444 Pod P2

The main ideas from this information are: - The speaker used to make fun of people for playing Fortnite, but then tried it and realized it was fun. - The speaker wonders if people with PTSD would find Fortnite triggering because it simulates war. - Playing Fortnite can be scary and traumatizing, with jump scares and loud noises. - The speaker and their friend discuss how games can affect the mind, mentioning the Tetris effect. - The speaker's dad used to play Tetris a lot, even while driving. - The speaker doesn't think their dad would develop dementia. So, we're back after a short break for the ads that we don't have. Well, they pay us. What were we talking about? We were having such a good conversation. Fortnite! I love Fortnite. I love Fortnite too. I have never played Fortnite. I mean, actually, you know, could be another aspect of it. I used to bully people. Not actually bully, but like really make fun of people. Really make fun of people for playing Fortnite. And then I play it once, and I'm like, damn, this is really fun. And that's just kind of, it goes into the thing of like, don't judge a book by its cover. We shouldn't make fun of people for things that they enjoy. But maybe it's not that weird. Another thing about Fortnite is that like, it stresses me out. Like all these people are shaking, sweating, can't breathe. It makes me wonder if people who have like, if like people who like have PTSD, if they tried Fortnite, like, I don't know, for like a study or something. What would happen? What would happen to them? Like, because they already like, like more people who have like PTSD. Like, I feel like it would be like scary because you're literally like in a war. I get scared. Like, I almost started crying the next day playing Fortnite because I was just playing it. Yeah. There's sometimes like jump scares. If someone like jumps out at you and you like don't like immediately like, if you don't like expect it. Sometimes it's so scary. Like I scream. Yeah. Yeah. It's really traumatizing. And we haven't even like gone through like war. Exactly. Yeah. And we're like fine. Yeah, exactly. Like, you know, like how. I've never played, I really can't. I think it's really like the loud noises or just the popping out at you. Also, like the random flashes of the light from the snipers. Sometimes I literally see like lightning and I'm like, oh my God. For me, I feel like I'm in real life. Like I feel like I'm gonna die. If I'm like in a parking lot and there's like a, like a, like a, not the. Reflection. Reflection or like the lights that are in the parking lot. Or like a. Or like a headlight on a car. Yeah. Like sometimes I'll think someone's trying to snipe me. Exactly. Like it literally like it's built itself into like my actual. Yeah. Everyday mind. Probably goes deeper. Yeah. Yeah. This has gotta be like. Mental thing. There's something wrong with me. Yeah. This has nothing to do with the book. We're just stupid. Right. Like. The effects of just like how games can affect you too. And like. The Tetris effect. Do you guys know the Tetris effect? There's. Oh, I've heard of this. Yeah. So like if you play Tetris enough, like it'll literally embed itself into your brain. So you like, like, it's like, you know how like when you like are looking at the sun and then you close your eyes and there's like a little circle where the sun was. Yeah. That's what Tetris does to you. If you play Tetris enough, you can close your eyes and Tetris will be falling in your eyes. And like you can dream about it. And you'll be playing it all the time. Yeah. Like that's like. It's like the Tetris effect. I don't. And you can have that with a lot of games. But it's called that because. I've never asked my dad about this. But he literally used to play Tetris all the time. Especially like over quarantine. I would literally look and he'd be. Okay. This is kind of crazy. But we'd literally be driving. He wouldn't be doing it while we were driving. But like we'd stop at like a red light or something. Like on route nine. Yeah. Because like those lights would like last like a while. Yeah. And he literally just playing it. Like. Okay. This is a dad thing. Yeah. My dad used to. Oh. Yeah. He's. I think he. Honestly my dad seems fine. Like I can't imagine him like ever having like. I can't imagine my dad ever like developing like. Not like a mental issue. Like I think he does have those. But I can't imagine him like getting like. Like. Like the. Like dementia. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 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