Real World Philospohy

Fyron · #1 November 26th, 2003, 08:27 PM

So you prefer the wins of stealing cars, murdering people, etc. in RL to the virtual ones?

Loser · #2 November 26th, 2003, 08:37 PM

umm... yes?

While RL 'wins' like talking to strangers, having a clean house, hitting on a girl, or nailing a job interview would seem trivial if you set them in the virtual world, they are nonetheless more satisfying.

And RL provides 'wins' that the virtual world just can't compare with, like owning a house, getting the girl, or talking your way into the job of your dreams.

So yeah, Real Life all he way.

Fyron · #3 November 26th, 2003, 08:54 PM

I think you too missed the whole point...

Loser · #4 November 26th, 2003, 08:57 PM

eh?

Go ahead and try again.

Fyron · #5 November 26th, 2003, 09:06 PM

The point was that such video games allow subconcious desires (that EVERY human being has...) to be expressed in a non-harmful way, rather than a harmful way in the real world. It is just like playing cops and robbers, or cowboys and Indians, or other such games as a child. Incidentally, that is why such games are so popular.

There was never anything about living in a virtual world over a real one or anything of that nature.

[ November 26, 2003, 19:10: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Loser · #6 November 26th, 2003, 09:25 PM

Actually, I was responding to Atrocities.

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
To bad real life isn't more like Web Life.

Atrocities · #7 November 26th, 2003, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Loser:
Actually, I was responding to Atrocities.

quote:
Originally posted by Atrocities:
To bad real life isn't more like Web Life.

I should clarify:

Have you ever dreamed that you were doing something that you really enjoyed doing? Say flying a fighter or perhaps just jettting around breath taking landscapes with your own personal flight pack?

Or haven't you ever wished that people were more like they are when they chat on line. The barriors between race, appearance, other are broken down to the fundamentals, humor, intelligance, etc.

I enjoy what little life I have been blessed with, and am thankful for a lot of the things I have been able to do in life, but I would also enjoy jetting around the country side flying free as a bird without being cooped up in an airplane.

As for the darker side of things, I have no desire to hurt any one, and I do think that violence breads violence, and when parents use violent video games and television as a babysister, then they are asking for the demented little twisted s*** f***s they end up with.

Believe me when I say that counsolers in the near future will have to deal with more and more youth and try to help them sort out what is real in life, and what is not. Its a normal, breif, human emotional reaction to want to kill someone when your mad, but 99.99% of the time, we don't. In the near future, the kids of today are going to have a real tough time decerning this. It has already begun to happen, and we all know how television, music, movies, and games effect us. Some more than others, but t hey DO effect us.