Look, i'm not just posting to be Devil's Advocate... but all you people posting and telling that guy to get a life and go outside.. who the hell do you think you are? Do you even know him? Have you got any idea who he is or anything about him? Seriously. Consider for a second a multitude of reasons why someone might be housebound. Perhaps he has a long term sickness like ME or CFS which prevents him from doing excercise for any period of time. Perhaps he is quite severely disabled and playing games and internet are his only real escape into the outside world? Only a few weeks ago a guy posted in GD asking for a 5k spec so that him and his disabled wife would play games as it was their only form of entertainment.
And you know, even if he is a perfectly healthy and capable person, what makes you high and mighty enough to tell people how to live their lives? Who are you to say what is right and what is wrong when it comes to living? At the end of the day, this lad is doing what he loves.. and you fault him for that? just because what he loves isn't good in your eyes does not mean he is wasting his life. Frankly i applaud him. I wish i could find something i loved and dedicate myself to it, whatever it is.
If you think sitting in an office from 9 - 5 with boring salty faced people and a stupid suit with a ridiculous tie (wtf even are ties.. they're just bits of material that hang... whats the point) then coming home, eating dinner and being too tired to do much else is a life, then good for you. Go do it. Or perhaps you'd enjoy stacking shelves in a warehouse for 8 hours a day. Whatever. The kid is obviously in a position where he has no commitments, and he is enjoying it. leave him alone.
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(for the record, i work in an office. i have a tie. yes, i hate the tie. If i didn't work in an office or have commitments, i dont think i would spend all day playing games. I would probably spend all day diving or sea fishing. Some people dont understand that either, but tbh, it's nothign to do with them)