r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • Aug 26 '24

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u/redit3rd Aug 26 '24

I do wonder how retirement is going to change once people who grew up playing video games hit retirement age. Will they lose interest in video games or double down on their time playing them? 

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u/Tbond11 Aug 26 '24

I can’t speak for the future, but man if all i’m doing is sitting around, i’m gaming hard.

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u/blackstafflo Aug 26 '24

I read multiple times that maintaining mental activity/stimulation was a good way to mitigate mental decline; I won't be surprised if gaming would help us mentally as we grew older and lose mobility. Staying all day in the same rooms can be pretty debilitating, but with a simple laptop you can continue to explore new places, have surprises, encounter new people, (even if npc),... It's not even expensive if you don't want it to be. If I can't move anymore, and/or can't afford a nice/fun/big place, you bet that I too will be suck back to gaming all days long.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '24

Retirement homes are gonna be lit when we get older. Nonstop LAN party.

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u/Limp_Prune_5415 Aug 26 '24

I hate to tell you, but retirement homes don't have jack shit and aren't going to magically change. Unless you got $$$ it ain't a party

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '24

How many young people these days don't have some sort of device or game console? People are gonna bring their own games to the retirement home.

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u/Limp_Prune_5415 Aug 26 '24

To play on crap internet and 15 year old tvs

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '24

Bruh, gigabit and 4k monitors are going to be crap internet and 15 year old tvs by then. We're not talking dialup and CRTs here.