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Chalkdust
11/19/08

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I did a Halo 2 marathon once that was almost 24 hours with friends. It was a blast, but I was absolutely exhausted afterwards, and very hungry, and my eyes were tired.

Gaming is fun, but I guess I just love sleep too much to be like these people. Why keeping playing an MMO anyway if you can't hit the right hotkeys because you're too tired?
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Xagest
11/17/08

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I don't think I'll ever understand why people skip sleeping. Sleeping is like my favorite thing to do. Lord knows sleep is a luxury once you get into college and beyond. I'm sure if you tell any insomniac that you willfully decided not to sleep, they'll beat you with their tired, drowsy hands.
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Chalkdust
11/19/08

@Xagest: That's bullshit, I...Zzzzzzzz.
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duckmouth
11/17/08

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Noob
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Slust
11/17/08

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I've done 70 hours (EverQuest) without convulsions. The hell is up with these weakling gamers nowadays?
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
11/17/08

@Slust: Back in my day we had to walk 15 miles in the snow, uphill both ways, to play video games. And the controller was a rectangle with 2 buttons.

Get off my damn lawn.
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Pezdispenser
11/17/08

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Only 24? Phht, I've done 48, and still managed the half hour commute back home.
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
11/17/08

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Wheres the Darwin Effect when you need it?
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3lias
11/17/08

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: darwin effect?you mean natural selection i assume?it was in effect but the asshole doctors saved his life thereby negating natural selection,still the kid was a complete fag,3 days non stop at the age of 15 isn't hard when you have a ton of red bull behind you.
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
11/17/08

@3lias: The Darwin effect is the natural pruning from the gene pool of those less fit to survive.

Natural selection is the process by which favorable heritable traits become more common in successive generations of a population of reproducing organisms, and unfavorable heritable traits become less common, due to differential reproduction of genotypes.

AKA Natural Selection is not equal to stupid people removing themselves from the genepool.
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3lias
11/17/08

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: Yes but for natural selection to work isn't the darwin effect required?without it there would be no "filter" for the desired traits to be chosen from.I see your point in that natural selection isn't the darwin effect but am i correct in assuming that the darwin effect is a pre-requisite to natural selection?
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
11/17/08

@3lias: Well ya, Natural Selection is like the big picture and the Darwin Effect is a contributing factor.
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geekgrrl
11/17/08

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Daughters, on the other hand, can game all they want.

don't tempt us!
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