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If you're over 30 and still playing video games, you're wasting your life.

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#I'm 36, I mean that's still pretty young, I guess, but I really gotta stop wasting this valuable time.<br><br>#I'm not even getting any joy out of video games any more. I think I'm just addicted at this point.<br><br>#I'm going to go ahead and cancel my Xbox Live subscription and throw my controller in the garbage. See ya later, gamers.<br><br>#Okay, I guess I'll play one last game of Red Dead Redemption II, just to say goodbye.<br><br>#Gotta get in a few more hours, the multiplayer is so much fun and I just subscribed to Xbox live this month so it'd be a waste not to play it as much as I can until it expires.<br><br>#Yep, definitely gonna throw that controller in the garbage as soon as I get off of work.<br><br>#I wonder if I can get off work early today. I've barely accomplished anything anyway, I'm sure it'll be fine.<br><br>#I'll just play one more match, I haven't gotten a single win so far.<br><br>#Alright, I'm going to tell my wife as soon as she gets off work that I'm going to throw out my Xbox and delete all of my games.<br><br>#I wonder what she'll think about all this...<br><br>#I'll go ahead and show her my new game before I throw it away.<br><br>#I'll just invite a few friends over and we'll all play together for a few hours.<br><br>#You know what, screw it.<br><br>#F\*\*k.<br><br>#I'm going to go ahead and renew my subscription.<br><br>#Maybe I'll never throw out my Xbox or delete my games.<br><br>#Maybe I'll never tell my wife about my revelation.<br><br>#Maybe I'll just keep on wasting my life.<br><br>#That sounds about right.<br><br>#And maybe, just maybe, I'll see you guys online.<br><br>#I'll be the one on Red Dead with the mic that doesn't work.<br><br>#You'll know it's me because I'll be the one running around in circles in the middle of the desert.<br><br>#I'll be the one who doesn't know how to stop crouch-walking.<br><br>#I'll be the one running away with fear in his eyes.<br><br>#You'll know it's me because I'll be the one who's still alive when the rest of the team is dead.<br><br>#You'll know it's me because I'll be the one who's still alive when EVERYONE on the team is dead but the other team's still got a bunker to blow up.<br><br>#You'll know it's me because I'll be the one who's still alive because I've been hiding in a bush for three minutes.<br><br>#You'll know it's me because I'll be the guy who gets instantly blasted by 8 different guns as soon as I step out.<br><br>#You'll know it's me because I'll be the one who's still alive as I walk up to the enemy bunker, pistol blazing, ready to take out the whole goddamn team.<br><br>#You'll know it's me because I'll be the one who's still alive while I walk up to the enemy bunker, pistol blazing, trip over my own feet, blast two shots in the air, miss two melee strikes, and get instantly gunned down by one guy and his pistol because I forgot to reload my pistol.<br><br>#Yeah, it's me.<br><br>#Good luck out there, gamers! See you online, I'll be the one on the enemy team.<br><br>#Edit: Well, I guess it's time to throw out my computer now.<br><br>#Thank you kind strangers for all the upvotes, silver, and gold. <br><br>#I'm getattring onto my computer right now and deleting steam. <br><br>#Wish me luck.<br><br>#Edit part 2: Well, I still haven't thrown out my xbox or deleted steam.<br><br>#I did take a 3 hour walk through the forest though, and that was nice.<br><br>#You guys are really great.<br><br>#I think I'm going to go play some more Red Dead Redemption II now.<br><br>#See ya online, gamers.<br><br>#Edit part 3 (final): Well, it's been an hour since I posted this, and I still haven't thrown out my xbox or deleted steam.<br><br>#So I think I'm just going to go ahead and stop resisting it at this point.<br><br>#I'm gonna go ahead and play some more Red Dead Redemption II, and then I'm going to go out for some beers.<br><br>#I think that's just the way it's gonna be.<br><br>#You guys all look really nice.<br><br>#I'm going to stop now.<br><br>#I'll probably post again in 20 minutes, but we'll see.<br><br>#See ya out there.<br><br>#Edit: Okay, last edit.<br><br>#I finally got around to throwing out my xbox and deleting steam.<br><br>#Jk I went ahead and bought a gaming PC and I'm downloading steam as we speak.<br><br>#F\*\*k.<br><br>#You guys are really great though.<br><br>#I love you all.<br><br>#No I don't.<br><br>#I hate you all.<br><br>#Except for the people who sent me gold and silver, you guys are all right.<br><br>#Thanks.<br><br>#This is the last you guys will be hearing of me.<br><br>#I'm going to go ahead and go play some video games now.<br><br>#Until next time.<br><br>#Bye.<br><br>#This is the last time I'm ever going to talk about video games.<br><br>#That is my promise to all of you.<br><br>#Bye forever.

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