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Originally Posted by Willravel
Endorphins do not cause your son to stay up playing video games. The release of endorphins may correlate with staying up all night, but they don't cause it.
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Do you play video games? Do you know people who do? Do you know people who will play for 8 hours straight with little or no break? Here is what can happen, in the excitement of a video game the player may become total engrossed getting what some call a runners high. The endorphin released during such a high can be like morphine. It can be like a serious pain killer, the player becomes numb. There is a sensory deprivation that occurs at the same time there are spurts of adrenalin rushes. Thrill seekers go through a similar process and if addicted there is a need for greater and greater risk to achieve the same high. Like I said, if interested, look into it. I have not done any scientific studies nor am I a scientist. I have seen this phenomenon, it is real and in my view for some people can be dangerous.
Is your point that, this is not a real danger? What are you saying? Are you saying it is a problem but I am not crafting the problem correctly? Gee, my gut tells me no matter what I present here, someone will have a problem with it.
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You're thinking of adrenaline.
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No, I am not.
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Second, you're comparing Call of Duty and not finishing homework to heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
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Come on, you can not seriously be saying that you are unaware of the extent of this issue, are you? If a child spends 50 to 60 hours per week playing video games, and it happens, I would argue it will have a bigger impact on all phases of their lives than even most illegal drugs and alcohol.
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You're being intellectually dishonest, Ace. If you can't think of an example of something which is both addictive and dangerous which you think children should have access to, admit it and let's move on.
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O.k., you don't think its a problem, I do - move on.
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What it seems like you're saying is that it's not that we here in San Francisco don't have American values, we just have new values first.
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I said history has shown there are examples of that.
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That seems to be true on some things, like homosexuality, but I don't know that's true as a rule.
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Certainly not any longer.
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Still, what it seems like you're saying and what I think you're saying are two different things. What I think you're actually thinking is that liberals (like those in San Fransisco) pull moderates and conservatives into new things and you don't like that; it makes you uncomfortable because you feel like you're betraying your old values.
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What I like is not in question. There is a national rejection of SF style liberalism, voters made that clear. Pelosi, in the minds of many represents that and many politicians ran and won races touting that message.