Then you factor in boards like this with regular posters who have formed some kind of relationship over the years, sometimes contentious and sometimes as comfortable and familiar as an old pair of jeans. Are we all friends?
Yes, I think most of us are here because we don't have many friends.
I'm your friend.
"I have the type of (REAL) job where I can choose how to spend my time," says Marcus.
Dr. Steuss called it. You're just doing more of the same.
Sir, did you bother to read the fourth paragraph under Discussion and Conclusion?
I'm not concluding anything, I'm simply asking: True, but can it also be the other way around? Having no friends might lead to more computer gaming.
Jesus Christ! This is ridiculous!
Yes. I agree. The way you mangle evidence is so ridiculous it's a waste of time trying to interact with you. You cited a paper that addresses decline in casual sex (i.e., non-relationship sex) as suggesting that men play more video games because they have fewer close friends. Both papers argue that the cause runs backwards from what you are claiming. The first suggests that men have fewer close friendships because of the toxic behavior they learn in on line gaming. The second suggests that young men who play more video games have less casual sex. (Seems kind of like a "duh" to me.) Nothing in either paper suggests that playing online games is the effect, and neither provides evidence in support of what you want to argue.
So, yeah, Jesus Christ. Learn to read a paper and use it appropriately.
he/him we all just have to live through it,
holding each other’s hands.
(Seems kind of like a "duh" to me.) Nothing in either paper suggests that playing online games is the effect, and neither provides evidence in support of what you want to argue.
I'm not saying it does.
What happened to the intelligent version of you?
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"I have the type of (REAL) job where I can choose how to spend my time," says Marcus.
Sir, did you bother to read the fourth paragraph under Discussion and Conclusion?
I'm not concluding anything, I'm simply asking: True, but can it also be the other way around? Having no friends might lead to more computer gaming.
Jesus Christ! This is ridiculous!
Yes. I agree. The way you mangle evidence is so ridiculous it's a waste of time trying to interact with you. You cited a paper that addresses decline in casual sex (i.e., non-relationship sex) as suggesting that men play more video games because they have fewer close friends. Both papers argue that the cause runs backwards from what you are claiming. The first suggests that men have fewer close friendships because of the toxic behavior they learn in on line gaming. The second suggests that young men who play more video games have less casual sex. (Seems kind of like a "duh" to me.) Nothing in either paper suggests that playing online games is the effect, and neither provides evidence in support of what you want to argue.
So, yeah, Jesus Christ. Learn to read a paper and use it appropriately.
Agreed. And to DT, an article about men is not an article about people. Your casual sexism is inappropriate. As usual.
The second suggests that young men who play more video games have less casual sex. (Seems kind of like a "duh" to me.) Nothing in either paper suggests that playing online games is the effect, and neither provides evidence in support of what you want to argue.
Read the fourth paragraph under Discussion and Conclusion. I wasn't arguing anything, I was simply asking a question.
Don't disappoint me.
"I have the type of (REAL) job where I can choose how to spend my time," says Marcus.
It should be very easy for you because you are a Professor of Statistics.