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Saying you don't like playing video games is like saying you don't read books or watch cinema. It's its own medium.
I got in a fight with a guy on reddit earlier this year who kept circling back to my post history (because of course he did) and the fact that there was trace evidence that I was a gamer. It didn't matter where that conversation turned or what was ever said. It didn't matter that most of my posts at the time were about life, marriage, and fatherhood. All that mattered to that idiot was the perceived smoking gun that I was a gamer.
I never once engaged with him in that matter, which I'm sure only pissed him off more, but I remember wondering how a person could be so out of touch that they believe gaming in the year 2023 is some kind of fringe hobby that serves as ammunition against a person. I figure that guy was either one of two things: an aging Gen X or Boomer who just kind of missed the boat, or just a an absolutely boner who missed out on some critical social development.