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Gaming Communities Cause Of TV Ratings Decline?

Bendebecker writes "We all know about the falling popularity of television this season, but Mike Malone of ABC News has a very interesting viewpoint on why this is happening. He seems to think that the growing popularity of online gaming communities (the example he gives is Counter-Strike) are causing the decline, which is particularly noticeable among the young male demographic."

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  1. GOD FUCKING DAMN!!11!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT MASSIVE T0WER-STYLE ADVERTISEMENT D0ING 0N THE FRONT PAGE?

  2. [OT] This sucks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This has nothing to do with anything remotely Slashdot related, but I need to do something before my head explodes...

    As I type this, my roomate and my best friend/recent lover are fucking in the next room over. WHAT THE FUCK. After 10 years of friendship and built-up sexual tension, we finally hooked up and now less than a week later she's banging my roomate. I am so fucking incensed right now I can't think straight. I wouldn't mind if they went to a hotel or otherwise didn't make it known, but she just FUCKING WALKED PAST MY ROOM TOPLESS AND SHUT THE DOOR IN MY FUCKING FACE. How fucking insensitive can you be?!

    This sucks. It's 3AM and I'm telling strangers (GEEK strangers, no less) about my personal problems. I am a big pussy and will most likely not say anything to either one of them so I expect this to go on for a while. Fuck.

    Feeling low? There's someone else out there that's having a worse day than you. Trust me.

    1. Re:[OT] This sucks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Go in there and join in