"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread (pt 2)

[Kutnupe14]

Broke: Gaming is a mental health disorder.

Woke:

To be honest... I know a LOT of people that the above absolutely holds true. lol

 

[hopper68]

She taught religion at a Catholic Highschool and moonlighted as a sex-ed teacher.

St. Catharines teacher in custody after sharing explicit videos - CHCH

 

[Ericpwp]

You obviously don't know that the best mozzarella comes from buffalo milk.


And goat's milk is delicious. Sheep's milk cheese is good too.

Horse milk is fermented into a beverage favored among nomadic people of the central Asian steppes.

Genghis Khan's Army drank their horse's milk.

 

[actaeon277]

From McAfee, and from RT... so... you decide if true.

‘Incompetent enemies’: John McAfee blasts ‘poisoning’ attempt from his hospital bed

He probably ate a sandwich that had been in the sun all day.

 

[actaeon277]

She taught religion at a Catholic Highschool and moonlighted as a sex-ed teacher.

St. Catharines teacher in custody after sharing explicit videos - CHCH

Apparently, I shoulda been a teen ager now.

 

[printcraft]

Gaming is a mental health disorder but someone believing they are one of 57 genders beyond the only 2 there are is not... sounds about right.

 

[sharkey]

He probably ate a sandwich that had been in the sun all day.

Isn't that how McDonald's makes their special sauce?

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Apparently, I shoulda been a teen ager now.

I'm glad I did my teen thing during the '70s (but you do make a strong case).

 

[jamil]

Gaming is a mental health disorder but someone believing they are one of 57 genders beyond the only 2 there are is not... sounds about right.

To be fair they’re not saying gaming is the disorder. The addiction to gaming is. If you can’t pull yourself away long enough to pee, I’m okay with calling that a disorder.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

To be fair they’re not saying gaming is the disorder. The addiction to gaming is. If you can’t pull yourself away long enough to pee, I’m okay with calling that a disorder.

Every time the 'next big game' comes out, they push the disorder/addiction stories. Pokemon GO, Words with Friends, World of Warcraft, Fortnite...

 

[jamil]

Every time the 'next big game' comes out, they push the disorder/addiction stories. Pokemon GO, Words with Friends, World of Warcraft, Fortnite...

Most people can binge a new game and that’s fine, but if you can’t assend the basement for three weeks straight, have **** bottles and high octane beverage cans strewn all over, and can’t hold a job because gaming is so much more than providing a living for yourself, yeah. That’s a disorder.

The problem is that both sides misrepresent the literature. The anti-gamers try to impune all gaming with it and the pro-gamers try to say that any criticism of any gaming is inaccurate. It’s kinda like what’s happening here. You’re trying to say everyone is saying more than they’re saying, as if they’re saying that LIKING to game is a disorder. The real literature that I’ve read says yeah, it can be a problem if it’s disrupting your ability function in life. That’s where it becomes a disorder. It’s not a problem with the vast majority of gamers.

And the other side latches onto that and tries to make the literature on it say that it’s gaming itself. C’.mon It’s not dispariging you unless you’re unemployed, and haven’t left your mom’s basement for months, because you can’t put the VR down when it’s time to go to work, or even pee.

 

[jamil]

BTW, the definition of a mental disorder is a pattern of thinking or behavior which disables or severely inhibits normal functioning. Getting up to pee is normal. Going out into the world to earn a living is normal. Choosing to set aside time to binge a new game, and then resuming normal life functions is not a disorder. It’s only a disorder when you can’t make yourself do normal functions, because you’re addicted. Some people are addicted to video games to the point where they can’t function. Saying that isn’t blaming the game any more than saying anything is the fault of the thing people slare addicted to. Some people are just prone to addiction.

 

[HoughMade]

Everyone needs a hobby. Your hobby doesn’t need to be understood by everyone. The key is keeping everything you do in perspective and having your priorities straight.

 

[actaeon277]

Isn't that how McDonald's makes their special sauce?

Guy at work kept stealing food.
He even stole two of my frozen dinners I keep in case I get held over.
Not only did he steal them, he turned the box around, and put it back in the freezer, with the open side in the back.
So, one day before a double shift (quick turn around, off only 8 hours before coming back for 16), I knew I wouldn't have time, so I checked the freezer, had 2 dinners.
Come in the next day, WTF? EMPTY BOXES!

Anyway, someone got tired of it, made a sandwich with mayo, and left it out in the sun.
Then brought it in, marked with their name on it, and MY FOOD, DO NOT EAT written on it.

Sandwich disappeared.
And, the suspect called off sick a couple days.

No, it wasn't me.
But I did laugh maybe a little.

 

[MCgrease08]

Anyone remember former Colts player Quinn Pitcock?

Dude threw away an NFL career over a gaming addiction.

Quinn Pitcock's video game addiction masked deeper issues

 

[MCgrease08]

Guy at work kept stealing food.
He even stole two of my frozen dinners I keep in case I get held over.
Not only did he steal them, he turned the box around, and put it back in the freezer, with the open side in the back.
So, one day before a double shift (quick turn around, off only 8 hours before coming back for 16), I knew I wouldn't have time, so I checked the freezer, had 2 dinners.
Come in the next day, WTF? EMPTY BOXES!

Anyway, someone got tired of it, made a sandwich with mayo, and left it out in the sun.
Then brought it in, marked with their name on it, and MY FOOD, DO NOT EAT written on it.

Sandwich disappeared.
And, the suspect called off sick a couple days.

No, it wasn't me.
But I did laugh maybe a little.

These won't work with frozen dinners, but are a good option to stop sandwich thieves.

 

[nipprdog]

Guy at work kept stealing food.
He even stole two of my frozen dinners I keep in case I get held over.
Not only did he steal them, he turned the box around, and put it back in the freezer, with the open side in the back.
So, one day before a double shift (quick turn around, off only 8 hours before coming back for 16), I knew I wouldn't have time, so I checked the freezer, had 2 dinners.
Come in the next day, WTF? EMPTY BOXES!


Anyway, someone got tired of it, made a sandwich with mayo, and left it out in the sun.
Then brought it in, marked with their name on it, and MY FOOD, DO NOT EAT written on it.

Sandwich disappeared.
And, the suspect called off sick a couple days.

No, it wasn't me.
But I did laugh maybe a little.

Coworker had similar situation at his previous job. Solved it with some powdered ex-lax pills on pizza.

 

[Kutnupe14]

These won't work with frozen dinners, but are a good option to stop sandwich thieves.

Bad idea if you expect it to stay out of the trash can. Stolen or discarded, it's still a net loss, and you none the wiser.

 

[Nazgul]

Guy at work kept stealing food.
He even stole two of my frozen dinners I keep in case I get held over.
Not only did he steal them, he turned the box around, and put it back in the freezer, with the open side in the back.
So, one day before a double shift (quick turn around, off only 8 hours before coming back for 16), I knew I wouldn't have time, so I checked the freezer, had 2 dinners.
Come in the next day, WTF? EMPTY BOXES!

Anyway, someone got tired of it, made a sandwich with mayo, and left it out in the sun.
Then brought it in, marked with their name on it, and MY FOOD, DO NOT EAT written on it.

Sandwich disappeared.
And, the suspect called off sick a couple days.

No, it wasn't me.
But I did laugh maybe a little.

In my misspent youth before I knew better, worked at a Marina. Brought a gallon of iced tea everyday when it was hot. It disappeared almost everyday , so I brewed it with a laxative one day. By noon we knew who the thief was.

Don

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Every time the 'next big game' comes out, they push the disorder/addiction stories. Pokemon GO, Words with Friends, World of Warcraft, Fortnite...

I'm from the generation whose mom's worried that TV ping pong might be addictive.