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Online video games are detrimental to society. Their very nature is contrary to positive behavior. Online games never end so there is no sense of accomplishment. Those who play online games transfer this attitude to real life. If they perform a task poorly or fail to complete it at all, they do not feel the negative emotions they should because they feel that they don't have to complete it or they can simply try again. Also, the continuous nature of online games makes it extremely easy to waste time. Many players spend more time that planned playing. The anonymity that online games bring is also detrimental to society. Good-natured and caring people in real life can easily become violent or ill-tempered online. Because they hide behind a screen name, they feel like their actions have no repercussions. Also, they loose a sense of reality because it is not simply another screen name they are yelling at or insulting but a real person. During high school, I played online games and I severely regret it, mostly for the time I wasted and cannot get back.
I agree with you on some points, and it is often easy for me to want top say video games are of the devil because I lost a lot if time and more importantly valuable relationships because of the time I wasted on video games. But I do not think we can make blanket statements about all video games.
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