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user-inactivated  ·  4371 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: All My Life I've Been Told I Was Special. It Was A Lie.

I don't want this to be the story of my generation. I know so many people who are exactly like this, it terrifies me. Video games are a frighteningly-effective escape from reality.

Incidentally, none of the comments already posted have anything to do with the part of the article that I found most fascinating. The special/not special, Western v. Tiger Mother stuff is trite and overdone -- the descent of childhood into destruction thanks to video games is fresh and scary ground.