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43 posts & 20 voices | Started 4 months ago by kaesae | Latest reply from molgrips

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yunki - Member

humanity is not getting worse buddy.. you've been told this over and over again.. it's always been bi-polar

you're certainly focussing on the worse bits and looking for answers though.. which is nice.. but as mentioned you seem to stuck in a cycle of negative thinking..

I spend far more time indulging in screen based activities than Id like to.. however.. pretty much the only time I expose myself to life's dark underbelly through screentime is when I open your threads..

it's good that you're looking outwards for solutions but look inwards too otherwise you're just scapegoating.. be the change you want to see in the world and all that..

If you really want to make a change you are shouting into a deep and empty hole by using STW as your platform.. you know that yet still you do it..
be progressive..

Posted 4 months ago #
kaesae - Member

Lifer - Member

"kaesae - Member
Lifer! would you say it has made you more tolerant, friendly and charming?"

Lifer - Member
More tolerant/friendly/charming than what?

The hyperbole and leaps of logic I can take, but if you ask me a question at least have the decency to respond to the answer.

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Posted 3 months ago #
Surrounded By Zulus - Member

To answer the OP - I'm a fatalist - people do bad stuff and always have done.

Posted 3 months ago #
kaesae - Member

Perhaps it is simply my mental retardation that makes me ask so many questions and seek to learn.

None the less, I am always up for some ridicule!

If you are spending time doing any activity, will you not also be spending time cultivating an attitude that is appropriate to that activity?

If you are involved in activities where you invest or risk nothing physical or emotional you then do not have anything to lose, there are no responsibilities or consiquences, no matter what you do.

You are saying that even though you are cultivating this attitude, you can switch it off and on at will and it does not effect you in any way to how you act or the decisions you make in the real world?

Also the I don't give a shit attitude in our society, isn't being caused to any degree by screen based past times. That in fact everyone who is involved in cultivating an attitude of no responsibility and no consiquences, can also switch that attitude on and off at will and thus stop any detrimental effect it might have on their lives and culture?

What we do defines who we are and attitude plays a great part in determining our individual capacity to succeed. Are you claim that cultivating an attitude of no responsibility and no consiquences is a good thing?

I'm still a bit confused to be honest and now I have even more questions, so for now I will simply except that if you are happy, I am happy to leave you to it

Posted 3 months ago #
kaesae - Member

So moving on from the detrimental attitude cultivation inherent in screen based past times and since no one has any objections, let us look at the attitudes of those who indulge in screen based past times/activities and the effects of it on thier healths.

Rather than looking at them all I will simply focus on the obese, these individuals care nothing for the condition of thier own physical bodies, they have taken the entire no responsibility or consiquences of thier actions to a completely new level. I feel quite confident that the rise in screen based past times and obesity/health issues is linked.

Not only are there detrimental psychological side effects but there are also physiological side effects, this is however only my deranged view point.

Posted 3 months ago #
kaesae - Member

Google search turns up this

http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=does+watching+TV+cause+obesity&pbx=1&oq=does+watching+TV+cause+obesity&aq=f&aqi=g-m1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=10603l19678l0l20675l30l17l0l13l13l0l128l1486l14.3l30l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=8b4d6bc0e1cf18b&biw=1920&bih=944

This was carried out on scottish children

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleeping-angels/200908/watching-tv-leads-obesity

So basicaly I hear what you are saying, I just don't believe you

That said most of you are too far gone to benfit from this thread, hopefully some are not, screens off! and your lives back on!

That's all I have to say about that!

Posted 3 months ago #
Mrs Toast - Member

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/daily-mail-fabricated-zombie-gamer-story/090465

"However, Hart-Fletcher has confirmed to Beefjack that he never said the quotes attributed to him in the story, and even provided an MP3 of the interview as proof.

“Our stance is that gaming, being in constant contact with friends and playing with other gamers around the world, is good for most kids most of the time,” Hart-Fletcher stated.

“While people can over-use games or smartphones, they can over-use anything – and that’s no reflection of the value of the activity.”"

BAAAAM! THREAD RESURRECTION!

Posted 3 months ago #
molgrips - Member

INRATS, but

If you are spending time doing any activity, will you not also be spending time cultivating an attitude that is appropriate to that activity?

Perhaps but maybe you choose activities that match the attitude you already have? So lazy people like to sit around and watch TV, rather than watching TV making you lazy.

Posted 3 months ago #

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