Now I've Heard Everything -- Video Games Blamed for...

[8bitgamer]

...making college-aged kids so jaded about everything that they have to use toys to enjoy sex. Adam Carolla said this today on the Dennis Prager radio show.

What's next?

[SpaceHarrier]

...making college-aged kids so jaded about everything that they have to use toys to enjoy sex. Adam Carolla said this today on the Dennis Prager radio show.

What's next?

Did he mention how this conclusion was reached, or some kind of study or ... anything?? I assume this is the same Adam Carolla that used to brag about his world class 'porn dungeon' back in his KROQ days..

I always assumed today's college-aged kids were so jaded because the whole hipster-douchebag scene is in and we have an entire generation of entitled brats..

[Buyatari]

...making college-aged kids so jaded about everything that they have to use toys to enjoy sex. Adam Carolla said this today on the Dennis Prager radio show.

What's next?

Why is Adam Carolla having sex with college-aged kids?

[joshnickerson]

I always assumed today's college-aged kids were so jaded because the whole hipster-douchebag scene is in and we have an entire generation of entitled brats..

That description could also apply to most of the internet.

[treismac]

Who gives even half a shit what Adam Carolla thinks? Seriously. To bloody hell with ad hominem... how could a former co-host of The Man Show ever hope to be taken seriously whenever he critiques culture?

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I think there's an important qualifier missing here - Adam Carolla is NOT a gamer.

As a long time fan of the radio show Loveline, I've grown to appreciate and respect Adam Carolla deeply. He's incredibly witty and generally gives great advice.

In this instance though, he's more or less just an old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn. He has said a few times over the years that he doesn't play videogames, and as such, he's just blaming gaming without really understanding it.

I remember him talk about getting Medal of Honor Rising Sun as he's a huge war buff, but then being confused by the controls and giving up before he even got out of the lower decks of the USS Arizona.

[8bitgamer]

Who gives even half a shit what Adam Carolla thinks?

Apparently a lot of people. He's got the most downloaded podcast in the world (according to Guiness).

[JSoup]

I always assumed today's college-aged kids were so jaded because the whole hipster-douchebag scene is in and we have an entire generation of entitled brats..

Working at a college, I find that this jaded attitude comes from the students feeling as if the entire thing is a waste of time or that they wish they were doing something (quoting a class here) "useful to the world instead of sitting around with some old man/women".

[treismac]

Apparently a lot of people. He's got the most downloaded podcast in the world (according to Guiness).

Apparently, indeed.

[Genjackson]

Video games went back in time and killed Jesus. Suck it Judas.

[o.pwuaioc]

Who gives even half a shit what Adam Carolla thinks? Seriously. To bloody hell with ad hominem... how could a former co-host of The Man Show ever hope to be taken seriously whenever he critiques culture?

What Satoshi said. Even after Loveline, I've listened to some of his podcasts (and I hate podcasts!) and the guy isn't retarded. He has genuine insights, often calling bullshit when he sees it. His atheist stance just solidified the respect I already had for him as a no-nonsense here's-sexual-advice kind of a guy from Loveline. So what if he's wrong once? That doesn't make him incompetent. And if you think Man Show was the lowest of the low, you must never have watched an episode.

http://www.sanchi.ro/view_video.php?viewkey=ab91def7fac026ead455

[Shulamana]

Wait, what? Sex toys didn't exist when he was younger?

[M.Buster2184]

I don't always agree with him, but I will always love, enjoy and be entertained by Adam. He's funny, smart and for the most part I agree with his opinions. (minus this one)

[Emperor Megas]

I don't have anything against Corolla, but I don't find him very funny or insightful -- like, at all. I've only seen him on Love Lines, which I've seen a fair bit of, and on The Man Show which I've seen little of, and I was mainly put off by off by his presence on both.

[tom]

Oh sex toys... For a minute I thought blowjob whilst playing X Man (Atari VCS)

[AceAerosmith]

Why not add video games to the list of things that make college kids jaded? This current generation of self-entitled douche-nozzle 20-somethings make me sick. Especially the hipster, skinny-jean, porkpie hat wearing "men". I see these "guys" when I go out with the missus and feel repulsed when I see this is what men have become. I just want to take pictures of these "guys" and then mail them to them 20 years from now so they can see what D-Bags they were.

As for Aceman Carolla, I know he's portrayed in the media as a racist, misogynist, and all-around mean guy. But, when you listen to the things that bother him, they are real issues you'll never hear politicians talk about. He's not a raving lunatic as many believe but someone who would like to see everything that is really truly wrong with this country get fixed even if it means he has to make sacrifices himself. And there is plenty of shit wrong with this country.

[JSoup]

Why not add video games to the list of things that make college kids jaded? This current generation of self-entitled douche-nozzle 20-somethings make me sick. Especially the hipster, skinny-jean, porkpie hat wearing "men". I see these "guys" when I go out with the missus and feel repulsed when I see this is what men have become. I just want to take pictures of these "guys" and then mail them to them 20 years from now so they can see what D-Bags they were.

Remember when old people would just scowl, shake a cane and then mumble to themselves about 'back in my day'?

I kinda miss that.

In Before Snarky Paragraph Telling Me How I'm Wrong.

[treismac]

And if you think Man Show was the lowest of the low, you must never have watched an episode.

I have, actually, watched The Man Show on more than a few occasions, and I will say that it was cleverly written prolefeed at its best and mind-numbingly stupid tripe that reinforced the basest aspects of our culture at its worst. Please pardon me if I smirk at Carolla's asinine comments about our culture in light of his own lofty contributions to our culture. Mind you, this doesn't necessarily invalidate everything he has to say, but it does cause a warm wave of smug, elitist satisfaction to wash over me when I reflect on the sweetness of the irony. Perhaps I am overly sensitive to the lowering (or, at the very least, reinforcing of the already low level) of culture of our civilization as a resident of the South, where ignorance is too often celebrated, blind patriotism is followed into each and every ditch, and sexist stereotypes are championed as if they were the highest virtues. Might well be a factor. Who knows, eh? ;)

I will, however, say in Corolla's defense, that anyone who has a microphone in front of them for long enough will inevitably say something stupid or hypocritical. So understand: I ain't condemning the man; I just don't care what he has to say. That's all.

[treismac]

http://www.sanchi.ro/view_video.php?viewkey=ab91def7fac026ead455

Yeah... I remember that skit. It was a decent slice of clever, wasn't it?


So what if he's wrong once? That doesn't make him incompetent.

I never said he was incompetent. He is an intelligent and (obviously) witty man. I just don't think he has the necessary ethos (credibility) to be casting judgment on culture. You can't be the guy who sh*t on the floor in the bathroom instead of in the toilet and then cry about some dude pissing on the toilet seat.

As far as former hosts of The Man Show that I give a damn about what they have to say, I'd definitely rank Joe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl2JQfxnnHU) as the top.

Oh! By the way, o.pwuaioc, I use to live in Brooklyn many moons ago. While people in the South think I don't have an accent or I'm a "Yankee," everyone in your neck of the woods thought I sounded like a hay seed country boy. Funny that.

[o.pwuaioc]

Oh! By the way, o.pwuaioc, I use to live in Brooklyn many moons ago. While people in the South think I don't have an accent or I'm a "Yankee," everyone in your neck of the woods thought I sounded like a hay seed country boy. Funny that.

Want to know the bigger irony? I can't stand the southern accent, and I lived in Memphis, TN for about 15 years before moving only about 3 years ago. Thankfully, I never picked up the accent. But I do understand and sympathize about the debasement of culture and antipathy toward the intellect and learning. I just think you misjudged Carolla on that one.

[treismac]

Want to know the bigger irony? I can't stand the southern accent, and I lived in Memphis, TN for about 15 years before moving only about 3 years ago. Thankfully, I never picked up the accent. But I do understand and sympathize about the debasement of culture and antipathy toward the intellect and learning. I just think you misjudged Carolla on that one.

Sir, if you convince your northern compatriots to embrace the heavenly nectar that is sweet tea wholesale, I will get a tattoo of Mr. Carolla's face on my back. Deal? ;)

[kedawa]

I forgot this guy even existed.
Mission accomplished, I guess.

[wiggyx]

This reminds me of Roger Ebert insisting that video games cannot be an art form. Both instances of ignorant drivel spewing ineptitude only serve to further their obsolescence and uselessness. Let's go back to forgetting about them...

[OldSchoolGamer]

Insane in the membrane...........

[o.pwuaioc]

This reminds me of Roger Ebert insisting that video games cannot be an art form. Both instances of ignorant drivel spewing ineptitude only serve to further their obsolescence and uselessness. Let's go back to forgetting about them...

Calling Ebert and Carolla inept and useless only makes you look both inept and useless. How many times does it have to be said that no one's perfect? Does one stupid thing said invalidate everything else they've said?

[old man]

Wait. Back up. We missed something. How does Adam Carolla know college kids are using sex toys to get off? (other than the fact that they're college kids and it's a likely occurrence) That needs to be explained before he can start blaming video games.

[kedawa]

It has nothing to do with games and everything to do with their attitudes toward sex.
When you're having sex with someone you don't care about and may not even like, you need all the help you can get.

[Shulamana]

It has nothing to do with games and everything to do with their attitudes toward sex.
When you're having sex with someone you don't care about and may not even like, you need all the help you can get.

I had to think for a moment to realize that you were referring to college students and not married 40-something radio hosts with cranky attitudes.

[kedawa]

Right, but you may be onto something.

[Nature Boy]

I think there's an important qualifier missing here - Adam Carolla is NOT a gamer.

As a long time fan of the radio show Loveline, I've grown to appreciate and respect Adam Carolla deeply. He's incredibly witty and generally gives great advice.

In this instance though, he's more or less just an old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn. He has said a few times over the years that he doesn't play videogames, and as such, he's just blaming gaming without really understanding it.

I remember him talk about getting Medal of Honor Rising Sun as he's a huge war buff, but then being confused by the controls and giving up before he even got out of the lower decks of the USS Arizona.

You started off on the right track but missed the mark.

The qualifier is that he is a comedian. Which means taking him seriously is *way* off the mark, as it was just a joke.

Seriously people....