Rant

Video games are really, really terrible devices. They can harm people, physiologically and psychologically. They can cause brain cancer and they are known to be a major contributing factor to ADHD. Now, the thing that really gets me, is that most people know this, but still choose to play them anyway! Why? They allow the person playing to escape from reality, take a break and enjoy, even if just for a moment. However, is a bit of pleasure worth risking someone's physical and emotional health? I don't think so. It's terrible what video games do. Not only that, but the Marine Corps even uses them to train soldiers. I think that if the Marine Corps can realize the potential of video games as a murder weapon, then they really should not be in the hands of the general public. It is outrageous! Especially what video games have done to the popular culture. They have turned people into mindless video gamers that need constant fast-paced action that just doesn't exist in real life. It exists in video games, though. So they go to that, after they get addicted and their brains start to function in flight-or-fight mode all the time. This is why video games are dangerous. It is even worse that people realize this. It just shows what our culture has done to people. Now, instead of trying to change this terrible catastrophe, people are actually trying to incorporate and fuse it into the educational system and others. In fact, in some states, dance video games are Incorporated into the P.E. program. Some public libraries even have video game arcades in them! Now, that is just wrong. It is just unbelievable to see what is going on today. Everyday I wake up and just feel miserable when I see all these people around me, lost in this technology driven, mindless, consumerism society. It is terrible to see how video games have been incorporated into this. And the advertising industry knows that it is a money-maker as well. That is why video games and video game consoles are released to the public in a strategic manner, usually a year or two after, or several months consecutively. The technology to create advanced graphics in video games, or other advanced technological things, exists. However, as part of an advertising technique, it is not released to the public, so that way, the industries can make money. Well, if it isn't bad enough the way video games hurt people physiologically and psychologically, the way advertising turns it into a money-making business, takes advantage of its addictive properties. That, that is just sickening. Sickening to see what this society has become. What really needs to be done, is to make a change now, before it is too late. Don't embrace this horrible stuff and incorporate into everyday life in every way. What needs to be done is to get rid of it. Get rid of this mind washing, unnecessary garbage. Something needs to be done now. Just get rid of the video games, the technology. One will see that all of these problems in society will vanish. One does not need to be surrounded by all this stuff. What good is it to have all this stuff in the world, to have and to want. It is all pointless. There is no point to our consumerism society. It just distracts people from what people know is eminent. Well, it is time to stop being distracted, and to start looking toward what one knows what is meant to be and to happen. It is time to take away the garbage technology that has infiltrated our society and turned it upside down.