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Jazuela · 07-23-2011, 04:04 PM

Some people are kids, who game constantly because their parents use the computer as a babysitter/nanny instead of engaging them in face-to-face interpersonal activities.

Some people are physically disabled and -cannot- work, and all their able-bodied buddies are busy working all day, and so they need something to do, and use the computer to do it.

Some people are so significantly physically disabled, that the computer -is- their lifeline to reality (such as someone with ALS, who cannot walk, talk, move, breathe, eat, expel waste, without a machine to do it for them, however their ability to think is just as sharp as it always was).

Some people play while they're doing other computer-related things, such as work, or school, and they just happen to be fairly good at multi-tasking.

Add those four types together, and you would probably come up with a pretty hefty portion of people who fit into the category of "people who spend 12 hours or more playing computer games."

07-23-2011, 04:04 PM	#50
Jazuela Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New England Posts: 849	Re: Let's try this again...RP MUD Some people are kids, who game constantly because their parents use the computer as a babysitter/nanny instead of engaging them in face-to-face interpersonal activities. Some people are physically disabled and -cannot- work, and all their able-bodied buddies are busy working all day, and so they need something to do, and use the computer to do it. Some people are so significantly physically disabled, that the computer -is- their lifeline to reality (such as someone with ALS, who cannot walk, talk, move, breathe, eat, expel waste, without a machine to do it for them, however their ability to think is just as sharp as it always was). Some people play while they're doing other computer-related things, such as work, or school, and they just happen to be fairly good at multi-tasking. Add those four types together, and you would probably come up with a pretty hefty portion of people who fit into the category of "people who spend 12 hours or more playing computer games."