Strong disagree.
Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 days ago
If I could afford it I would. Better than going home and sitting on my ass playing video games or whatever. Bars around here are too expensive though (just like everything else).
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
yeah same. also i don’t drink alcohol anymore but it would be nice to have more places to hang out.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Same
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I walk by some neighborhood bars, that are cheap and still some people go everyday like the Simpsons.
Videogames are better. I’ve come to recognize some of the “local drunks” that are there every day, they do be like Barney from the Simpsons. It seems a little depressing looking at them destroying themselves with booze.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Not if your goal is to socialize they’re not.
Nemoder@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
They certainly can be. Plenty of online games center around socializing. It might not be enough for those who need daily physical contact but it is far from an anti-social hobby.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 days ago
The scope of the socialization is extremely limited though. It’s centered around the game and unlikely to grow beyond that into a real relationship. It’s not like you can ask your internet friends who live hundreds of miles away to come help you move a couch or come to a barbecue or whatever. You don’t develop typically connections with your local community.
Admittedly playing WOW back in the day helped me a lot with getting over the social anxiety issues I have and learn to be a more functional adult. I’m not sure that would have happened had I not met the people I did in that game. But none of those friendships went beyond playing the game.
pathief@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sure but the social aspect in games is often pretty toxic.
I played quite a lot of Dota 2 and while communication and cooperation greatly jmprove your chances of winning, most often then not it was just someone raging hard over minor mistakes.