When They Said Video Games Were Unhealthy, They Probably Weren't Thinking Of This
from the meat-hooks dept
The competition in the video-game market is intense, even when it comes to console-induced injuries. You've got Wiinjuries, Guitar Hero arm strains, and now, "PlayStation palmar hidradenitis." That's the name given to some intense sores a 12-year-old Swiss girl developed on the palms of her hands after playing her Playstation for several hours a day. Ironically, hidradenitis is more commonly found on the soles of kids' feet who take part in heavy physical activity, like running. While doctors and Sony both say this is the first case of its kind they've seen, don't be surprised if politicians start railing against sore palms as another danger video games pose to kids.
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An excuse for corny names
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The Frak?
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We've got to do something to protect the children
Before I even got to that line, I had already gone there. Funny how clueless polluticians are capable of imposing a law on 330,000,000+ people in a country that has never experienced an incident. I contend that our government exists to reduce our liberty and rights.
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Controllerarseidis anyone.
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Paging Captain Obvious: You're Needed
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That explains it!
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Re: That explains it!
No, that causes hairy palms and blindness ;)
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Pfft
Grow up, whoever claims this to be true is performing a hate crime (lol).
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Re: Pfft
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That garners my respect and sympathy.
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I used to get that...
Funny, though; it only affected one hand.
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Likely Result
(Editor): "That is great news. Call it an epidemic. Put it on the front page. Give it a nice large section on our homepage on that world web thing. And also start warning parents about how this can happen to their kids. Is it contageous?"
(Reporter): "Sir, its just blisters with a fancy name"
(Editor): "Eh, call it contageous anyways. Demand people need to take action. Now THATS a story!"
(Reporter): "Brilliant sir!"
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so its true
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Re: Pfft
What's dangerous about swimming is sitting on the drain while the water is going out. It tends to pull things out of your butt... like this story.
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lol
So many great new terms here. Polluticians; can I borrow that, eleete?
Tech Guy, they made me turn in my Ward of Glassy-eyed Confusion when they promoted me. It's so much more difficult to make my escapes now.
Anyway, I long for the simpler days, when txters' thumb was the worst technology-induced injury a kid would suffer. Those were the good ol' days when we walked barefoot through the snow uphill both ways. Now that was a character building activity.
Won't someone think of the children?!
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Positive proof; Joysticks rule, gamepads suck. :)
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politicians
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No way - you never developed 'gamers thumb' from those old 2600 style joysticks? :) (yeah, I know - the commodores had one you could buy identical to that one)
I most certainly did!
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