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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by 908B64B197 on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:54PM (#28358704)
It's interesting how they are only restricting online games.

Games where young frustrated [0] [1] Chinese teenagers could talk relatively freely with others from different regions of China. Or god forbid, learn English and have contacts with westerners. Better to keep them grinding on shaving a few tenth of a second on basic algebra problems for the Gaokao. That will better prepare them for the factories.

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/too-many-...

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/2015/06/05/gender-imbalance-china-o...

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by DantesKite on Monday August 30, 2021 @03:49PM (#28360094)
What do you think about the government banning alcohol?
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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by sadgrip on Monday August 30, 2021 @05:40PM (#28361192)
If you and I sat next to each other. You with an online game in front of you and me with a few handles of vodka and we both started playing and drinking without stopping I would likely be dead before you reached Chinas mandated time limit. I thought it was obvious that the risks between these two things are very different.
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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by DantesKite on Saturday September 11, 2021 @07:22PM (#28497039)
You could use the same analogy for gambling, but I wouldn’t conclude the risk profile for gambling is safe.

It’s why it’s banned in most countries for people under the age of 18

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