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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 274 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Can confirm. Here in Canada, nobody works. We all sit at home and play video games instead. There's no industry, no shops, no hospitals. Only video games.

[–] xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

In Québec we all own a state mandated PS5 (no Xbox's allowed, that would be illegal) and play a variety of Fifa, Marvel Heroes and Valorant because it's said to sharpen our skills and better society. Many women knock on my door saying they want me to grant them children, but knowing that my KDA might suffer from their demands I know not to give in, and to instead keep grinding until my next government granted dialysis appointment. Mon dieu que j'aime le Québec 🙏

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I've been on the waiting list for my PS5 for the past four years. Just like my family doctor.

[–] xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu 2 points 8 hours ago

Onestauquebecostiiiiiiii

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 83 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, most people I know don’t have jobs! We just run extension cords between our igloos to power our video game machines. If it weren’t for them we could totally be like the States. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[–] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 47 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Can confirm, only video games in the UK too. Certainly not the 6th largest economy in the world worth £3.84 trillion. Nor a labour force with 74.9% in employment, that would be silly!

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 35 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Norwegian living in Denmark. I moved from Norway because everyone was just gaming, but I wanted to go to gigs, so I moved. Turns out everyone games in Denmark all the time too! It must be why the Northern European countries score so high in the happiness rating: all we do is game all day. It's not like these countries have any money, especially Norway.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 19 points 12 hours ago

I am so fucking tired of gaming, could someone for the love of fuck get rid of my healthcare?!?!?! I wake up, gaming. For lunch I game. Dinner? You guessed it, gaming. At night I just constantly game. I don't know how I get out of this, but at least my health is fucking fantastic!

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Exactly.

Even before computers, we Indians were happily playing Chess until Mughals invaded us.

And then we showed them Chess, got them hooked, and then Brits invaded us.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 points 8 hours ago

I couldn't possibly do both things!

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 6 points 11 hours ago

sounds nice tbh