• teft@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I’m very averse to any asmongoloid content but the dude is legit good at gaming. He’s a giant turd too but so are a lot of skillful gamers.

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      7 hours ago

      ‘Being Good at gaming’ has no value. It’s like saying ‘he can see colours better than other people’ but that would have applications. There’s no value to society in having streamers around in their current iteration. And if your point is ‘but it is entertaining’ I have to say that there are better time sinks that would leave you with experience and skills instead of watching people play dumb games.

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        3 hours ago

        'Being Good at sports has no value. It’s like saying ‘he can see colors better than other people’ but that would have applications. There’s no value to society in having athletes around in their current iteration. And if your point is ‘but it is entertaining’ I have to say that there are better time sinks that would leave you with experience and skills instead of watching people play dumb sports.

        'Being Good at art has no value. It’s like saying ‘he can see colors better than other people’ but that would have applications. There’s no value to society in having artists around in their current iteration. And if your point is ‘but it is entertaining’ I have to say that there are better time sinks that would leave you with experience and skills instead of watching people paint dumb pictures or sing stupid songs.

        'Being Good at acting has no value. It’s like saying ‘he can see colors better than other people’ but that would have applications. There’s no value to society in having actors around in their current iteration. And if your point is ‘but it is entertaining’ I have to say that there are better time sinks that would leave you with experience and skills instead of watching silly movies and TV shows.

        Want me to go on or nah

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        5 hours ago

        That’s a matter of opinion, but I will say that at least on computer, any kind of gaming will improve your mechanical skill. I’m grateful to have started using PCs and gaming at a young age

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        5 hours ago

        Well, I used to think an opinion couldn’t be wrong, but here we are.

        Being good at gaming has what ever value people ascribe to it, either the player them selves, or the people who enjoy the content.

        A good chunk of my screen time after work is watching youtube videos of various gaming content creators.

        There are a variety of reasons I do it, and I’m sure other people could at more.

        Deciding if I’ll enjoy a particular game or genre.

        Learning new things about a game I already own.

        Seeing how broken a game can be through glitches / speedrunning.

        Sometimes it’s just fucking funny.

        So take your pissy negative attitude to other peoples enjoyment and go away.

      • earphone843@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        Not everything has to have a functional purpose. It’s perfectly fine to enjoy something that doesn’t.

        I mean, I’m sure your parents still love you even though it’s clear that their time was sunk into something without a functional purpose.