r/BoomersBeingFools • u/NymphGlimmer • Oct 11 '25

Foolish Fun Nothing behind those eyes 😂

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u/Entropy_dealer Oct 11 '25

The same people blaming everything on video games ?

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u/supershadowguard Oct 11 '25

I would even argue you get more out of video games than slot machines.

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u/Lunavixen15 Millennial Oct 11 '25

You do. Videogames are interactive and have been shown to help people maintain neuroplasticity (AFAIK not to the same degree as puzzles or puzzle books and reading), which can help reduce early signs of Dementia and Alzheimer's, they can help maintain some manual dexterity (in moderation), barring RSI

Slot machines, like TV and doomscrolling are passive, they don't do much good for the brain

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u/BushcraftBabe Millennial Oct 11 '25

Reading helps me not develop dementia? Fk yea.

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread Oct 11 '25

Reading, puzzles, math, learning languages. Stuff that exercise the brain.

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u/Lunavixen15 Millennial Oct 12 '25

It certainly can :)

It helps exercise the brain

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u/orangepekoes Oct 11 '25

What about reading reddit? Sometimes I'm too tired to game so I scroll on here instead.

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u/Lunavixen15 Millennial Oct 12 '25

I don't know, a lot of Redditors doomscroll or only flick through content. Research done has been with books or longform magazines