Jesus Christ he isn’t saying that simply playing video games makes your bones weak. Are you stupid?

There is no question whether weight bearing exercise makes stronger bones or not. Doctors have been recommending that for twenty years to the aged with osteoporosis. Also the same reason that long term astronauts have recovery time when they return to solid ground.

Jeezus thank you. I thought I was the only one who took A&P 1.

I read the article you linked and it’s a lot less ridiculous than you make it sound. I think he’s referring to the fact that a lot of young Americans are generally not in good shape, which is true, and more prone to injury as a result, which is true.

This is a well-researched area of health... a few minutes googling should turn up a bunch of articles like the one below. I don’t think I’ve seen any research on the “nintendo generation” relative to previous generations (specifically), but it’s totally rational to believe that people living more sedentary lives will…

A lot of people who have abundant access to food don’t have access to the right nutrients. It’s malnutrition either way. It’s one reason why typically a lot of poor people are overweight. It’s not that they have too much food, it’s just all low in essential nutrients, and high in the less essential stuff.

Part of the reason we have the food system we do now is in WWII draftees came in who were suffering from malnutrition. The book "The Taste of War" gets into this: It's really fascinating.

You have to understand that federal service is the best means of upward mobility for so many young people in this country. Even state schools are charging a mortgage for an undergraduate degree.

I guess? It just seems like those of us that actually grew up with the rise of Nintendo are getting to be older ourselves. Gen-Z would seem to be more of the PlayStation Generation. But I guess the guy that said this must be out of touch with video games in general.

Came for this, was not disappointed.

I’d like to see the science behind it.

Not exactly. War, at its extremes, hasn’t changed. It’s still tanks, bombs, aircraft, and people dying, but ‘limited’ warfare has, and that’s most of what happens between major powers these days. If anything, the US’s war in Iraq and Afghanistan are flukes of the changing face of war. Most nations are too…

That feels incredibly disingenuous and blithely ignorant or dismissive of the places that still routinely experience warfare/armed conflict.

Kotaku: Gamers can face repetitive stress injuries and medical issues due to the repetitive actions they do and the sedentary lifestyle they commonly live.

They had that name not because they were perceived soft, but because of the how the buttons on their uniforms looked. Men in WWI primarily worked in agriculture / physical labor, so they were hardy and strong in their teens / early adulthood. Men today work primarily in service sectors / non-physical labor, so are of…