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Gamers Divorced From Reality?
nd01 writes "According to Gamepolitics.com, Bill OReilly has a few choice words for gamers and computer geeks in general. The well-known conservative pundit has harsh words for iPod owners, gamers, the PS3, and all of us 'disconnected from reality' by modern technological contrivances."
From the article: "Basically what you have is a large portion of the population, mostly younger people under the age of 45, who don't deal with reality — ever. So they don't know what day it is; they don't know temperature it is; they don't know what their neighbor looks like. They don't know anything... because they are constantly diverted by a machine. Now what this does is it takes a person away from reality because they've created their own reality..."
Bill makes a great point. Most hardcore gamers are not in touch with reality. I've had two roommates fail out of college because WoW consumed their lives and they forgot when class was; what tests were on; what time it was; how long its been since they last showered, ate, or slept. And I'm only in my 3rd semester. Let's face it, kids today would rather go fishing in a video game (see: Zelda for Wii) than in real life. They would rather farm gold for hours on end instead of make real money. It's too bad.
Technically, the soldiers are sending themselves off to be killed in Iraq. That's what "all-volunteer" army means. Of course, you're probably one of those left-wing people who believe soldiers are too stupid to make an informed decision, and who can't figure out why somebody would be proud to serve his country because they themselves have never felt that patriotic in the first place. Or maybe it's because they lack the physical capabilities of serving, with their frail bodies and all that ? Seriously, can you come up with ONE activity that "conservatives" (such a broad term that it does not really mean anything) want to ban unreasonably ? It's America, not some middle-eastern dictatorship/theocracy.