Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand - Part 5

[phantom13]

Ive seen a few people get pretty consumed by gaming, im talking home at 5pm straight on it for hours, missing sleep, calling in late to work.

I dont really understand the appeal but if its your unwind/recreational activity more power to you, just dont let it get to addict levels.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Ive seen a few people get pretty consumed by gaming, im talking home at 5pm straight on it for hours, missing sleep, calling in late to work.

I dont really understand the appeal but if its your unwind/recreational activity more power to you, just dont let it get to addict levels.

Reminds me of one of my old workers.
Called in sick 5 mins before his shift for 6 weeks straight every Thursday.
He finally got himself sacked.

 

[Sinjin Smith]

I find video games a great release after work. Get home, catch up with the family, help kids with homework, watch a show with the wife (Parks and Rec or Brooklyn 911) then need about 90 minutes of Sinjin time to become a ghost in Ghost Recon, play a few games of EA FC, blast zombies in Evil West. Its just a really good release before bed. With that in mind it takes me about half a year to actually finish a game.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I go through phases
Gaming
Movies
Books

I'm no gamer but I oscillate between tv/movies and books. I'm hard in a reading phase at the moment, it's robbing me of sleep.

 

[Gralin]

I'm no gamer but I oscillate between tv/movies and books. I'm hard in a reading phase at the moment, it's robbing me of sleep.

Ah yes just a few more pages then I'll go to bed

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Ah yes just a few more pages then I'll go to bed

Yeah...last night I was planning on reading til 9.30pm then my favourite character was killed so I HAD TO finish the whole book...oopsidaisy

 

[Gralin]

Yeah...last night I was planning on reading til 9.30pm then my favourite character was killed so I HAD TO finish the whole book...oopsidaisy

Last night i put a movie on knowing it would finish after i was planing on going to bed

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Last night i put a movie on knowing it would finish after i was planing on going to bed

The big problem I face is do I start the next book in the series tonight, knowing that it'll probably keep me up until the early hours of the morning again?

 

[Gralin]

The big problem I face is do I start the next book in the series tonight, knowing that it'll probably keep me up until the early hours of the morning again?

I don't have that problem as I'm getting drunk in town tonight

Of course this also isn't good for my sleep

Or wallet

Or liver

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I don't have that problem as I'm getting drunk in town tonight

Of course this also isn't good for my sleep

Or wallet

Or liver

oh man I could do with a night out on the tiles
have the best time

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Yeah...last night I was planning on reading til 9.30pm then my favourite character was killed so I HAD TO finish the whole book...oopsidaisy

I do that too

 

[MatthewB]

Ive seen a few people get pretty consumed by gaming, im talking home at 5pm straight on it for hours, missing sleep, calling in late to work.

I dont really understand the appeal but if its your unwind/recreational activity more power to you, just dont let it get to addict levels.

we got 4 guys at work who talk about gaming all the time, then they will get on discord and talk about it at night, or they go to each other's house on a Saturday night and play dungeons and dragons and they talk about that all the time as well

 

[gaskin]

Ah yes just a few more pages then I'll go to bed

That was Saturday night for me. I ended up going to bed about 4am.

 

[Plugger35]

The only gaming I do these days is when I go to my sister's place and play my nephew's Nintendo Switch with him.

I played the old Nintendo games as a kid back in the 80s and the Sega games in the 90s so I can still hold my own.

The new Nintendo games haven't changed much since then, the graphics are better but the controls are the same.

 

[troybe]

First sighting of Christmas stuff yesterday at the shops

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

First sighting of Christmas stuff yesterday at the shops

Any hot cross buns yet?

 

[peternorth]

First sighting of Christmas stuff yesterday at the shops

 

[Gough]

There should be an embargo on Christmas until after Armistice Day, that still gives you a good six weeks to sort it all out.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I start Christmas shopping the day after grand final day. I want it all done and dusted by 1st December.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Gambling is something I've never really got into.

I might put a few bets on the footy throughout the year and that's about it.

I've gone to the casino a few times but given I don't like parting ways with anymore than a 10 what you can play is limited.
You're stuck with the big wheel or the rapid roulette, blackjack, baccarat or Sic Bo.

 

[Madas]

I start Christmas shopping the day after grand final day. I want it all done and dusted by 1st December.

Why take 2 months when you can do it all in 2 hours from 6-8pm on the 24th December like the rest of us ?

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Why take 2 months when you can do it all in 2 hours from 6-8pm on the 24th December like the rest of us ?

That would give me extreme heebie jeebies

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

That would give me extreme heebie jeebies

It's like a friend of mine packs his suitcase the day before he leaves for a holiday overseas. It takes me at least two weeks!

 

[Off The Couch]

I pack on the day I’m leaving or as I’m going to bed the night before

I always figure that if I forget something, I can get it wherever I am

 

[JackOutback]

I start Christmas shopping the day after grand final day. I want it all done and dusted by 1st December.

My kids’ birthdays are in November and December, so I combine Christmas shopping with bday shopping and try to get it all done before Dec 1. Mostly successful the past couple of years.