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

[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....