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owenfromcanada, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

Can confirm. Here in Canada, nobody works. We all sit at home and play video games instead. There’s no industry, no shops, no hospitals. Only video games.

TwinTitans,
@TwinTitans@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, most people I know don’t have jobs! We just run extension cords between our igloos to power our video game machines. If it weren’t for them we could totally be like the States. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

NocturnalEngineer,

Can confirm, only video games in the UK too. Certainly not the 6th largest economy in the world worth £3.84 trillion. Nor a labour force with 74.9% in employment, that would be silly!

P1nkman,

Norwegian living in Denmark. I moved from Norway because everyone was just gaming, but I wanted to go to gigs, so I moved. Turns out everyone games in Denmark all the time too! It must be why the Northern European countries score so high in the happiness rating: all we do is game all day. It’s not like these countries have any money, especially Norway.

MBech,

I am so fucking tired of gaming, could someone for the love of fuck get rid of my healthcare?!?!?! I wake up, gaming. For lunch I game. Dinner? You guessed it, gaming. At night I just constantly game. I don’t know how I get out of this, but at least my health is fucking fantastic!

anomnom,

Wait, isn’t Norway mostly rich from oil?

I’m glad they use it for the good of its citizens, but it’s kinda fucking the rest of us.

P1nkman,

Extremely rich on oil.

loomy,

sounds nice tbh

xavier_berthiaume,

In Québec we all own a state mandated PS5 (no Xbox’s allowed, that would be illegal) and play a variety of Fifa, Marvel Heroes and Valorant because it’s said to sharpen our skills and better society. Many women knock on my door saying they want me to grant them children, but knowing that my KDA might suffer from their demands I know not to give in, and to instead keep grinding until my next government granted dialysis appointment. Mon dieu que j’aime le Québec 🙏

dubyakay,

I’ve been on the waiting list for my PS5 for the past four years. Just like my family doctor.

xavier_berthiaume,

Onestauquebecostiiiiiiii

BurgerBaron,
@BurgerBaron@piefed.social avatar

I couldn't possibly do both things!

TheBat,
@TheBat@lemmy.world avatar

Exactly.

Even before computers, we Indians were happily playing Chess until Mughals invaded us.

And then we showed them Chess, got them hooked, and then Brits invaded us.

Rhynoplaz, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

Or, what if their healthcare continued to be free so they wouldn’t have an incentive to find a way to live on $700 month?

I know one of those young men playing video games, and he REALLY wants a job, but no matter how he works the math, the medication that keeps him alive costs more than what he’d make. So, his only choice is to budget around permanent poverty or die.

Default_Defect,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

Same reason I’ve been unemployed for a long while, my disability and medicare covers so much of my costs that working would likely result in less money in my pocket.

HeyJoe,

What are you going to do after all this is over, and it’s either even harder to get or just completely gone? Im sorry you have to go through any of this…

Default_Defect,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

No idea, I have a good support structure, so I’m probably not completely fucked if/when it comes down to it. Also my doctor has implied he has some way of helping, should the shit hit the fan, not sure what that could possibly entail though.

ms_lane,

They’d have to have free healthcare in the first place…

Eeyore_Syndrome, do games w Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman
@Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works avatar
ccunning,

Is this a reference to something in particular or just picking a random shitty disease?

marlowe221,

It’s not just a shitty disease…. It’s a shitty disease that the Social Security Administration really, REALLY does not like to pay out disability for. Mostly because, unless something has changed recently, it’s hard to prove that you actually have it because it defies easily quantifiable medical testing, among other things.

So, it would be a curse on multiple levels!

Source: I used to be an attorney who fought for people who had been denied benefits.

Eeyore_Syndrome,
@Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works avatar

Thnx for this reply.

Yes.

I feel I just exist to be in pain.

Mostly to feed my cats and love them. -.-

Tollana1234567,

its not well recognized disease, and cant really be detected in tests, is subjective symptoms.

ccunning,

I’m familiar with it. I have (“had” actually) family with it. Just trying to understand if OP was referencing something in particular.

It sounds like OP was cursing this guy with the disease they have. So not random then.

Contramuffin, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm

I quite like Strange Horticulture, but it felt too linear for my tastes. This seems like an interesting shakeup of that formula. I’ll keep an eye on it

SnotFlickerman, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar
ComfortableRaspberry, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm
@ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org avatar

Gives me Strange Horticulture vibes

RandomStickman, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm
@RandomStickman@fedia.io avatar

Papers, Please continues to inspire and now we have Potions, Please. I love it

VirgilMastercard, do games w Dying Light continues celebrating its 10th anniversary with a big graphical facelift, but don't you dare call it a remaster

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  • moncharleskey,

    Personally I wouldn’t say the 2nd was terrible. The first was a better game, but it was helped significantly by free post release updates, which DL2 has gotten a lot of a well. I was pretty impressed with the depth of the city and I like the slow infection aspect. I really miss having a vehicle, but if I remember correctly, there wasn’t a vehicle in the first one at launch and it was added later. Just my 2 cents.

    nostalgicgamerz,

    What do you mean? The second one comes out in a few months…

    The only sequel I’ve heard that is coming out after The Following is The Beast /s

    GreyCat,

    It wasn’t utter shit, or even bad. It just doesn’t hook you like the first one does.

    Pandasdontfly,
    @Pandasdontfly@slrpnk.net avatar

    I’ve played hundreds of hours of both games. Dl2 has a lot going for it and is an amazing game… On the other hand the story is awful past the first chapter.

    Meruten, do games w Dying Light continues celebrating its 10th anniversary with a big graphical facelift, but don't you dare call it a remaster

    Are they going to patch the ps4 version to not run at 1080p 30fps with thick motion blur on the ps5?

    It doesn’t look it like, but they’re still charging £25 for over on PSN.

    Deathray5, do games w Dying Light continues celebrating its 10th anniversary with a big graphical facelift, but don't you dare call it a remaster
    @Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com avatar

    Damm it’s kinda bad that there is a logical justification for calling it a retouch instead of remaster and that this argument shits on so many large game companies

    Kabutor, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm

    I enjoyed the other game mentioned in the article, Strange Horticulture up to a point where it was too lineal or I stopped caring about it, because there were too many plants, cant remember why i didnt finish it This one looks promising for sure

    mohab, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm

    I'm not gonna touch this, but I'm glad it exists 😂

    ThePiedPooper, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm

    The name of this game is piquing my interest.

    harrys_balzac, do games w I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm

    Lovecraftian doctor simulator? I guess I’ll read the article. My interest is piqued.

    racemaniac, do games w The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead'

    This is a great initiative, and Ross did an incredible effort, and i hope this second wind gets the petitions the signatures they need.

    Infinite respect for Ross, he can truly say he did everything he could do.

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