neo-nazism is more edgy than just bashing linux nerds on freenode

I was in the GNAA chats watching GNFOS for a while but then other things in life swept me up

TendieLord I am interested in the concept of hierarchies among human pursuits and potential justifications for such

stopped being a NEET basement dweller with the free time

I think "creative output" is a good place to start considering the question

for a while

@UOC I think that's my beef with video games

I feels like wasted energy

it is a demerit of video games and other "viewed" entertainment

Whereas music composition actually goes somewhere

video games have some minor advantages if you don't play them too much

Ehh

Maybe

making them allows a lot of creativity, playing super hardcore arcade ones speeds up spatial skills

but viewed entertainment also have benefits in some ways I think

otherwise it's just NEETism

But those are more serendipity than anything

"Others] note that my 'avoidance of the standard philosophical terminology for discussing such matters' often creates problems for me; philosophers have a hard time figuring out what I am saying and what I am denying. My refusal to play ball with my colleagues is deliberate, of course, since I view the standard philosophical terminology as worse than useless—a major obstacle to progress since it consists of so many errors."

- Dan Dennett

That's why math is a superior discipline Danny boy

I was obsessed with Goldeney and Legend of Zelda on the N64 in the 90s but then I lost interest in video games for ten years

couldn't get intot he newer consoles after that generation

I used to play video games a lot

now I just barely play anything but try to know about games

so I can gamergate troll when I want to

Quit a year ago and have noted dramatic improvements in my life

Not attributing them exclusively to games, but I think quitting was beneficial

prioritizing your time is always important

with games I'd have to reason why I am playing a game, what effect it will have on my psyche and how long it will take

that requires prioritizing your activities, too

and what I'd be doing otherwise

"could I be deadlifting? have I finished my book?"

Essential activities are obviously most important

important is too loaded I think

how about, higher order?

creative pursuits are fundamentally of a higher order than non-creative ones

Whatever

I agree with that I guess

I said "superior" originally

that works too

maslowe's hierarchy maybe relevant here