Just because some people think that other people shouldn't do something all the time, they lable it an addiction and try to stop the person from doing it. People like to do diffrent things;
Some people like to hang out with real-life friends all the time.
Some people like to talk on the phone all the time.
Some people like to read all the time.
Some people like to spend time with their s.o. and/or family all the time.
Some people like to play table-top rpgs all the time.
Some people like to play mmorpgs all the time.
Some people like to be on computers all the time.
Some people like to eat healthy and exersize all the time.
Some people like to play sports all the time.
So why are some of those activities ok to do all the time irl, but others aren't? How come doing some of the rl activities online instead (example: hanging out in chatrooms all the time instead of hanging out irl) would get you labled as an addict? Why is it that people can get addicted to bad eating, but you never hear of people being addicted to eating healthy and exersizing? Playing with your kids can also cause headaches, back aches, and erratic sleep patterns, so how come no one is ever addicted to spending time with their family? Playing sports can cause the same pains, so why is it ok to play real life sports all the time but not to play sports games all the time?
I'll tell you why: the personal beliefs of what is good and bad of the person trying to stop the addict. Some people think it isn't good for people to play games all the time; I dissagree. But I'm not going to try to get people who don't want to do it to do it. I don't like hanging out in real life, but I'm not going to try to stop people that do. I believe in living my own life and not telling anyone else how to live theirs. If more people would follow this philosopy, the world would be a much better place.
To those of you saying "I want to stop so-and-so from playing WoW all the time because it's ruining their life" So? It's THEIR life, not yours. If they want to change, they will change. If they want to get help, they will seek it out. Who gave you the right to decide what's best for someone else's life anyway?
I think the people who want to stop game/computer addicts are addicted to interfearing with other people's life.
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Just because some people think that other people shouldn't do something all the time, they lable it an addiction and try to stop the person from doing it. People like to do diffrent things;
Some people like to hang out with real-life friends all the time.
Some people like to talk on the phone all the time.
Some people like to read all the time.
Some people like to spend time with their s.o. and/or family all the time.
Some people like to play table-top rpgs all the time.
Some people like to play mmorpgs all the time.
Some people like to be on computers all the time.
Some people like to eat healthy and exersize all the time.
Some people like to play sports all the time.
So why are some of those activities ok to do all the time irl, but others aren't? How come doing some of the rl activities online instead (example: hanging out in chatrooms all the time instead of hanging out irl) would get you labled as an addict? Why is it that people can get addicted to bad eating, but you never hear of people being addicted to eating healthy and exersizing? Playing with your kids can also cause headaches, back aches, and erratic sleep patterns, so how come no one is ever addicted to spending time with their family? Playing sports can cause the same pains, so why is it ok to play real life sports all the time but not to play sports games all the time?
I'll tell you why: the personal beliefs of what is good and bad of the person trying to stop the addict.
Some people think it isn't good for people to play games all the time; I dissagree. But I'm not going to try to get people who don't want to do it to do it. I don't like hanging out in real life, but I'm not going to try to stop people that do. I believe in living my own life and not telling anyone else how to live theirs. If more people would follow this philosopy, the world would be a much better place.
To those of you saying "I want to stop so-and-so from playing WoW all the time because it's ruining their life" So? It's THEIR life, not yours. If they want to change, they will change. If they want to get help, they will seek it out. Who gave you the right to decide what's best for someone else's life anyway?
I think the people who want to stop game/computer addicts are addicted to interfearing with other people's life.