No, I'd call him a driver. Think: "A person who drives is a driver."

To continue: A person who dives is a diver. A person who dines is a diner. A person who runs is a runner. A person who calls is a caller.

We can all agree with that. Why is there contention when we say that a person who games is a gamer?

As it should be? No. I'll agree that the term carries with it additional connotations, particularly where video games are concerned. It is, however, important to note that those additional connotations are decidedly negative!

See, when the simple term was corrupted, self-described "gamers" rallied to redefine the term; stripping out the negative bits and emphasizing what they considered the positives.

To now abandon the original meaning (simply, one who games) further corrupts the term. If the "gamer" communities' goal was to shake off the negative connotations attached to the term, then their better off sticking to the uncorrupted use of the word -- not further corrupting it! It does little more than further isolate "gamers", allowing additional negative stereotypes to arise.

Oh, you're one of those. Never mind, you can't reason with an MRA.

Not at all. We're talking about Python here.

It doesn't surprise me in the least. Kids today don't care about learning details, they just go straight to the first library or framework that promises to hide such "arcane" details from them.

They'll put C on their resume because they used C++ in an intro class. zieroh's test seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Yeah, I'll agree with that. I think you're simply too dazzled by the "coolness" of python to see it's many, many, terrible warts.

I tried to say Python, but I threw up instead.

As I understand it, it's not an uncommon reaction.

Someone who doesn't play games?

Seems pretty straight-forward to me.

Don't underestimate the dedication of the members of your local Wii Bowling League. They've been retired for years, and have nothing else upon which to focus their attention.

Who hasn't seen an elderly woman truly distressed when she can't play her pogo games due to some technical problem?

I was talking to a woman last week who is still upset that Yahoo! dropped the Mahjong Solitaire game she liked months ago. (I provided her with many alternatives, but she insists that they're not as fun.)

They have free time. More time than even school-aged children. Their lives revolve around games in a way that the most pathetic WoW addict can only dream about. They set their schedules around their Farmville crops with more consideration than the saddest Otaku does for his Love Plus girlfriend.

They're hardcore. Those of you who think the term 'hardcore gamer' describes an important part of your identity don't even come close. Of course, they'll never describe themselves that way. Games are what they do, without question, but they don't let that define them. (They'd find it rather sad and pathetic.)

Or, you know, he's making an analogy.

I'm guessing your "Jump to Conclusions" mat doesn't have a "Benefit of the doubt" square?

Including an astonishing number of people who complain that "a lot of people don't know the difference between a scientific hypothesis and a scientific theory."

It's disturbing.

I wouldn't go so far as to say "any fool"...

+5

Blackberry: Gone in a year since 2010

Their demise, I presume, will coincide with the year of the Linux desktop and strong AI.

C++: Is It Really a Cruel Joke?

You're fighting a losing battle. The MRA's are impervious to facts.

Help! Help! We're being oppressed!

I didn't think that the MRA's could get more pathetic. I guess I was wrong.