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Gamers Are Fitter (and Sadder) Than You Think

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the crying-on-a-treadmill dept.

missb writes "According to NewScientist.com, online gamers are no 'couch potatoes'. US researchers quizzed players of the role-playing game EverQuest II, and found adult gamers to be in better physical condition than the average American. The downside, however, was the gamers reported more cases of depression and substance abuse than their compatriots."

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  1. i'm familiar with this retarded argument by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    methamphetamine is a drug

    well, water is a drug too

    therefore, methamphetamine should be thought of the same way as water!

    zzz

    pure stupidity

    "Stop bandying about the alteration of brain chemistry like you're afraid of somebody contaminating or stealing your precious bodily fluids. LIFE alters brain chemistry.
    And I note in your sig something about a horror movie? Guess what. Horror movies are a drug -- they alter brain chemistry! That's why people like them! YOU FUCKING DIRTY ADDICT YOU!"

    this is like considering a rocket launcher the same as a slingshot, because they both shoot things

    my god are you dense

    imagine a continuum, from water, to sugar, to caffeine, to methamphetamine

    you can't imagine any difference within that continuum, or perhaps a cut off point in what should be allowed/ not allowed?

    --
    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it