Games Blamed in Return of Victorian Era Disease

[eddieroolz]

Yeah, blame these when things go bad:

- Video Games
- Global Warming
- Internet

Yawn. NEXT!

 

[cletus_slackjawd]

One overlooked reason why kids and early teens aren't out playing is population density. For many kids growing up these days it's simply fenced off construction sites, dangerous roadways, and houses everywhere. Besides, it's also much more dangerous to go out. Unless there is a parent home (unlikely) raising the kids and cares enough to properly supervise, they are much better off staying inside.

 

[Snuffles]

My sister told me, my niece and her classmates, were not allowed to pick up snow during recess. Another school has banned balls.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Critics+foul+over+schoolyard+ball/2470067/story.htm

 

[c0r3f1ght3r]

so dumb... go drink some milk and STFU seriously... next they'll blame cancer on video games... or they probably already have and I missed it

 

[mr_tuel]

[citation][nom]sublifer[/nom]So put a damn window next to the PC[/citation]
Probably easier to put the PC next to a damn window 😉

 

[Clintonio]

[citation][nom]m man[/nom]Video games are blamed for everything. What will they be blamed for next? Polution?[/citation]

Well, they do. As much as any other electronic appliance, yet gaming requires full on usage of a lot of hardware. So, gaming yes, does cause pollution on a scale above that of TV, casual users and some of them even use half the wattage of a kettle. Gaming is a cause of pollution.

So yeah, you can blame video games for both polluting and global warming to a small extent.

And yet, I call bullshit on this study. A healthy balanced diet, a few walks a day and a generally healthy lifestyle would prevent rickets. Video gaming probably doesn't promote it, but nor would a '24' marathon either.

 

[jundaboy]

[citation][nom]sublifer[/nom]So put a damn window next to the PC[/citation]

hhahhahahah so dam true

 

[Guest]

Video games didn't cause this, it was a bunch of retards that are biased to excercise, GO VIDEO GAMES!!!

 

[nforce4max]

[citation][nom]sublifer[/nom]So put a damn window next to the PC[/citation]

Done with house plants.

 

[ecnovaec]

[citation][nom]chess[/nom]next week's headline, "Video Games Responsible for Global Warming!"[/citation]

that would be great, since the internet made video games even larger, and Al Gore "invented" the internet. He is the cause of the very thing he is fighting to stop!!

 

[maxin]

Has everyone lost the ability to actually understand what they read? These same points are used to "defend" games every single time there is an article ANYWHERE mentioning that excessive playing aggravates a aggravates previously known human problems. its not saying games cause rickets or anything fantastic like that so the vast majority of comments are simply irrelevant. It doesn't matter that the game is "pure" and "innocent" or whatever, only that in this case the behavior of obsessive children playing video games has caused an increase in rickets that hasn't been seen for a hundred years.

 

[zmanz]

2+2=4. Anyone also wanna stick out the concept of "24/7 gaming = no suntan" while we're at it? Tom's : stick to your nature - HARDWARE. Enough of this stupid socializing style garbage. Reconsider some of your staff and get rid of the sensationalist BS already.

PS Google and Wikipedia as primary sources is a fail to any school with any merit. Try multiple sources. kthxbye.

 

[padlius]

In this season in UK there is no sun, so we are getting out Vitamin D through milk, goverment puts it in.

 

[nukem950]

What???? Kids don't watch TV anymore? They don't watch movies? They don't sit in their rooms texting for hours on end?

Wow things sure have changed over the last 5 years...

 

[pent5ht]

wow, they blame video games for everything. Theres many ways to get Vitamin D. Orange Juice, many other ways. Plus the UK Isnt even that sunny its usually raining. What are they gonna blame video games for next? global warming?

 

[michaelahess]

Computers.....will.....kill......you.

Without HAL's help.

 

[Repelsteeltje]

When I was a kid – cliché story coming up – we had trees, fields, meadows, ditches, whatever sort of terrain where to do all sorts of fun outside activities. Now there's here and there some artificial green between the concrete of tight urban housing. Also, my parents could still play outside safely without taking cars, immigrant gangs, drugs and other problems into consideration.

While I agree children these days seek too much comfort (probably following their parents' example: with adults becoming "fatsos" due to modern sedentary lifestyle, it's clear they're not going to (be able to) motivate children to be more active and outgoing), life just isn't the same as 50 years ago in lots of places in central Europe.

I assume the thought of becoming a local hero soccer/football player, athlete or rockstar might have motivated a lot of kids to take up sports and music years ago, but now all these disciplines are so global (on the scale of 7 billion people!) that these sort of dreams are so out of touch with modern life that they can't motive kids anymore and it really is easier to waste life in front of the television or computer.

It's too easy to point at one factor, such as TV or computer games, without taking the bigger picture into consideration.

 

[dragunover]

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2010/01/22/rickets-gaming-and-righteous-fury/1
fuck you tomshardware

 

[Ciuy]

BULL WACK. Its frikin winter, no1 wants to go out in -17C. Everyone will get their D dosage in the summer 😀. Ofcourse if some1 acts in summer like its winter then its bad )

 

[TheDuke]

games are deadly and so is every second your under a roof