▲ 977 ▼ Get a grip, dad (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Joeyfingis@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] FMT99@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) I don't think this is about hating old people, it's about old people who hard on young people for dumb stuff for no reason, while being no better themselves I've had old people harp on me for playing video games, abd then all they did was sit and watch TV and drink beer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago* My dad-in-law is like this, dismisses games as a "time wastin brainrot "then proceeds to sit in the dirty diaper of 'tv news opinions' he just leaves on the tele all day permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Yeah but video games literally are better for your brain than TV. This isn't just being no better than young people, they literally are rotting their brain while the young person playing video games might actually be bettering themselves. It's peak projection. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Or worse, they play their own games, but it's all gambling nonsense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) I don't think this is about hating old people, it's about old people who hard on young people for dumb stuff for no reason, while being no better themselves I've had old people harp on me for playing video games, abd then all they did was sit and watch TV and drink beer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago* My dad-in-law is like this, dismisses games as a "time wastin brainrot "then proceeds to sit in the dirty diaper of 'tv news opinions' he just leaves on the tele all day permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Yeah but video games literally are better for your brain than TV. This isn't just being no better than young people, they literally are rotting their brain while the young person playing video games might actually be bettering themselves. It's peak projection. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Or worse, they play their own games, but it's all gambling nonsense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago* My dad-in-law is like this, dismisses games as a "time wastin brainrot "then proceeds to sit in the dirty diaper of 'tv news opinions' he just leaves on the tele all day permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Yeah but video games literally are better for your brain than TV. This isn't just being no better than young people, they literally are rotting their brain while the young person playing video games might actually be bettering themselves. It's peak projection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Or worse, they play their own games, but it's all gambling nonsense. permalink fedilink source parent
