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Re:Autistic Burnout: The Cost of Masking and Passing (2017) by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @12:20PM (#19320666)
> If CoD really was as boring as you described then nobody would play it.

Yeah, but 10,000 hours of COD? That's about 5 years of playing from 9-5 every weekday. That's not enjoyment; that's an illness.

I can't even imagine the ennui of playing 10k hours of the same FPS or even the same series. "Soul crushingly boring" wouldn't even begin to describe it.

Re:Autistic Burnout: The Cost of Masking and Passing (2017) by pesmhey on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @12:53PM (#19320949)
It engages a lot of primal drives: hunting, team-work, hand-eye coordination, tribal warfare, etc. I mean, we basically evolved to play team sports.
Re:Autistic Burnout: The Cost of Masking and Passing (2017) by int_19h on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @05:00PM (#19323321)
> That's not enjoyment; that's an illness.

These are not mutually exclusive.