Are Some Prayers An Exercise In Futility?

[timewerx]

I'm more of a board gamer with friends.

In my country, the men are hooked into mobile MOBA games that are very time intensive and most certainly addictive. I've played one for a year and that's why I know how much it wastes time and fortunately, I lost interest.

 

[bèlla]

I still have a desk job and a little depressed too. I did used to spend a lot of time with video games but lost interest and ran out of energy for it eventually, I think you just grow out of it. I think some if not with video games are obsessed with other silly and probably more expensive hobbies.

That's why I'm a little surprised that mid-aged men would still be hooked to video games

We used to play a bingo game together and my mother joined in and it was fun. My daughter and I were on a team and the competitions were fierce. But it was evident by the level of time and spending the app was monopolizing people’s lives. The spending was out of hand and well into the thousands and I remembered a quote Yuval Harari made at WEF that encouraged me to quit.

He acknowledged their purpose was distraction and a method for killing time for useless people. And while that’s horrible to say he was telling the truth and I saw the same in financial circles. I told my daughter we’re supposed to invest in these tools not partake and we stopped.

I’m not opposed to board or card games or video to some degree within reason. An hour or so of play is fine. But when you’re losing most of the day that’s a problem.

~bella

 

[timewerx]

We used to play a bingo game together and my mother joined in and it was fun. My daughter and I were on a team and the competitions were fierce. But it was evident by the level of time and spending the app was monopolizing people’s lives. The spending was out of hand and well into the thousands and I remembered a quote Yuval Harari made at WEF that encouraged me to quit.

It's crazy how wasting people's time is a lucrative business. I suppose it's like selling drugs. Many people also do this on social media platforms as influencers with time-wasting content that doesn't add value to anyone.

I still play a simple blocks game app with mom. Not more than 15 mins a day. The objective is simply beat each other's high score.

their purpose was distraction and a method for killing time for useless people

Or turning useful people into useless people.

But when you’re losing most of the day that’s a problem.

It's not just video games. Men can be very involved with hobbies and even fiercely protective of them. I used to have the same problem. But I started losing interest in everything but a few things.