the idea for this
weekend's reading came after one of my oldest friends (and, at the same time, a guy that never played a video game in his life) told me something like: "Well done, bro! Now, you only have to stop wasting your life in front of flat screens and you'll be perfect!". It was the moment it clicked. Everything became crystal clear. Invisible puzzle pieces were, in an instant, joined together, presenting me the big picture: games are like smoking!''
harry190 - contributor
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White_hell - 592 days 11 hours ago
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seriously...... games are like smoking

thats gone too far
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doshey - 592 days 11 hours ago
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wow really someone must not know the difference between smoking and gaming
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ianp622 - 592 days 11 hours ago
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The only one wasting time in front of a flat screen monitor is the person that wrote this article.

Honestly, just because video games are popular, and some people don't like them and say they are bad for you, they should be compared to cigarettes? Why don't we throw comic books, rock and roll, and Harry Potter in there too?

The only time I would say video games might be compared to smoking is in the case of MMORPGs, where some people get addicted to spending inordinate amounts of time in the game just to level up. In other words, it's a problem when you're playing a game even though you are not having fun.
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jadenkorri - 592 days 10 hours ago
3.1 - ya
just pointing the finger at someone for playing games is ridiculous, i know tons of people who don't play games, but sit their fat a$$ in front of the TV and watch show after show and flip through them all day and don't do anything, and there totally over weight, apparently were not the same, technically who is getting more exercise, a gamer or tv viewer, a gamer is cause hes constantly thinking rather than staring at a screen and absorbing rubbish...... wasn't it like 15 years ago listening to music and watching bad movies was what caused school shooting and the what not... Now that gaming has become the popular thing its easier to blame games rather than yourself as a bad parent...
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v1c1ous - 592 days 11 hours ago
4 - anything that affects your life negatively
is bad for you.

for some people, even games
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skynidas - 592 days 11 hours ago
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Yeah there's some people that can manage to control themselves when playing videogames, with not controlling themselves i dont mean getting crazy and kill people, I mean that you stop other things in your life like going to work or studying and games start to become like a drug, that's my opinion
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DaddyDC650 - 592 days 10 hours ago
5 - WTF?? I'll never quit!!!
God willing, I'll never stop playing games and smoking weed. He was talking about smoking weed right? =)
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The Milkman - 592 days 10 hours ago
6 - Haha
Denial the first signs of addiction. lol :)
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CautionHead - 592 days 8 hours ago
7 - Did anyone even read the artical?
He clearly sides with gaming, he only says that the people against gaming have a passion identical to anti-smoking spokesmen. Try reading the article before you post, I guess this is the internet, I'm expecting to much.
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harry190 - 592 days 6 hours ago
7.1 - You are right,
hardly ever read more than the headline,yet many comment.Hummm....nice....
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JasonX43 - 591 days 5 hours ago
8 - I'm a peaceful person, but,
if any of my friends had said that about my gaming I would've tackled them and we'd be on the floor! I had to fight for my right to game and I'll quit when I know what it takes to beat a game and I know I just don't have it! Til' then, I'd rather spend my money on the next installment of Ninja Gaiden(Next month! Yay!), than on an overpriced car, overpriced clothes, overpriced shoes to get into an overrated club and try to impress overpriced girls!
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