[mahmud]

It's my experience that the less work people do, the more serious they are about taking their breaks.

I would need to plow a field with my bare hands before I can justify a weekend of mindless gaming.

Let's face it, countless people, often at the prime of their age, devote substantial amount of their time moving simple geometric objects around a screen. Their entire being under the control of a switch statement.

Instead of playing games, MAKE THEM. Code demos. Crack DRM. Build your own console and sell it as kits. Open your own gaming cafe, etc. But sitting down for 5 hour stretches is unacceptable.

[Aleul]

How come you're so outspoken against what others choose to do?

Who are you to declare whether or not 5 hours of gaming is unacceptable? If that's what someone chooses to do it's pretty arrogant to think they are lesser than you because they don't do what you would do in that situation.

There are plenty of things I probably like that you don't. Should I criticize you, because you choose to do other things than what I'd do?

[ianp]

Well i'm glad to see you never take breaks. Err, except when you waste all day on HN?

Don't criticize others for spending their free time differently from you. The same arguements you posed for HN work just as well for video games.

[say_]

You don't understand value. There is no other explanation for why you can't seem to understand why people choose things you personally don't approve of.

We live in a world of scarce resources. You need to create at least as much value for others as you consume, but beyond that point you can choose to do whatever you want that doesn't infringe on the law or other people (well, you only need to worry about the law, but ethically you should think of others too). Some people just don't care about the things you value. Why is that such a problem for you?