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Tommy Tiernan's comments on older gamers

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    #32
    Jerichoholic
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    If you're under the age of 80 and using the term 'acting the eejit' in 2018, you might be a little out of touch.


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    #33
    Stone Deaf 4evr
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    Jerichoholic wrote: »
    Charlie Brooker should have a word.

    Graham Linehan is addicted to Rainbow 6 Siege I Believe.


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    #34
    Jerichoholic
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    Linehan is a big time gamer, I remember him looking for a way to turn off the radio station in Far Cry 4 when it came out.


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    #35
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    There's a wide swathe of society that don't understand us. I'm not sure I understand us. Anyways, just need to get these 8 hours of work over so I can go back to the Division.
    I, for one, definitely do not understand you.

    :pac:


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    #36
    Retr0gamer
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    I think I'll give up video games and start Tommy Tiernan's favourite hobby of shovelling wheelbarrow loads of cocaine up my nose.
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    #37
    Jerichoholic
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I think I'll give up video games and start Tommy Tiernan's favourite hobby of shovelling wheelbarrow loads of cocaine up my nose.

    Sounds pretty good!


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    #38
    bigphil2
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I think I'll give up video games and start Tommy Tiernan's favourite hobby of shovelling wheelbarrow loads of cocaine up my nose.

    You could do both?


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    #39
    Grahamer666
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    bigphil2 wrote: »
    You could do both?

    I already do.


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    #40
    pixelburp
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    I feel like this thread kinda proves his Tiernan's point.

    It's a cheap-shot that betrays a total ignorance of cultural /recreational norms in 2018, but more fool everyone here for rising to a lazy cliché :D


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    #41
    Harmony Uninterested Hawk
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    Good thread, would read again


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    #42
    Pintman Paddy Losty
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    In fairness he has a point.

    If a man is well in to his thirties and can afford to spend his time playing some role-playing game where he pretends to be a dragon hunter for literally hundreds of hours there is likely something very wrong.

    That kind of behaviour may be normal enough when a guy is in his early twenties in college and can afford to spend hours smoking hash and playing games. However, if you're still at it a decade or two later, his description as a 40 year old teenager is probably accurate...


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    #43
    [Deleted User]
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I think I'll give up video games and start Tommy Tiernan's favourite hobby of shovelling wheelbarrow loads of cocaine up my nose.

    replace nose with arse


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    #44
    Harmony Uninterested Hawk
    Posts: 0 ✭ Harmony Uninterested Hawk


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    In fairness he has a point.

    If a man is well in to his thirties and can afford to spend his time playing some role-playing game where he pretends to be a dragon hunter for literally hundreds of hours there is likely something very wrong.

    That kind of behaviour may be normal enough when a guy is in his early twenties in college and can afford to spend hours smoking hash and playing games. However, if you're still at it a decade or two later, his description as a 40 year old teenager is probably accurate...

    Love the username :P

    Why so? What dictates what a man should or shouldn't be doing when he's 40?


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    #45
    [Deleted User]
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    In fairness he has a point.

    If a man is well in to his thirties and can afford to spend his time playing some role-playing game where he pretends to be a dragon hunter for literally hundreds of hours there is likely something very wrong.

    That kind of behaviour may be normal enough when a guy is in his early twenties in college and can afford to spend hours smoking hash and playing games. However, if you're still at it a decade or two later, his description as a 40 year old teenager is probably accurate...


    As apposed to sitting in front of the TV watching come dine with me and say yes to the dress?

    **** him and **** anyone that has a problem with what someone else does in their spare time.


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    #46
    Harmony Uninterested Hawk
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    iTXk4XU.jpg


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    #47
    The Specialist
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    In fairness he has a point.

    If a man is well in to his thirties and can afford to spend his time playing some role-playing game where he pretends to be a dragon hunter for literally hundreds of hours there is likely something very wrong.

    That kind of behaviour may be normal enough when a guy is in his early twenties in college and can afford to spend hours smoking hash and playing games. However, if you're still at it a decade or two later, his description as a 40 year old teenager is probably accurate...

    Nonsense. I'm well in to my 30's, work full time Mon-Fri and still have plenty of time to play games, as does my wife. You don't have to turn in to a boring **** once you hit 30 you know.


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    #48
    callaway92
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Failing comedian doesn't understand gamers.

    OK.

    This is wrong


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    #49
    Canis Lupus
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    In fairness he has a point.

    If a man is well in to his thirties and can afford to spend his time playing some role-playing game where he pretends to be a dragon hunter for literally hundreds of hours there is likely something very wrong.

    That kind of behaviour may be normal enough when a guy is in his early twenties in college and can afford to spend hours smoking hash and playing games. However, if you're still at it a decade or two later, his description as a 40 year old teenager is probably accurate...

    I work 4 on 4 off. Have loads of time to game. I could I guess sit there and watch football and be considered a proper adult but I don't like doing that with my own personal time.


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    #50
    Ragnar Lothbrok
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    I stopped playing games after Asteroids came out on Atari in my teens.

    Not that I think anything is wrong with people continuing to game into their 40s, it's just that I have the hand-eye coordination of a toaster.


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    #51
    kfrp
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    I'd agree with what he said to be honest.

    Gaming is for kids and man-babies


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    #52
    [Deleted User]
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    I find that many non-gamers equate 'gaming' solely with GTA/COD-type experiences, and make judgment accordingly. They haven't a clue about the nuances and pathos contained within many alternative games (and perhaps even GTA/COD). For example, it's gas to imagine a Kardashians fan judging someone for playing Valiant Hearts.


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    #53
    Billy86
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    I have to say having been off playing any games for more or less my entire 20s only to go back in late 2016 at 30 years of age. Have I devolved somehow? Apparently the average age of a gamer is 35.

    I also could be wrong but it does seem a lot less door deal more popular among women in other countries than in Ireland.


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    #54
    Jerichoholic
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    kfrp wrote: »
    I'd agree with what he said to be honest.

    Gaming is for kids and man-babies

    Well, you'd be completely wrong. What out of curiosity do you do for fun?


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    #55
    Billy86
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    Jerichoholic wrote: »
    Well, you'd be completely wrong. What out of curiosity do you do for fun?

    Well, gaming for one it would appear... https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=104543499

    :pac:


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    #56
    Jerichoholic
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    Billy86 wrote: »
    Well, gaming for one it would appear... https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=104543499

    :pac:

    Just some light gaming, it's for real men and real adults.


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    #57
    SeantheMan
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    Let this thread die already please.
    Such a non issue


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    #58
    bigphil2
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    Jerichoholic wrote: »
    Just some light gaming, it's for real men and real adults.

    Just Fifa and COD.. anything else and you're a weirdo!! ;)


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    #59
    Bobeagleburger
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    He hit a few nerves anyway :pac:

    Tommy always tries to be controversial. Wouldn't pass too much attention


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    #60
    Rezident
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    And it's not just games old people should avoid, it's fun in general. You should be at home with your pipe and slippers listening to a ham radio.

    Growing old disgracefully isn't about fun, it's about being miserable, and begrudging those that are happier than you and criticising things you don't understand. And there is so much to criticise. And voting for things that will ruin the country for the ungrateful generation.

    The average age of gamers now is in the 30's. My dad's in his '70s and enjoys gaming, I think that must be what's keeping him young: Fun.


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    #61
    Potential-Monke
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    Self-proclaimed man-child on Level 34, and i'm not quitting any time soon.


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