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I have been always curious about all these "I never or I did and therefore it doesn't exist".
There are several contributing factors that determine a person's social awkwardness. If a person is naturally awkward in social settings, and the parents don't promote social interaction and allow video games to play a major role in the person's activities, then yes, it can have and effect. It may not be the only but it certainly plays a role. If there is a balance, then most likely not.
I am sure the OP is referring to obsessiveness, not a clear balance.
You don't think extremely socially awkward people would find another hobby to immerse themselves in (and likely did before) if video games did not exist?
Hope people realize that, that entire video was planned. 10 years later, and they're still trolling people. You might find an awkward guy or 2 in that video, but they know how to make a convincing video, until you realize that no one can actually come up with a percent chance of survival in that video. And the Warrior shooting that video is purposefully running around aggroing everything while using cooldowns to extend his life...Until he activates blood rage and loses life with shield wall up.
Hell I had the Leroy Jenkins title on another account a long time ago. Good times.
No it does not. No validated research has confirmed it and all the research that was presented by Jack Thompson in the 90s while lobbying to ban violent video games was discredited and thrown out by the SUPREME COURT
It is not my research. The point is, if there is no balance, then yes, video games, that which a person is obsessively attached to will have an effect on their social lives. If a person doesn't meet and interact but rather receives all social education through the internet, tv, and movies, that will have a false image.
BTW, I am with you. There is no such thing as porn addiction. There is no validated research stating that porn makes a person act any differently than others. We are even...
It is not my research. The point is, if there is no balance, then yes, video games, that which a person is obsessively attached to will have an effect on their social lives. If a person doesn't meet and interact but rather receives all social education through the internet, tv, and movies, that will have a false image.
BTW, I am with you. There is no such thing as porn addiction. There is no validated research stating that porn makes a person act any differently than others. We are even...
What? Porn addiction exists.
People TRIED to do research to connect violence in video games to violent behavior in real life. They failed. The could make NO connection.
If you are going to refer to "research," then you should make sure the research (that you didn't link) actually supports your point.
You don't think extremely socially awkward people would find another hobby to immerse themselves in (and likely did before) if video games did not exist?
Magic The Card Game
Comics
You get the point.
Why are you asking hypothetical questions? As I said, there are varying contributing factors. If there is no balance and a person is glued to video, tv, comics, whatever, there will, not always, but more than likely be some social awkwardness. Social awkwardness comes from not being comfortable around other people for whatever bad or non-experiences.
Why are you asking hypothetical questions? As I said, there are varying contributing factors. If there is no balance and a person is glued to video, tv, comics, whatever, there will, not always, but more than likely be some social awkwardness. Social awkwardness comes from not being comfortable around other people for whatever bad or non-experiences.
The point of the OP was to 1. Shame young men for not meeting the standards of young women and 2. to say that video games are part of the reason.
If someone is socially awkward, it is likely related to their personality. I don't think, in most cases, outside factors caused it and to blame video games for it seems ridiculous. Socially stunted people are going to find other ways of escapism and entertainment that don't make them feel uncomfortable. Video games are the perfect outlet for that. They are just what they flock to, not the cause.
Also, nerds or engineers are known to be a bit on the socially awkward side. Why? Because they are so involved in processing and calculating things, learning, and in the books. Just because you don't fit that bracket doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. There are those that are more outgoing and are the lives of the party and some not. It all depends on your exposure. But if you are a party animal, you are more likely very social. If you read books and write programs all day and stick to yourself, you will have a hard time in social settings because you lack the social acuity to read body language and signals.
Also, nerds or engineers are known to be a bit on the socially awkward side. Why? Because they are so involved in processing and calculating things, learning, and in the books. Just because you don't fit that bracket doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. There are those that are more outgoing and are the lives of the party and some not. It all depends on your exposure. But if you are a party animal, you are more likely very social. If you read books and write programs all day and stick to yourself, you will have a hard time in social settings because you lack the social acuity to read body language and signals.
Video games or not.
So you think processing and calculating things causes social awkwardness, rather than socially awkward people are attracted to things that do not involve heavy social interaction.
The point of the OP was to 1. Shame young men for not meeting the standards of young women and 2. to say that video games are part of the reason.
If someone is socially awkward, it is likely related to their personality. I don't think, in most cases, outside factors caused it and to blame video games for it seems ridiculous. Socially stunted people are going to find other ways of escapism and entertainment that don't make them feel uncomfortable. Video games are the perfect outlet for that. They are just what they flock to, not the cause.
Why then if you google "socially awkward engineers" even they have written blogs on why they themselves are socially awkward? And that it is due to them not interested in being social but creating things. How is programming computers or so in depth in the IT field any different than someone who sits and plays video games all day from the time he gets home and rarely interacts?
video games is great if you are programming it. But if you are simply not being social and using that to simply pass time and don't want to go out, then it will have a negative affect.
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