r/facepalm Aug 21 '24

๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ Nothing wrong with gaming while in your 30s

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u/Weekly-Act-3132 Aug 21 '24

But untill then, stay in school, take care of your health and your teeth, will save you a fortune in the long run and affort you more gaming.

  • Drink water, use sunscreen and easyer to stay in shape than to get in shape.

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u/FikerGaming Aug 21 '24

Am just kidding. Am actually 68yrs old. I just wanted to make the reddit meme thingy of people responding with younger and younger age.

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u/Thomas-The-Tutor Aug 22 '24

Iโ€™m impressed. My mid-60s parents barely know how to internet.

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u/WilcoHistBuff Aug 22 '24

Iโ€™m 62 and I remember gaming on an IBM system 36 terminal at age 13 where all the commands had to be written in Basic and you had to wait for results to print out on spools of newsprint.

We had to do that in the snow (caused by insane levels of chilled computer room air) with butchers string tied around the wheels of our chairs.

It was brutal. You kids donโ€™t know how good you got it.

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u/Thomas-The-Tutor Aug 22 '24

God damn! I thought dialup was bad in the early 2000s.

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u/WilcoHistBuff Aug 22 '24

Dialup was truly bad. I still have nightmares about it.

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u/Devolutionary76 Aug 21 '24

Iโ€™m 48, have the series X, a gaming laptop, and just got a quest 3 and most of my free time is burning through free trials on the horizon store to see a little of everything.

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u/Darkmagosan Aug 22 '24

I'm only about 2 years older than you are, give or take a few months (probably). I've still got my Atari VCS from 1980. It would later be known as the 2600. It works beautifully, too. Also have my Intellivision, NES, SNES, TG16, and most systems up to the PS4 and Switch. I would have bought myself a PS5 last Christmas as I made enough during Halloween* but my car needed a new serpentine belt and that took priority. Maybe this year... But yeah, I like to wave my collector flag high.

*I read Tarot and Halloween through New Year's is my busy season.

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u/utrecht1976 Aug 22 '24

You must be my lost twin brother. Born in โ€‹May 1976?

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u/Ok_Sand7681 Aug 21 '24

What this person said! Stay on top of your health, and you can game as much as you want. Then you'll be a healthy, sexy gamer

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u/TheTr0llXBL Aug 21 '24

easyer to stay in shape than to get in shape.

Louder for the younglings in the back. 30 min a few times a week while you're young will make everything soooo much easier when you get up there, and it'll likely extend your gaming career too.

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u/Devolutionary76 Aug 21 '24

Round is a shape!

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u/Kraeyzie_MFer Aug 21 '24

Hey now, round is a shapeโ€ฆ

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u/heart_blossom Aug 22 '24

IN shape is not the same as having the beauty standard shape. Don't worry, round folks! Just get some exercise, stay on top of your medical checks, and eat more healthy food than junk. You'll be fine

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u/herowin6 Aug 21 '24

True dat

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u/Jegator2 Aug 21 '24

This is seriously good advice!

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u/rstewart1989 Aug 22 '24

Good thing for me round is a shape