Gaming being compared to a chemical addictive
fucking hahaha
Next up, Masturbation is classed like amphetamine?
*psst* hey kid, want to buy some video games?
Fucking hell, to even be in the same category as hardcore drugs is a joke.
[QUOTE=Van-man;51780782]Next up, Masturbation is classed like amphetamine?[/QUOTE]
Chocolate; The new Heroin?
What's next? Taking deep breaths and yawning being classified as dopamine addiction?
"Are you addicted to video games?
If you or anyone you know is currently suffering from a addiction then call the Videogame Support Helpline."
"Say no to pixels"
God I can't wait until these fucking idiots move onto the next and newest popular medium to demonize so gaming can finally be cut some slack.
[QUOTE=ICARUS NU;51781172]"Are you addicted to video games?
If you or anyone you know is currently suffering from a addiction then call the Videogame Support Helpline."
"Say no to pixels"[/QUOTE]
Well, duh. That's an awful movie, you shouldn't watch it.
Old people will always hate shit that newer generations have.
It happened with rock music, it happened with comic books, and it happened with pen and paper RPGs.
I actually kind of agree with the WHO here. Gaming addiction, as we see in places like South Korea, can become a serious issue if left unchecked. It's not uncommon to hear of someone dying, either from sleep deprivation or pulmonary embolism, because they've sat in an internet cafe for two days straight.
It's fitting that gaming addiction sits in the same category as gambling addiction. Both of these have the capability to cause problems in those with addictive personalities (hence, why they're listed under "disorders due to addictive behaviors").
Additionally, addictive behaviors is a separate category from "disorders due to substance use," which includes alcohol, cannabis and cannabinoids, nicotine and caffeine. I could easily reframe this story as "WHO concludes videogaming is no more harmful than coffee," based on the relation of "Harmful pattern use of caffeine" and "Gaming Disorder, online."
So we've got a few ways of reading this. I highly doubt this is going to influence government policy, at least any more than that guy at the office who drinks twelve cups of coffee a day. Heck, Caffeine's got 7 more subcategories than gaming, but when's the last time your doctor asked about your caffeine intake, or the government banned energy drinks? When did they crack down on Starbucks?
What this can do, however, is create an academic conversation on addictive behaviors regarding videogames, and spur future research into what would be considered a valid field of study. There's a lot going on here, and I think reading this as "The World Health Organization wants to ban videogames like drugs!" is a little bit disingenuous, and lacking in nuance. I don't want to call it fearmongering, but it comes close.
[URL="http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd11/browse/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f1499050342"]Oh, and before I forget, here's a link to the ICD-11 beta draft. Read up, make your own decisions. [/URL]
So when we gonna have Cocaine railing championships since there's already a eSports market?
I mean if they classify it in the same bracket as cocaine, then might as well go full stupid
We're not saying that gaming addiction doesn't exist, we're saying that it's insulting and distasteful to classify it with cocaine addiction.
lmfao what a dumb comparison. a cocaine addiction is way safer and more fun than gaming.
[QUOTE=Van-man;51781463]Cocaine railing championships[/QUOTE]
finally, my time to shine
[QUOTE=Swiket;51781468]lmfao what a dumb comparison. a cocaine addiction is way safer and more fun than gaming.[/QUOTE]
You get to meet people, be the life of the party, and then vanish for a few days of peace while you recover/ hide from your dealer!
All I get from video games is jokes about my mother and a crippling fear of not having a full magazine after every kill.
I'm wondering if anyone actually read my spiel. Guess not, or you'd all know it isn't in the same category as cocaine. It's its own category. With gambling. And not cocaine. Which makes sense, because gaming addiction is far more similar to gambling addiction than it is to cocaine addiction.
The substance use codes are in an entirely separate subcategory under "disorders due to substance use and addictive behaviors." Substance abuse and addictive behaviors are separate categories. Gambling and gaming are under addictive behaviors. Drugs and alcohol are under substance use.
There is no direct comparison between the categories being made here, aside from the guy who's trying to get clicks and sponsorships on his YouTube channel. This is a deliberate misrepresentation of the issue. The real question should be, "Is the government going to regulate videogames like gambling?" And the answer, as with most question headlines, is probably "no."
[QUOTE=El Periodista;51781421]I actually kind of agree with the WHO here. Gaming addiction, as we see in places like South Korea, can become a serious issue if left unchecked. It's not uncommon to hear of someone dying, either from sleep deprivation or pulmonary embolism, because they've sat in an internet cafe for two days straight. [/QUOTE]
That's more of an issue regarding the person themselves. It's not so much that the video game is the issue, its more that the person themselves use video games as a means of escapism because they are trying as hard as they can to get away from personal responsibilities.
Video games are as addictive as chewing gum or playing instruments, or exercising. Sure certain amounts can be good. But people can become too dependent on it and start doing it excessively. Just look at people who are obsessed with muscle size
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They're obsessed with trying to make their muscle mass as big as possible to the point that it becomes an unhealthy addiction.
or look at people who cannot stop chewing gum which can cause massive jaw issues and even tinnitus in the long run.
and then you have people who play instruments too much, which can cause
[QUOTE=El Periodista;51781421]
It's fitting that gaming addiction sits in the same category as gambling addiction. Both of these have the capability to cause problems in those with addictive personalities (hence, why they're listed under "disorders due to addictive behaviors")[/QUOTE]
For gamers who play so much that they don't sleep or live their lives, it's almost always because they want to escape reality and games allow them to do this
gamblers think they're going to eventually win, so they spend so much money that they lose significantly more than they can ever gain. They have this idea that fate is in their favor and think they'll some day hit a huge winning streak.
I'd say that both of them at least do fit in the same catagory, somewhat, at least. I feel like we should label them as "Things that can happen if you have an addictive personality" rather than as addictions themselves
[editline]5th February 2017[/editline]
Basically what I'm saying is
list addictive personalities as an issue, and list gambling and gaming, and all forms of 'addictions' as something that having said personality can cause
I feel like labeling them like that just makes it seem like gambling and gaming itself is addictive. It's really an issue with the people getting addicted to it.
I will agree though that gambling/gaming addictions are caused by similar things though.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;51781488]finally, my time to shine[/QUOTE]
This probably exists somewhere in the world.
It would make sense in the context of things like gambling games or predatory tactics used in freemium games. But gaming would be a purely psychological addiction, unlike cocaine, and thus should not be classified in the same category.
fuck right off
i've been woken up at 5am by a guy i lived with coked off his nut talking
i've never been woken up at 5am and harassed by a videogame
Why is it always gaming? why doesn't other media like TV etc get called out too?
[QUOTE=xianlee;51789544]Why is it always gaming? why doesn't other media like TV etc get called out too?[/QUOTE]
Or hell the Internet, or social media, or phones, you wanna know why though? Because EVERYTHING is addicting in some fashion to someone in the world, however, gaming is still that one big punching bag of a thing that people like to exclude from the rest and point out, we have yet to actually move on to something else to throw all of our woes at, like we did with Comic Books and Rock music.
One day in the far future when we are old and our children or our children's children are playing the newest brain induced super holograms or whatever, we'll still have people saying the exact same things except gaming will be the thing that's normalized in the eyes of the older population, of which will be us and all of it's woes will be shifted over to that newer medium instead.
I think these people are way out of touch, there definitely should be more done to combat what is essentially barely regulated gambling in a lot of games these days but this isn't even close to being the way to do it
This worries me because there are folks out there just enough out of touch to make this a reality.
[QUOTE=KnightLight;51791425]This worries me because there are folks out there just enough out of touch to make this a reality.[/QUOTE]
Tbh, there's already a maniac with his own like-minded retards that are in control of usa.
So i'm not surprised at all, i'm just really disappointed that people like this are in control.
[QUOTE=geogzm;51789315]fuck right off
i've been woken up at 5am by a guy i lived with coked off his nut talking
i've never been woken up at 5am and harassed by a videogame[/QUOTE]
like noone has ever been woken up by a roommate screaming at CS:GO
[QUOTE=CyrusTehSage;51792286]like noone has ever been woken up by a roommate screaming at CS:GO[/QUOTE]
Holy shit this.
We nicknamed him "Rush B" because that was literally all we'd hear from him for hours on end.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;51780804]*psst* hey kid, want to buy some video games?
Fucking hell, to even be in the same category as hardcore drugs is a joke.[/QUOTE]
Hell no, Drugs are cheaper and come finished. Some of them even include INSANE dlc already
The World Health Organization?
Literally WHO?
They should look into that air breathing thing. People start with it and can't stop. If they succeed in stopping, they die. It is lethal, and fatality rate is 100% when one gets out of the habit. The worst thing is they make people start at birth! There is no way to be safe about it.
I am also one of them.
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