• hakase
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    2 months ago

    I’d still rather play video games than watch a movie, and I’m in my 40s.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
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      2 months ago

      I’m rapidly approaching 40, but I’m there too.

      Most “normal” people see watching a movie or playing a game as a passive experience, you’re “doing nothing.”

      For me that couldn’t be more wrong. I almost never “just” watch a movie or show, that’s wayyyy too passive for me. Playing a game is engaging, you may not be physically running around, but you absolutely are “doing something.”

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        2 months ago

        That’s what I’ve been saying for years. It’s an entirely different activity that happens to involve blankly staring at a screen