r/facepalm • u/Visqo • Aug 21 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Nothing wrong with gaming while in your 30s

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u/IsThereCheese Aug 21 '24

Yes. Playing games at 35. So weird.

44 year old me subtly pushes controller under couch

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u/90124 Aug 21 '24

You pull that controller out now mister!
You fire up your favourite game and you play it proudly and with the beverage of your choice!

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u/Carnivorous_Mower Aug 21 '24

If you put it under there JD Vance might hump it.

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u/silverwolf761 Aug 22 '24

force-feedback cushions? Oh hell yeah he's fucking that

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u/karmagod13000 Aug 22 '24

Lmao simple but to the point joke

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u/Silver-ishWolfe Aug 21 '24

Fuck that. I'm 39, and getting high and playing video games after work is the hobby for me and all the other IT guys I know. From interns to two dudes in their 60s.

Play on, bro. Play on...

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u/Bearcat-2800 Aug 21 '24

54 year old me pulls controller out from under couch and forces it back into your hands

Play the game, mister!

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

I'm 37, just got home from a 10 hour day. Today is my Friday. I'm playing Xbox for the rest of the evening.

Farm chores are done. Partner and I are likely just gonna eat on our own when we're hungry. It's relax time baby.

Maybe Charlie can go back his hobby of.... Of.... Um.... Eating paint chips?

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u/racermd Aug 21 '24

He doesn't seem the type to just nibble on tiny chips. He seems more like the type to order bulk, concentrated lead. As in full-on bars. That he nibbles and drools on like a baby would on a teething toy.

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u/ExpandYourTribe Aug 22 '24

I picture him chugging 5 gallon buckets of vintage lead paint like Homelander guzzles breast milk.

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u/KittyKayl Aug 21 '24

My dad was playing Duke Nuke'em every night on Gamecube every night in his late 50's/early 60's until he passed 🤷‍♀️

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u/McOrigin Aug 22 '24

Sorry for your loss.

Sounds like a great dad, I grew up with that game on PC. Now my kids watch me playing games and we all enjoy that time together. Can't wait till they show me their creativity in block games, strategic skills I Civ-likes and many more to come.

I want to watch them playing one day when I cannot anymore.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

I'm in my 50's and female and VR box on the daily. I love games to relax after work.

They really are just nitpicking at any dumb thing.

Is he a serial rapist, serial criminal, daughter-humping, lying, draft-dodging, violent coup inspiring, racist, fascist dictator wanna-be?

No? Just a gamer huh?

Yea, he and Harris got my vote! These magat weirdos need to try a hell of a lot harder..

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u/Llyon_ Aug 21 '24

Need to spend more time golfing on your mega yacht, like the rest of us normal people.

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u/chop1125 Aug 21 '24

I may or may not have had some time in between meetings today and started up Mass Effect. I am 42.

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u/Dippity_Dont Aug 21 '24

61 year old me hiding my steam icon...

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u/Competitive_Fee_5829 Aug 21 '24

I am 47 and had to show my teen son how to mod and play fallout 4. been trying to get him to play for YEARS now. glad the fallout series brought some interest to the games.

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u/Competitive_Fee_5829 Aug 21 '24

I am 47 and had to show my teen son how to mod and play fallout 4. been trying to get him to play for YEARS now. glad the fallout series brought some interest to the games.

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u/DJRyGuy20 Aug 21 '24

47 year old me takes off VR headset

Ah, who am I kidding… we VR gamers actually are weird.

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u/PickledDildosSourSex Aug 22 '24

Seriously. As a 40+ all I'm saying is... is 35 old?? I wish I could be 35 again, that shit was awesome and fun. This is fun too (more work with kids) but holy fuck, it's okay to have fun. Also props to Walz for owning a Dreamcast, that's some legit clout right there

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u/amazing_rando Aug 22 '24 edited Aug 22 '24

I’d venture to guess the average age of players of new single-player games is probably around 30 at least. Alan Wake 2 has references going back to the original Max Payne from 2001.

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u/swagyosha Aug 22 '24

Yeah, those 35 year old kiddos who try to act older than they are are weird