"Games like that are why murderers exist!"
Alright, alright... what the actual fuck? This, among other things, is the stupidest concept I've ever heard, and I spent 6 years of my life hanging about with some dimwitted boys from my local neighborhood, who spent all their time dreaming of taking over towns, assassinating world leaders and creating conspiracies without any proper knowledge of society and politics.
The games they target with that phrase, and other far-thrown... accusations I guess, are games such as Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row and any other game which features any sort of killing (aka every goddamn console game pretty much). So, in short, those who utilize that phrase are saying video games in a whole are the reason murderers and serial killers exist.
Here's a little bit of history for you. The Dark Ages... guess you could call it an era... it was about 1000AD. Back then, war was everyday talk. Wars were everywhere, non-stop. If one ended, another started. Hell, bandits and any other human trash that lingered after dark would rape, kill and loot any motherfucker they could, either for fun or for a living. Were there any video games? Was your average farmer, or high-class noble playing, what, "Caveman Rampage" or something? Nup, a fucking arched roof was as high-tech as it got, nevermind a computer game.
And when the 1500's came around, when they had cannons, ships, arched roofs, guns of some sort and that Leonardo Da Vinci guy kicking, there was still war, murder, raping, looting, pillaging... and yet, no videogames. None, I don't even think they had chess by that point, nevermind your typical first-person shooter, or even Space Invaders.
And now, when humanity has pretty much got it's shit together. When we've even got an international aid and peace organisation, the United Nations, which clearly dictates in it's name that it's all for peace and the alike... people are accusing videogames as the cause of psychopaths, murderers, rapist, and whatever else... well excuussseee meeee. Death rates are down drastically, there is nowhere near as many wars as there was. Whole villages aren't getting burned to the ground, people aren't going to battle with their neighboring villages over a bloody pig..... and yet, people blame videogames with violence for the, albeit still existing, murders and the related.
And if what they say is true, violent videogames brew violence in life, then does that mean playing Farmville makes me a farmer? Or Surgeon Simulator makes me a doctor (albeit a really bad one who uses a hammer to remove ribs)? Or playing Tropico makes me the president of some island off the coast of central America? I should think not.
To put it simply, parents don't want kids playing violent videogames so they spend more time in the boring presence of said parents, giving them more control over their kids.
That's the end of my rant. ^.^
Friday 28 February 2014
Thursday 27 February 2014
Youth is a Lie
Growing up. Most of you reading would associate that phrase with future dreams, childhood and teenage life. And all of THOSE associations you make with "growing up" can be further associated to things like friendship, youth and any other things along those lines.
For me, however, the phrase "growing up" is one that sends chills up my spine and makes my skin crawl.
Youth is nothing but a lie created for those who want to blind themselves with false friendships, alcohol, partying/clubbing, all while looking down on those who don't participate in said activities. You could almost says it's like a sales pitch for a metaphorical train to the depths of hell, with a heavy price on return tickets.
Once a member of the flock of sheep who willingly strut towards a hell harder to escape than the friendzone, you almost instantly sign your name up for years of betrayal, manipulation, makeshift relationships, being used and becoming a doormat for others to attempt to reach the false happiness at the end of the tunnel.
You may argue at this point, stating that i'm deluded and have an ecstatically morphed view of the world. Although saying that would be partially true, it is also partially false. You too have a morphed view on the world, whether small or large, it too affects your opinion on matters, making me seem like more of a pitiable loner than I really am. This is, assuming, that opinion is coming from the point of view of someone who is living out, or has lived out, their youth in such a way.
If the previous paragraph is, in fact, what you think of this ramble, please ask yourself the following:
How many friends do you have?
How many of said friends do you fully trust?
Have you had a relationship/friendship that has lasted longer than 6 months?
If no, how long did it take for the receiver of the relationship to shift to someone else?
How many disputes have you had in the past 3 months?
Hopefully, by answering the previous questions, I've opened your eyes a little, revealing some of our disgustingly cruel reality to you.
Youth is nothing but a lie, forged by whorish leeches who require a flock, resources, to reach their own pinnacle. And because those who are lured in are nothing but resources, they are treated in that way.... used and discarded upon requirement, much like how you throw a bottle into a bin, or on the street if you're like that, upon finishing it's contents, and you don't look back.
My experience of youth, which is currently ongoing, is one that is, in itself, also a system created by parasitic abominations who only care about themselves. However, I will not go over the details here, it will be covered in a later date.... possibly under the title "I'm living in a conspiracy" if I don't forget by then...
I shall conclude my rant here for the sake of any reader who is either finding it utterly hilarious that someone with this opinion actually exists, or if said reader is cringing in boredom.
EDIT 24/05/2020 - I decided to read through these older posts for nostalgia's sake. This made me cringe. I think I wrote this after watching SNAFU, might explain the edge.
For me, however, the phrase "growing up" is one that sends chills up my spine and makes my skin crawl.
Youth is nothing but a lie created for those who want to blind themselves with false friendships, alcohol, partying/clubbing, all while looking down on those who don't participate in said activities. You could almost says it's like a sales pitch for a metaphorical train to the depths of hell, with a heavy price on return tickets.
Once a member of the flock of sheep who willingly strut towards a hell harder to escape than the friendzone, you almost instantly sign your name up for years of betrayal, manipulation, makeshift relationships, being used and becoming a doormat for others to attempt to reach the false happiness at the end of the tunnel.
You may argue at this point, stating that i'm deluded and have an ecstatically morphed view of the world. Although saying that would be partially true, it is also partially false. You too have a morphed view on the world, whether small or large, it too affects your opinion on matters, making me seem like more of a pitiable loner than I really am. This is, assuming, that opinion is coming from the point of view of someone who is living out, or has lived out, their youth in such a way.
If the previous paragraph is, in fact, what you think of this ramble, please ask yourself the following:
How many friends do you have?
How many of said friends do you fully trust?
Have you had a relationship/friendship that has lasted longer than 6 months?
If no, how long did it take for the receiver of the relationship to shift to someone else?
How many disputes have you had in the past 3 months?
Hopefully, by answering the previous questions, I've opened your eyes a little, revealing some of our disgustingly cruel reality to you.
Youth is nothing but a lie, forged by whorish leeches who require a flock, resources, to reach their own pinnacle. And because those who are lured in are nothing but resources, they are treated in that way.... used and discarded upon requirement, much like how you throw a bottle into a bin, or on the street if you're like that, upon finishing it's contents, and you don't look back.
My experience of youth, which is currently ongoing, is one that is, in itself, also a system created by parasitic abominations who only care about themselves. However, I will not go over the details here, it will be covered in a later date.... possibly under the title "I'm living in a conspiracy" if I don't forget by then...
I shall conclude my rant here for the sake of any reader who is either finding it utterly hilarious that someone with this opinion actually exists, or if said reader is cringing in boredom.
EDIT 24/05/2020 - I decided to read through these older posts for nostalgia's sake. This made me cringe. I think I wrote this after watching SNAFU, might explain the edge.
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