How to play video games
The obvious answer is no, it shouldn’t, but at the same time it raises questions about what we are doing as a society and what we are missing. Instead of going and achieving dreams and goals, we are sitting in front of a YouTube screen watching others have fun. A good example of this is a YouTube star who goes by the name PewDiePie. PewDiePie is famous for his videos where he will play video games and comment on them.
It sounds like a fun little hobby, but for him it’s a full-time job where he raised over $ 7 million dollars in 2014 himself and was at one point bought by Disney. Now what does that say about a society where instead of playing video games, we now see other people having fun playing them? It’s strange that we have the urge to see someone achieve their goals or dreams and never achieve any of ours. Another good example is how important celebrity gossip has become in our society (an easy pun on this article). Of course, you must have heard of the Kardashians, or maybe a hundred other celebrities that you have heard of, but know nothing about. What is our strategy, why do we sit back and swallow all this information when it has nothing to do with us in our daily lives?
We want to achieve something, but speaking of all this nonsense, nothing is actually being achieved. Maybe we should stop talking, complaining, or making fun of the things that don’t belong to us and start dealing with the things that do. By doing this, we may be accomplishing what we want to do rather than observing what other people are accomplishing. At the same time, surely some people like to joke with other people they do not know, or complain about them and they do receive benefits. Looking back at Shia LeBeouf’s video, there are pun videos that have received tens of millions of views. “Shia LeBeouf – Just Do It” is a joke in itself. It is entertaining and fun with a lot of stupid moves. That is what we need. We need something that is entertaining to watch, but at the same time that the video is motivating. While he is a joke to himself, he is doing what he wants and is trying to get other people to do it too through the power of motivation. So instead of watching other people achieve what they want through YouTube and other means, go achieve yours. JUST DO IT!