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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
On August 19 2009 10:51 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2009 10:32 miseiler wrote:On August 19 2009 10:28 StorrZerg wrote:On August 19 2009 09:26 GhostKorean wrote:
While it is true that some gamers need to exercise more often, they shouldn't stereotype all gamers like this. yeah just look at INC... Inc's BMI is probably massive. A good indicator of how stupid BMI is as an indicator. I'm glad people on this forum finally agree with me on this (not that I was the first to come up with it). I've been told so many times by people here that it's a good measure. Show nested quote +On August 19 2009 10:41 {88}iNcontroL wrote:On August 19 2009 10:28 StorrZerg wrote:On August 19 2009 09:26 GhostKorean wrote:
While it is true that some gamers need to exercise more often, they shouldn't stereotype all gamers like this. yeah just look at INC... I exercise more than any other gamer probably lol Purely out of curiosity, do you know your BF%?
Haven't been tested in a long while. Like several years.. I am leaner than I ever have been though. Still big but leaner for me 
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On August 19 2009 09:30 chaoser wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2009 09:26 GhostKorean wrote:
While it is true that some gamers need to exercise more often, they shouldn't stereotype all gamers like this. they didn't say all gamers are overweight and depressed, just that on average they are.
While they themselves don't specifically say it, what would 90% of non-gamers think when they see this? They would think that most gamers are fat+depressed
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On August 19 2009 09:55 Caller wrote:
Seattle has a really fucking high suicide rate because its rainy and depressing.
... Wow.
Anyway, some of you are taking this study waaaaaay too seriously.
My response to this study is: *gasp*
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Media distorts correlational study to imply causation and support sensationalist viewpoints. Sad, but this happens every fucking day. Sad thing is my mom e-mailed this article to me, maybe she's hinting at something. 
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Like people have said one study is nothing. You can always play around with studies to make them more fitting towards what your goal is. The problem is that many regular people see a scientific study and auto think its means everything. Science in itself needs to do a better job of releasing information/studies so that people understand exactly what it means and that it would take several studies all supporting the same hypothesis to even begin to take it seriously.
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Why even do this study. What a waste of funding, go cure cancer you lazy ass, gamer hating scientists.
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I thought the average person nowadays was overweight and depressed.
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On August 19 2009 15:23 keV. wrote:
Why even do this study. What a waste of funding, go cure cancer you lazy ass, gamer hating scientists.
I really hate when people say this. Science doesn't advance itself solely to solve people's problems; that's just how you get funding (and cancer, probably 1000x as much funding). Scientists work because they're interested, not to be people's bezatches.
Tell businessmen to quit and start doing cancer research, or do it yourself.
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Baltimore, USA22259 Posts
How the hell does it take them two years to analyze the data for something like this. And WE'RE the lazy ones? -_-
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Nonsense! Am I depressed? I don't think so. These guys are just jealous that video games are getting more popular.
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Russian Federation134 Posts
dimaga is the true gamer.
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1. Maybe fat, depressed people play games more, not the other way around.
2. What happened to the age group younger than 19?
3. Wasn't there a study that proved the opposite of what they're saying here?
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Jesus Christ everyone is arguing over this when no one has read the actual peer-reviewed study. If the statistical correlation between depressed and overweight (which BMI is probably a good indicator of in a large sample, as I would posit that most high-BMI individuals are actually fat, not just heavily muscled or "big-boned") and video game player is strong enough, then scientifically the two are correlated. Deal with it. Stop crying over a study, if you feel that your experience with video games doesn't fit the conclusions of the study, then you're probably one of MANY people that don't.
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50% of US are fatties anyway. I havn't met many fat gamers either. Most are normal weight.
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On August 19 2009 16:19 BanZu wrote:
3. Wasn't there a study that proved the opposite of what they're saying here?
Haha this is like the story of every study ever
-_-
I'm pretty fat*. Ask anyone who knows me.
*when compared to rural chinese
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If they really want to find the average depressed person, do a study on 9-5 cubicle workers in corporate conglomerates.
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Let's all take a minute to celebrate the fact that if the average age of gamers is 35, there should be a reduction of censorship in regards to videogames. I guess we all know that won't happen though, so who the hell cares about a study like this anyway?
Also most gamers I know are 20-24 and skinny so hey, I don't even know what to believe
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Clearly all gamers need to stop gaming, as this is the cause of their depression and obesity.
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starcraft gamers arn't average gamers.
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