no, this is completely wrong.Sylveon wrote:
[inb4 wrong thread]What I'm trying to say is why are other hobbies valued above video games, when arguably all hobbies end in the same result: Nothing.
Most of the spoilerbox has been brought up my Emayecue already, I hand it to him. We even made the same main categories, which is remarkable. Still think he should have come to the conclusion that some hobbies are in fact better than others, objectively, in terms of beneficialness.
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Reading: Permanently increases your literacy and vocabulary
Cooking: Arguably one of the most useful skills. You have to eat your whole life. You will be better of knowing how to make a decent meal. As someone who has lived on ramen and bread, I can tell you that this is arguably the most valuable skill of them all. At least it felt like that to me at the time *shivers*
Social Hobbies: This is a very broad category, but includes everything that entails going out and meeting people. I would count hanging out with people on a teamspeak server as "half-social", since it isn't as interactive as RL conversations and doesn't yield quite as many possibilities because you are stuck with a very limited medium.
Physical Hobbies: Broad category again, essentially all about sports, but I'd count gardening in here as well. Increases your physical strength, toughness, agility, stamina, keeps you fit and healthy. Vastly underestimated by many, yet so very important.
Educational Hobbies: Count reading in here if you like. This category is all about studying, learning, educating yourself. And don't pretend like you forget everything you ever studied, just because you forgot about your math class. You mostly forgot about your math lessons because you don't care about them and because you never got to apply what you learned. However, this is often different with material that you choose to learn yourself. One very good example would be learning a language. That certainly sticks to some degree if you do it with the right mindset.
Cooking: Arguably one of the most useful skills. You have to eat your whole life. You will be better of knowing how to make a decent meal. As someone who has lived on ramen and bread, I can tell you that this is arguably the most valuable skill of them all. At least it felt like that to me at the time *shivers*
Social Hobbies: This is a very broad category, but includes everything that entails going out and meeting people. I would count hanging out with people on a teamspeak server as "half-social", since it isn't as interactive as RL conversations and doesn't yield quite as many possibilities because you are stuck with a very limited medium.
Physical Hobbies: Broad category again, essentially all about sports, but I'd count gardening in here as well. Increases your physical strength, toughness, agility, stamina, keeps you fit and healthy. Vastly underestimated by many, yet so very important.
Educational Hobbies: Count reading in here if you like. This category is all about studying, learning, educating yourself. And don't pretend like you forget everything you ever studied, just because you forgot about your math class. You mostly forgot about your math lessons because you don't care about them and because you never got to apply what you learned. However, this is often different with material that you choose to learn yourself. One very good example would be learning a language. That certainly sticks to some degree if you do it with the right mindset.
There are more useful and less useful hobbies in terms of how great the benefits are that they yield for your future. If that is the sole thing you look at, then your parents are certainly correct: Gaming, in this regard, is one of the most useless hobbies and should be abandoned.
Additionally to that, gaming as a hobby is often pursued in a fashion that isolates the gamer. Like it or not, it is more often than not a solitary activity, if taken to excess.
As a matter of fact, excessive online gaming is a strong predicator for social anxiety and depression, which supports my point.
If you want to make a argument for gaming as a hobby, you'll have to argue otherwise.
Thats shitty advice and you know better.Stefan wrote:
No, just do whatever you want and be happy doing it.