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Video Game Use Linked To Breast Feeding
In order to demonstrate the ridiculousness of some recent studies which grabbed media headlines by claiming "links" between video games and all sorts of negative behavior (such as violence and the lower-quality relationships), Ars Technica's Ben Kuchera did an experiment of his own: "I started calling people I knew, and I asked if they had one or more video games in the house. Then I asked if they breast-fed their children. To my great shock, most answered 'yes' to both. One couple I contacted switched to formula after their child's birth, and told me that they didn't play video games. The data, based on my first round of calls, was conclusive: if you play video games, you are much more likely to breast-feed your children. You're probably ready to shoot five thousand holes in my argument. ... I did my job though, and you clicked on the headline." He goes on point out flaws in media reports and legislation involving such claims.
Pics, or it didn't happen.
Doesn't this deserve to be under idle?
Curiosity was framed; ignorance killed the cat. -- Author unknown
So they were breastfeeding before their child's birth???
Ben Kuchera is a dribbling moron who hasn't proven anything apart from his ignorance.
He's basically making the following claim: I can do a non-scientific survey and publish the results. Therefore, anyone publishing results must also be doing a non-scientific survey.
The non-sequiteur inherent in this claim is obvious. It's also overbroad. If true, his claim would invalidate not only the results about video games, but all of science.
If you disagree with a methodology, attack the actual methodology, not a strawman of it.
But I suspect this bozo has done no research into the methodology used at all and is just assuming that since the results are not to his liking, the methodology must be flawed.
That makes him an idiot.
Damn, and I was about to publish my study about the link between video game playing and breathing! 100% of gamers I have interviewed actually breathe between 10-20 times per minute. My interviews with non breathers at the local cemetery was a disaster, but I noticed that none of them play games! I think I'm on to something.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
... it was found that well over 95% of people who use hard drugs, started out on milk.
Quite obviously, milk is a "gateway drug" and must be outlawed! "It's for the children."
I mean, really, how many geeks does it take to miss a point?
Computer memory is just fancy paper, CPUs just fancy pens with fancy erasers; the 'net is just a fancy backyard fence.
"Mother's milk leads to everything!"
If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.
How many non-violent games are there? I mean, if you get to the bottom of this discussion, Tom and Jerry are highly violent.
So is Mario violent or not? What about Sonic?
if you are not able to discern about an important satire making a point regarding misconceptions and bullsh@t going on in the society about video gaming ?
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1. Breastfeeding is more prevalent in more educated people, which is correlated to wealth - i.e. people with more money who can buy video games. Check to see if two cars or a bigger house is related to breastfeeding.
2. Even though I'm sure your the most popular guy on the planet, I doubt the sample you have tested is remotely significant. Clearly you need funding to take your research globally.
3. One of the key features of breastfeeding is that men can't do it. So they have more free time - especially as they're not getting any of the other kind of action.
Genesis 1:32 And God typed
So what they are saying is that breatfeeding leads to violence right?
Look out, you'll shoot Dorkus.
Think of the poor tetrominoes, getting wantonly piled up and destroyed!
Whoosh.
Everybody. Fucking WHOOSH!!
It's not that there's a scientific link between breast feeding and video games. The author is making a sarcastic point about the ridiculousness of the studies, and the tenuousness of the link between video games and violence.
Think, people.
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
It's a parody. It's not supposed to make us look....non-silly. It's supposed to make the other side look sillier. Which it does, to those of use with a sense of humour.
Apparently, however, you're missing that personality component.
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
But most of the studies that have been published include much more rigor than this conveniently-sampled, not-significance-tested phone survey by the poster. The issue is more the media translating the researchers' conclusion (video game playing is *linked* to X, Y and Z) into a causal association.
From the BYU study:
Yet I saw at least one newspaper with the headline: "Study shows video games *cause* host of problems."
I'd rather have someone respond than be modded up.
But Sonic's violence was used to free those poor enslaved animals. The end justified the means.
I love BS statistics! 90% of all statistics are 45% made up and 31% scare mongering. Also, statistics statistics 43% statistics 12% statistics Fox News statistics statistics.
But I can't really blame them, I mean, you read my non-sense too, statistics... ;P
When gamepads used to have two large immensely comfortable buttons and two analog sticks to chew on. Want girlie-hug now!
I plan on destroying that perfect record!
One couple I contacted switched to formula after their child's birth . ... how they were breast-feeding their child before birth?
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I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
Exactly, and I was able to figure that out without even RTFA.
That explains the impossibly-proportioned Lara Croft.
"I guess the moral of the story is, don't paint your airship with rocket fuel." -- Addison Bain
For most people, violent media doesn't do that much other than likely desensitizing people to violent behaviour a little bit at a time. This doesn't cause people to go on a killing spree because most people are capable of reasoning out their actions.
I work with young adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and many of the guys I work with often don't have an ability to reason out their actions. If something makes them upset (I took too long to go to the washroom, their social assistance cheque didn't come in today, the sun is yellow) they can get extremely upset.
I have seen first hand how much more aggressive and violent they get after putting on a 50 Cent CD and playing shooting games. Often times, it results in one of my guys ending up in jail again.
Do I blame 50 Cent, Halo or GTA? No, but I can appreciate that under certain conditions, they can be the factor that pushes someone over the edge, or brings them to a heightened level of emotion where the next "problem" will push them over the edge.
This doesn't account for everyone, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are a great deal of "normal people" that could be pushed over the edge with violent material in the same way.
I realize this was sarcasm, but now I'm curious. Does video gaming lead to breast feeding, and alternatively does breast feeding lead to video gaming? I wonder how much government money you could get to do that BS study.
No, I'm not. That's why I know I have to tell people to think......
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
Maybe i should have put down the controller, but they were always hungry right when i was getting the most kills!
In November of 2007 my best friend's wife had her 2nd child. She had recently become a fan of Rock Band. I do not have the picture on my computer but she got the brilliant idea of what to do while breast feeding the child. "Give me the Rock Band guitar, I want to play." And thus her husband has a picture of her playing Rock Band, and breast feeding her child. So its true!
It's not that there's a scientific link between breast feeding and video games.
OK, but what if it's Leisure Suit Larry?
My God, it's Full of Source!
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