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Alex Steinberg, Rich Kids Addicted to Video Games, and Rehab for the Internet
from We're Gonna Get Ours · #37
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3 minTim recaps a previous guest's stories about wealthy teens becoming addicted to online role-playing games like a modern Second Life, leaving mansions to sit at filthy Wi-Fi kiosks, and needing rehab; drifts into jokes about rich kids on yachts and Eastern European minors.
- 6:46Rich kids are getting addicted to online role-playing games like Second Life, spending real money and living in cyber dimensions instead of reality.
- 7:21Some of these kids are so hooked they have to go to rehab to get off the internet.
- 7:38Tim describes rich kids leaving million-dollar apartments to sit at filthy public Wi-Fi kiosks playing League of Legends on MacBooks.
- 8:07These aren't normal video game players—they're scumbag rich kids who don't fuck, addicted enough to require professional intervention.
- 8:18Poor people probably get addicted to games too, but at least they have work and slavery to keep them occupied.
- 8:53Rich people aren't actually sophisticated—they're just bored kids who grew up on yachts and blow jobs.
- 9:11When you're conditioned to constant excess from childhood, even the most extreme experiences become routine and boring.
- 9:39Tim tells his co-host he needs talking points and shouldn't be allowed to speak, referencing a previous episode described as the worst podcast ever recorded.
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