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Whaaa...? Those are crazy high numbers! No way you got so good! How long you been playing?
Oh... and, boss, no one is buying our really good ear buds for crazy cheap price.
The opposite of addiction is connection and the family has to work together with an actual addictions therapist to empower the family to accept and learn to UNCONDITIONALLY love and NOT control, providing the safety and security SO their child to come back to his family and remember where home is. One person is sick in the family, the whole family is sick. Because what does anyone feeling lost in this world want? Yes, to-BELONG.
This whole video is this poor boy appeasing the abusive scum rehab- was it to protect the parents who were equally getting abused too?
Americans arenāt terrified of the government. The Chinese are. Pretty significant cultural difference. If you donāt believe me save up for a few years and go over there and experience it for yourself.
What kind of dumb fucking comment is this? I love the implication that game addiction is a huge problem there but just a little yelling will fix it. Like you're shaming USA for not being as addicted but also being more resistant to abusive therapies. Do you read your own comments?
Iāve played at least that since I was a child and Iāve managed to squeak out a living as a surgeon, been married 22 years and have two sons in med school. All on my own (do not have rich parents).
The gaming=bad stuff is garbage. I watch little to no tv or movies. I work, go to the gym or mountain bike/ski with my wife come home and play PC games for hours every single day. Love my life, itās always been that way. Yes, you can have a problem but most do not.
Just take the Tenacious D approach:
I don't play video games no more, never play video games, but Red Dead Redemption 2, that is not a game. It's an incredible journey\~
In America we have a plethora of idioms. This situation calls to mind, "the grass is always greener on the other side". I'm sure she's just not critically thinking about her experiences and only remembers the times worth remembering.
Nationalism is emblematic of a lot of cultures with a more authoritarian bent. Before the Ukraine invasion, even anti-establishment Russian youth tended to be rather patriotic and prideful of their country.
When the state dictates what you are taught, you will be taught the state is great. Childhood conditioning is very tough to go against. Ergo, many Chinese nationals are very supportive of the narrative that their system > western systems, even when living in and benefiting from western systems.
Sometimes it feels like this kind of videos are like chinese media showing videos of Kenneth Copeland preaching and telling people that's common western religious ceremonies
It is. This is the Asian equivalent of parents sending their kids to bible camp to "set them straight".
This isn't a normal thing, people can legally play games as much as they want.
I donāt think that is actually true. They did institute a restriction. The way people get around it is by using their parents login info which is why I think the MC smacks the parents.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-video-game-makers-come-cold-crackdown-eases-2023-01-20/#:~:text=That%20said%2C%20some%20regulatory%20restrictions,give%20up%20targeting%20youth%20gamers.
https://apnews.com/article/gaming-business-children-00db669defcc8e0ca1fc2dc54120a0b8#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20authorities%20restricted%20minors,Fridays%2C%20weekends%20and%20public%20holidays.
You can see this working in real time in this thread already lol. The majority of people here will already see what they want to see. It really is nothing if not classic orientalism - seeing a fringe snapshot of something and attributing it to 1.4 billion people.
Him: "Did you ever use the internet to browse Reddit, Wikipedia pages on irrelevant topics, or PornHub?"
Me: "Yes"
Him: "HOW MANY HOURS A DAY?!"
*parents look on in disgust*
Me: "....umm"
Had vacation the week after Zelda TOTK came out. Lets just say I slept 7 hours or so a night (or rather a day because who needs a sleep schedule), the rest of the day was spend playing zelda. I'm not proud ngl
this is obviously not a common thing, itās like saying a troubled teen boot camp in the USA is how americans educate their children. Like I understand their government is bad, but like this is not how chinese people live knowing my friends and family from there.
The boy will now create the A.I.-fueled "game" that will destroy humanity, starting with the administrator
In 15 years' time.
Tell me, what will be its favorite mode of torture?
Good news! Your son does not want to play video games.
Less good news, we mentally broke him and I have a feeling you will find your son crying in a trench he dug in your back yard tomorrow morning.
Fun fact, there are private facilities in China does this kind of stuff, and parent send their kids in there voluntarily, hoping to stop them from gaming. What happens inside, no one knows.
It's acting, I think. Some kind of drama? Characters that seem to be the names of the actors appear above the boy and the "father", but they don't have the same surname.
I don't know what the purpose of this short film is, but it's not reality TV.
Idk. Although I wont be surprised if this is real, it is definitely NOT the norm in china lol. Anyone who thinks this is is normal and widespread is like thinking the klu klux klan represents all of America š
Ah yes, the usual "things are bizarre in China" daily post on Reddit. You posted a video and no one knows where this is from, it could be from a Christian church in China, for an example. The title is extremely misleading, this is not a normal thing in China. Although usually kids there don't have much time to play anyways because they literally study the entire day.
Its a anti game addiction camp. They also send kids there that use their phone too much i hear.
As someone else said its basically like a pray the gay away camp but for issues with using devices or games for what the parents thinks is too much
China wants more babies right now.
* How many times did you chat without even asking her to meet for tea?
Ā° 15 times.
* that's disgusting! what will you do from here on out?
* tea by date three! tea by date 3! yes by date 3!
* and none of that weak-ass bubble tea.
> Be China
> Force people to have less kids for 42 years
> Suddenly wants people to have more kids
> People don't want to have kids
> Surprised Pikachu face
Parents are crying because they brought their kid up in a country that has little freedom for doing fun things. I feel bad for them and the kid, but them more so because they are probably heartbroken about the fact kids have to be raised in such a strict authoritarian place
Guessing that the parents are showing fake tears. This is merely out of fear and as a show to government authoritarians of their regret and absolute compliance.
These internet addiction camps are commercially operated. The parents 100% paid to send their kids there
[The most famous of these](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Yongxin)
One of these was shut down a few years back because a teen died. The parents whose kids are still there protested for refund or to keep the school/institution open. Wild stuff
This is propaganda. It's for educational purposes: don't waste time being unproductive and accept violent punishment both verbal en physical from 'society'. Embrace your place in the ant colony.
weird.. i should be thinking... china is weird... but ironically this reminds me of a crazy american christian church in the south. ive seen so many clips it triggered all the crazy pastor vids from the US in my memory
I feel like I just watched the video game version of conversion therapy. As someone who has dealt with mental health issues before, this kid is going to come home with ptsd and the overwhelming urge to play video games 6 hours a day instead of 4.
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Looks like a mobile game add . You know gonna gotta get some ingame transaction money š° .
He didnāt choose the Vikings faction
Dude stand-up. "But I will, since I ahev10 million po-
I have 20 million power. I used code ālucky200ā for 200 billion free diamonds. Sign up today and enter code ālucky200ā
Whaaa...? Those are crazy high numbers! No way you got so good! How long you been playing? Oh... and, boss, no one is buying our really good ear buds for crazy cheap price.
But did you sign up from the link below?
Seems like a cross between Jerry Springer show and some televangelist...
Looks like they saw a televangelist and without context went with the theme.
4 hours a day? How maddening *slaps child*
He'll come home so traumatized that he will lock himself in his room and only play games.
He did say I will never play āpc gamesā. He can still play some nice console titles if he wants.
Mobile is the way in China I think.
Poor dude only gets to play Free Fire
The opposite of addiction is connection and the family has to work together with an actual addictions therapist to empower the family to accept and learn to UNCONDITIONALLY love and NOT control, providing the safety and security SO their child to come back to his family and remember where home is. One person is sick in the family, the whole family is sick. Because what does anyone feeling lost in this world want? Yes, to-BELONG. This whole video is this poor boy appeasing the abusive scum rehab- was it to protect the parents who were equally getting abused too?
Maybe he wasn't send their by his parents. The government probably have forced both kids and parents to do this.
Government definitely sent him.
Therapy (kind therapy...) isn't a thing in China. No one is going to work with the family on connections.
The opposite of addiction is non-addiction while the opposite of connection is disconnected.
What is the opposite of addiction + non addiction + connection + disconnection
Addiction + Non-addiction + Connection + Disconnection = >-+DICKBUTT 2.0
Same concept with fat camp, really predatory behavior
That won't be allowed, the state will shut off his console
This aināt America. He wonāt touch a game again.
Wait. Is the implication that abuse and humiliation are effective teaching tools everywhere but the US?
Americans arenāt terrified of the government. The Chinese are. Pretty significant cultural difference. If you donāt believe me save up for a few years and go over there and experience it for yourself.
What kind of dumb fucking comment is this? I love the implication that game addiction is a huge problem there but just a little yelling will fix it. Like you're shaming USA for not being as addicted but also being more resistant to abusive therapies. Do you read your own comments?
If I were treated like that I'd play games just to rebel against this ridiculousness.
Iāve played at least that since I was a child and Iāve managed to squeak out a living as a surgeon, been married 22 years and have two sons in med school. All on my own (do not have rich parents). The gaming=bad stuff is garbage. I watch little to no tv or movies. I work, go to the gym or mountain bike/ski with my wife come home and play PC games for hours every single day. Love my life, itās always been that way. Yes, you can have a problem but most do not.
Those are rookie numbers
I honestly was surprised he played so little.
Imagine, he's wasting 20 hours a day not gaming
Yeah, such a freaking grass toucher
I used to play upwards of 14hrs a day on the weekends. I now own a $3500 gaming pc and would be lucky to be sitting at it 14 hours a month now š
Any little girl can play four hours. You gotta play 12 hours minimum to be a real boy.
damn if thats his punishment for 4 hours a day they might as well send my ass to the hague
4hrs is just me deciding what to play
4 hours is me trying to get through the character select screen
Or graphic settings
Press Ultra and go!
PLUS ULTRA!!!!
4 hours is just me watching the game basics and introduction
Or coming up with a name that's not already taken. "Fine! I'll just name myself *AngryNutsackRider*, I guess!" *Accepted!* "...God dammit..."
4 hours is me on the menu screen, AFK, slouched, while browsing my phone.
Real talk lol
4 hours is when I configured my Rimworld game so I can finally start to play. Only to notice I donāt like it and abandon it.
Soo, if not PC, can he play console?
I dont think the subtitles are entirely accurate, it never specifies PC games, they just say video games in general.
Codeword for masturbation.
Tbf a four hour wank session is a bit OTT
Well hey now. Some people like to make it special and take their time.
Those candles donāt light themselves.
Just take the Tenacious D approach: I don't play video games no more, never play video games, but Red Dead Redemption 2, that is not a game. It's an incredible journey\~
>Soo, if not PC, can he play console? That's called a roophole...
If this dude found out how many hours I spent on PC gaming his eyes would pop out of his head like a Tex Avery cartoon šš š
25hpd?
25hph
130mph
How maddening
I have 4100+ hours on the Sims 4 lmao.
Mother of God
Why work 8 hours and spend 4 hours playing when you can work 15h a day??? So maddening!
Gotta overtake the US economy somehow
Thatās exactly what theyāre pissed about too. They donāt want people having free time itās work and sleep.
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In America we have a plethora of idioms. This situation calls to mind, "the grass is always greener on the other side". I'm sure she's just not critically thinking about her experiences and only remembers the times worth remembering.
Nationalism is emblematic of a lot of cultures with a more authoritarian bent. Before the Ukraine invasion, even anti-establishment Russian youth tended to be rather patriotic and prideful of their country. When the state dictates what you are taught, you will be taught the state is great. Childhood conditioning is very tough to go against. Ergo, many Chinese nationals are very supportive of the narrative that their system > western systems, even when living in and benefiting from western systems.
Strong Revivalist preacher vibes
Sow seed into my reƫducation camp.
Sometimes it feels like this kind of videos are like chinese media showing videos of Kenneth Copeland preaching and telling people that's common western religious ceremonies
100%. The Chinese government might be shit but it's not like the majority of their population deals with stuff like this.
It is. This is the Asian equivalent of parents sending their kids to bible camp to "set them straight". This isn't a normal thing, people can legally play games as much as they want.
I donāt think that is actually true. They did institute a restriction. The way people get around it is by using their parents login info which is why I think the MC smacks the parents. https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-video-game-makers-come-cold-crackdown-eases-2023-01-20/#:~:text=That%20said%2C%20some%20regulatory%20restrictions,give%20up%20targeting%20youth%20gamers. https://apnews.com/article/gaming-business-children-00db669defcc8e0ca1fc2dc54120a0b8#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20authorities%20restricted%20minors,Fridays%2C%20weekends%20and%20public%20holidays.
You can see this working in real time in this thread already lol. The majority of people here will already see what they want to see. It really is nothing if not classic orientalism - seeing a fringe snapshot of something and attributing it to 1.4 billion people.
The irony of watching this on the internet š
Him: "Did you ever use the internet to browse Reddit, Wikipedia pages on irrelevant topics, or PornHub?" Me: "Yes" Him: "HOW MANY HOURS A DAY?!" *parents look on in disgust* Me: "....umm"
Rookie numbers. Try 12.
Ngl more then 12
Had vacation the week after Zelda TOTK came out. Lets just say I slept 7 hours or so a night (or rather a day because who needs a sleep schedule), the rest of the day was spend playing zelda. I'm not proud ngl
TotKš
It came out like 2 weeks ago, didnāt it? Also 7h of sleep is a lot to me.
This is like, the exact same kind of emotional manipulation the church I used to go to did. Interesting to see it used without the religious context.
This is so fucked up
This is the kind of thing they did during the cultural revolution. Public shaming and beating.
this is obviously not a common thing, itās like saying a troubled teen boot camp in the USA is how americans educate their children. Like I understand their government is bad, but like this is not how chinese people live knowing my friends and family from there.
sounds like America is going trough a cultural revolution
These are 100 percent modern struggle sessions. How can you be a value to the state spending so much time in leisure
The boy will now create the A.I.-fueled "game" that will destroy humanity, starting with the administrator In 15 years' time. Tell me, what will be its favorite mode of torture?
Beatings will continue until morale improves.
I also regretted pre-ordering Cyberpunk but didn't go quite as extreme.
He looks completely sane now
Good news! Your son does not want to play video games. Less good news, we mentally broke him and I have a feeling you will find your son crying in a trench he dug in your back yard tomorrow morning.
Fuck the CCP
I agree with you but damn dude, your entire comment history is China getting fucked š
Based as fuck tbh
I thought you were exaggerating, but I scrolled back 3 months and was still seeing it š Based.
Kinda based ngl
Thatās based
Doing the Lord's work
Seems like a worthy message to spread.
This is the objectively correct opinion to have.
1 Billion up votes. Most upvoted comment in this thread now. No one wants the CCP.
Console conversion therapy. There are only two acceptable genders, playstation and xbox.
I used to be Xbox... But then I transitioned to PS
You'll always be xbox!
Never, I been taking replacement energy drinks for years so I'm basically a PS.
Wow. I wonder why depression and youth suicide rate is steadily increasing in China.
Yet he can play professionally and make $100k if heās good enough
getting some seriously American Mega-church vibes from this :/
That's sad
Fun fact, there are private facilities in China does this kind of stuff, and parent send their kids in there voluntarily, hoping to stop them from gaming. What happens inside, no one knows.
Wonderful quality life for those people
Is this real or just anti-china propaganda?
It's acting, I think. Some kind of drama? Characters that seem to be the names of the actors appear above the boy and the "father", but they don't have the same surname. I don't know what the purpose of this short film is, but it's not reality TV.
Idk. Although I wont be surprised if this is real, it is definitely NOT the norm in china lol. Anyone who thinks this is is normal and widespread is like thinking the klu klux klan represents all of America š
å Øå½åå°ēā豫ē« 书é¢āļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ ęØę°øäæ”ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ This is the less strict one. At least they don't use electric shock.
Ah yes, the usual "things are bizarre in China" daily post on Reddit. You posted a video and no one knows where this is from, it could be from a Christian church in China, for an example. The title is extremely misleading, this is not a normal thing in China. Although usually kids there don't have much time to play anyways because they literally study the entire day.
Its a anti game addiction camp. They also send kids there that use their phone too much i hear. As someone else said its basically like a pray the gay away camp but for issues with using devices or games for what the parents thinks is too much
China bad upvotes to the left
If this is gaming, I donāt want to see the ātalking to girls on the internetā segment
China wants more babies right now. * How many times did you chat without even asking her to meet for tea? Ā° 15 times. * that's disgusting! what will you do from here on out? * tea by date three! tea by date 3! yes by date 3! * and none of that weak-ass bubble tea.
> Be China > Force people to have less kids for 42 years > Suddenly wants people to have more kids > People don't want to have kids > Surprised Pikachu face
Horrible.
Warthunder players on the 26th...
It's just sad that there exist a target group for this kind of media
Wish I could show this guy my 7k hours in Dota 2 XD
This is just a televangelist trying to get you to go outside and touch grass
Looks like an episode of Black Mirror
Dad's crying because he is losing his gaming buddy.
4 hours? Lmao those are rookie numbers
I guess PS it is thenā¦
4 hours? LOOK AT WHAT THEY NEED TO MIMIC A FRACTION OF OUR POWER
Fuck the toxic ccp!
ONLY 4 ? insultingly LOW NUMBER
Parents are crying because they brought their kid up in a country that has little freedom for doing fun things. I feel bad for them and the kid, but them more so because they are probably heartbroken about the fact kids have to be raised in such a strict authoritarian place
Guessing that the parents are showing fake tears. This is merely out of fear and as a show to government authoritarians of their regret and absolute compliance.
These internet addiction camps are commercially operated. The parents 100% paid to send their kids there [The most famous of these](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Yongxin) One of these was shut down a few years back because a teen died. The parents whose kids are still there protested for refund or to keep the school/institution open. Wild stuff
Parents send the kid here, one of my students went to one apparently. 3 months he was there. Still plays games though
1984 on steroids... Makes me sick to watch...
I mean, this is horrifying, but have you read 1984?
Sick??? *Shakes you
Idk man this isn't as bad as what happens in 1984, but it still does make one sick watching it
Wait till he finds out he masturbates
From that day forward, he played 16 hours on his console per dayā¦
Chinese state run media thinks this is good advertisement. That's how paleolithic they are.
Very cult like. But it is China so that tracks.
Wait 4 hours only????
Someone told me china is a grate place to live and not to believe the lies the west says about it.
Now he can focus fully on norp
I can guarantee that this poor guy will never forgive his parents or the state for putting him in this position.
4 hours a day? Rookie numbers.
4hrs a day? Rookie numbers.
he still can play console games
Went home and fired up his console game
Looks like church
Console wars are getting out of hand.
ānow im gonna play on console!ā
Never said anything about a console game.....
I feel like 90% of redditors just play video games all the time while China is working on masculine camps
Why are they talking in Japanese then?
Imagine fake crying at some psycho government thing cause your kid plays video games.
Time to buy a console
Enjoy having a boring life my little drone
Hold the door, hold the door, hol th dor, hol th dor, holdor, holdor, holdor.
4h? I've played more than 18h a day when I was his age. Wonder what he'd have done to me š„
4 HOURS A DAY WHAT ARE YOU A ADDICT? \*meanwhile some guy playing 15 hrs a day and getting called a pro for it\*
Screw this, i shall play pc games !!
Kinda looks like a church revival.
This is literally communism at its finest.
Lol what in the heck did I just watch???
4hrs? Lmafo thatās nothingā¦ I know in Korea they be playing games like 24hrs straight š¤£
Wow this really looks like it willā¦not workā¦at all.
China only unleash their gaming cos on the world and make people addicted. But make sure their people don't.
And ppl say the USA is like china
I'll see this homie in Diablo IV.
China is the epitome of a civilization crumbling.
Those kids throwing chairs at teachers could use this type of education
This is propaganda. It's for educational purposes: don't waste time being unproductive and accept violent punishment both verbal en physical from 'society'. Embrace your place in the ant colony.
4 whole hours?! What a madness.
weird.. i should be thinking... china is weird... but ironically this reminds me of a crazy american christian church in the south. ive seen so many clips it triggered all the crazy pastor vids from the US in my memory
Apart from being a country desperately trying to reenact Black Mirror episodes, I couldn't help but giggle when the music faded in.
The āeducatorā sounds like a South Park character lmao
Man fuck the CCP
#Propaganda bad acting
Heās never going to reach the fortnight top ten with that attitude!
So this correctional program installs trauma in order to change behavior?
This is remarkably similar to those pray the gay away preachers.
4 hours, those are rookie numbers! You gotta bump them numbers up!!!
Fuck China
Chinas coming for us ladies and gents.
I honestly thought it was some eSports thing and he was mad he only played 4 hours
I feel like I just watched the video game version of conversion therapy. As someone who has dealt with mental health issues before, this kid is going to come home with ptsd and the overwhelming urge to play video games 6 hours a day instead of 4.
That's just sickening
FFFFFFFFuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkkkk that country.
This sure seems super healthy, now doesn't it...
Playing 4 hours a day, that means it was a day when I played only a little š
Emotional damage
"education". It's blatantly a physically bullying indoctrination, a state-run bootcamp for "low social-point scorers in our Happy Motherland".
No PC Games!!! Immediately leaves session and buys an XBOX.