Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them

[Razgovory]

I got to the smart answer first.

I'm tempted to put this in my sig.  I think it perfectly captures the whiny petulance of Grumbler's posting style.

[derspiess]

Nobody ever bitches how employers can cap hours at 37.5 a week in order to intentionally avoid providing full-time benefits. 

THANKS OBAMACARE

I'm sure the neighborhood trick-or-treaters appreciated all those wire hangers you handed out last night, coonhating anti-cuntite.

Pocket constitutions and Chick-fil-A coupons went out in my goodie bags 

[crazy canuck]

Pocket constitutions and Chick-fil-A coupons went out in my goodie bags 

Very perceptive of you to recognize that Trump supporters need a gentle reminder about the Constitution - nice move sliding it in with their comfort food.

[CountDeMoney]

Pocket constitutions and Chick-fil-A coupons went out in my goodie bags 

Very perceptive of you to recognize that Trump supporters need a gentle reminder about the Constitution - nice move sliding it in with their comfort food.

And a tacit endorsement of blue laws.  Next time, just hand out pocket New Testaments.

[derspiess]

DON'T TEMPT ME SUCKA

[dps]

I don't think that anyone can reasonably argue that the 40-hour cutoff for OT isn't a more-or-less arbitrary limit.

I don't know why you are so confident of that. A modicum of research will tell you that, no, it was quite deliberate.

"Deliberate" and "arbitrary" aren't antonyms.

[crazy canuck]

I don't think that anyone can reasonably argue that the 40-hour cutoff for OT isn't a more-or-less arbitrary limit.

I don't know why you are so confident of that. A modicum of research will tell you that, no, it was quite deliberate.

"Deliberate" and "arbitrary" aren't antonyms.

I think you are right that this is just the amount of hours that was the compromise to over a century of political pressure from workers' rights groups and unions.  The 40 hour work week has been the standard for a long time and so all our labour laws and regulations adopt that standard.   

[Jacob]

Yeah, I think it comes from "8 hours work, 8 hours sleep, 8 hours leisure" multiplied out by the number of work days.

[DGuller]

Can anyone other than grumbler explain to me what the fuck grumbler's point is (whether you personally agree with it or not)?  I'm trying to follow this thread as I find it interesting, but for the love of me I can't figure out what insights were attempted to be added to the discussion.

[grumbler]

Can anyone other than grumbler explain to me what the fuck grumbler's point is (whether you personally agree with it or not)?  I'm trying to follow this thread as I find it interesting, but for the love of me I can't figure out what insights were attempted to be added to the discussion.

I doubt it.  We have some pretty talented writers here, but, talented enough to make this simple enough for you to understand?  Not likely.

[DGuller]

Can anyone other than grumbler explain to me what the fuck grumbler's point is (whether you personally agree with it or not)?  I'm trying to follow this thread as I find it interesting, but for the love of me I can't figure out what insights were attempted to be added to the discussion.

I doubt it.  We have some pretty talented writers here, but, talented enough to make this simple enough for you to understand?  Not likely.

Apparently we have some highly talented comedians here as well.

[grumbler]

Apparently we have some highly talented comedians here as well.

And, between you and Rain Man, two prolific trolls.

[11B4V]

Well this thread took the traditional languish trajectory.

[Tonitrus]

Well this thread took the traditional languish trajectory.

[grumbler]

Well this thread took the traditional languish trajectory.

When you start out the discussion with an Op-Ed with a headline like "Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them," you can't expect a whole lot.  I thought the discussion was interesting for a while, but then it devolved into "we gotta pass a law against this," and things always turn silly when people start proposing laws.