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I found god thanks to retail allmost got murdured, snitched on by everyone charecter assasination lose of faith in humanity 2 years of being completly destroyed. My prayers go to anyone going through anything even remotly close to what i'v been through.
I only felt like this after working for same restaurant for 9 years after they kept taking advantage of me making me work full time over time. 7 days a week. 15 hours a day.
36 years in food retail. I hate ppl now. So many ppl think they can wipe their feet on you because you’re wearing a name tag. And a company that backs the customer up 100%. I’ve always said, instead of making high school kids do community service for their graduation they should have to do food retail hrs. Everyone on the planet would be a decent human being then. I hate ppl and am full of rage even though I been retired 5 years.
Fomo, sink cost fallacy, gamba/loot box/gatcha/card packs, sound (appealing to senses/trigger senses in brain), level systems (reaching max level), social pressure (doing guilds/raids/dungeon/event) with your friends. Social interactions.
Retail is absolute hell, if I can give advice to anyone still in college then try to get a part time job inside your college (office work or even assisting professors), thats what I did and it helped me to escape retail after 2 years of being stuck in that hellhole. I did the school office job for 3 years (and now I’m moving into a CS related job) and it was 1000x better than retail.
I think one aspect that is absolutely addictive is trophy/achievement hunting. In my mid 20's, I was a massive achievement hunter and had over 100k gamer score before switching to PS3 and getting trophies. I was in groups where people spent literal hundreds of hours grinding on something just to pop a digital trophy. One day, I saw someone post about buying the same game on three different platforms just to get the platinum trophy, and that's when it kind of hit me that I had stopped playing games to have fun and was basing my self worth off of my trophy collection. I love gaming, but I'm glad it's addictive tendencies are being taken more seriously.
I've made a direct effort to cut out all of these things from my gaming time outside of when Fall Guys has a fame pass with outfits I'd enjoy like it's current Dinosaur themed one, but even that doesn't take long to unlock. I never thought of the Social aspect as I regularly jump on chat with friends when gaming, but have found recently that one particular friend is (unconsciously) attempting to hijack my game time with multiplayer games I don't care about due to my general enjoyment of playing games with friends. As it stands I know my "gaming with the guys" time had a bit of a ticking time bomb on it at least for the next few years, but this friend hasn't worked since 2020 or so & has been regularly playing 8-10 hours of games a day. I've tried mentioning in passing that I'm not excited about Concord, his newest hype cycle interest. Not that I didn't enjoy the little I played of the beta, but it also didn't do anything for me & seeing as my gaming time is more limited than I'd like it to be, I'm more about getting to my massive backlog than playing another grind-fest. I've also seen this same friend go from not liking RPGs to requiring RPG mechanics like leveling to even enjoy a game. We recently tried playing Gear of War: Judgement together as we skipped it at release & he couldn't be brought to continue playing it because you only progress through levels & don't level up a character.
This is why I usually just play single player games, and if I play a free game I never spend any money on it. It just seems like a waste. Also, I never understand how people like RuneScape, it's probably one of the most boring games lol
For me being hooked on Tekken is something that appeals to my ego. Winning. I love that its one v one and im overcoming the other player. Ive put aroun 80,000 matches in since 2018
Fanta… I think your videos are not appearing in my feed even though I’m subscribed. I haven’t purchased a Switch or any games for it because I couldn’t justify it on a teacher’s salary. But, I still have a small library of games from my 3DS collection before I moved to Japan. I barely touched those. I think part of it is because I adopted a mindset that I should always be working or productive in some way since I came to Japan. BUT, I recently purchased my first electric guitar off FB Marketplace. I’ll have to wait until next month to buy an amp, which I’ll probably just get used off FB Marketplace again or a recycle shop. With the money we can drop on loot boxes and stuff, I’d rather spend it on shiny pedals. Maybe about 20 years ago, I went to a pub with a friend. I had to cut through a casino to get there. I had to walk by a bunch of slot machines, and I couldn’t believe the number of people just sitting there and plugging the machines and playing. It was like watching a group of zombies. I kind of get it when you get into “the zone” like when you get to upper levels on Tetris, or you’ve been playing at a pinball machine for a while. You gotta focus, and it can be exhilarating when you draw a crowd to watch you play. But when you are outside of that dynamic, it’s really weird to see.
I have Collectors Addiction. I‘ve obtained so many games through the years I haven’t even played, several are Collectors Editions. And with a full time job for most of your adult life, FOMO can grab your wallet, and you will have all these games- and no time to play them. I’ve gotten better lately, to just hold off until it’s on Game Pass or PS+, unless it’s a Collector’s Edition, and the keep releasing them. FOMO, it’s a hell of a drug 😂
@@FANTAVISION it’s so wild how “one more game” turns into 5 more because SOME KID KILLED ME WITH THE OVERPOWERED MARVEL MYTHICS aaaaand now i’m starting to think they’re overpowered on purpose to keep you playing, either that or Epic never playtested it but i would not be surprised if it were the latter
Yeah thank god they don't fill games with lootboxes as much anymore, it's just sad how well gacha games do compared to full priced good games that aren't predatory on their audience.
@@FANTAVISION I'm just amazed at how playerbases of some games lash out about just having a cosmetic shop but gacha gamers seem to be fine to gamble for unlocking gameplay mechanics like they have no standards against it
Great video fanta! Probably one game I was addicted to was clash royale. I would spend money on it to get better. Now I just play it on my lunch breaks. Haha
In my opinion, if you have an addictive personality, then video games amplify that behavior. Without video games, I would be addicted to hard drugs, alcohol or whatever else amplifies addiction.
You should consider doing more videos where you read store reviews. "not to 'happen' about that" has been a commen reference since seeing your gamestop one.
I used to work at my local grocery store and let me tell you that it was a living nightmare so much so I could write a book about it, but let me summarize it, my position was a store greeter and you know people like to say it’s an easy job and I just laugh and say ha! No! I mean yes we stand all day there barely moving except for when we deliver carts, putting carts away, driving the scooters and parking it etc but otherwise we are standing there 2-3 hours at a time with no mat, we can’t sit down unless we have a written doctors note ( that I understand by the way) we check people’s receipts for items out of the cart mainly electronic stuff like tvs, water, anything out of the bag, and a lot or customers hated that which I don’t get it because they check the receipts all the time in my local Costco! Seriously though it’s not like I’m asking for their Security card and some just throw it in my face and all I can do is say have a nice day” but what’s worse is that I am being watched almost all the time because they got security cameras watching our every move, and sometimes I get a customer who throws stuff at me and nobody comes to my rescue it’s like these customers think that they are above us like they can just treat us any way they want but of course that’s not what it is but it feels like it! I was running on 3 cups of coffee a quarter of my lunch and whatever was left of my sanity, part timers get 2 breaks ( which are 15 min long) full timers get 3 ( 1 hour for lunch and two 15 min each) since I was a store greeter and a full time employee I got the 3 breaks but here’s the kicker since I had to watch the door I wasn’t allowed to leave the door unattended until someone comes over to take over my duties, I didn’t take my break until 2 hours after my scheduled time due to them forgetting i existed! My mental health was destroyed I developed a stress rash and indigestion! I was drained I didn’t want to do anything on my days off and I just became a walking zombie, i left the place after a customer threw a water bottle at me and it exploded all over me and I was soaked, cold, tired, angry and I wanted to cry but what I did was I packed up my stuff and left and the next day I said I quit! Best day of my life!!!! I’m doing better now but the place left some scars on me but I’m ok unfortunately i had to go to the doctor due to me spraining my wrist turns out I developed Kienbock’s disease (look it up on google it’s hard to explain it) my wrist got injured during the time I was working there, but once again I’m ok I’m doing the job I’ve always wanted to do 😊
Blizzard always trying to get us with FOMO with the Trading Post. I always find myself fighting the urge to pay the monthly fee just to purchase a few items and never touch the game again. Excellent video Fanta!
WoW was my addiction. It's crazy to think how game devs have gotten way more aggressive with adding addictive elements since WoW has been out. It's why I own a lot more retro games than I do modern ones present day.
11:11 that's what made me walk away from WoW. I've no interest in going back. When I game now, it's A) games with clearly defined, finite, end goals. And B) I use games to help me learn to read this other language better (I play the game in that other language.)
Man, as a former Destiny addict all this really strikes a cord because it was pretty much all of these that kept me hooked, the 'gambling' with random loot to keep me farming, the suken cost of having played for years, and my god the fomo. I literally have been fighting myself not to play the latest solstice event for the armor because i was like "what if i go back, it looks cool i might want it" and ive been mostly good about not playing thankfully because i got so bored with it
The social aspects of a game, the feeling of obligation to the guild/league/etc is what keeps me playing long after I’ve stopped having fun. With a lot of the other fallacies, I can flip it on its head. Why care about stuff in a game I don’t enjoy? Is the time/money spent a “loss” if you’ll have the memories of the fun you had? Why keep throwing more into something you don’t enjoy anymore when those resources can be better spent finding something new that you love? I also find that a good counter to micro transactions is making spending in game as inconvenient as possible. Even something as simple as needing to reload a prepaid card gives you a cooling off period. That $100 “must have” typically is less appealing when you’ve had a chance to think about it outside the game.
Wondering how games become jobs in the first place? Watch my other video about gaming addiction! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pGW4rrfP4So.html
Fortnite wants me to ahve 3 battlw passes for 3 different game modes all with their own quests, its a nightmare. I missed out on 2 comestics last season and im pissed!
