# Are Gamers "privileged" ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gamers-privileged/576450>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 30, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gamers-privileged/576450 "2011-03-30T01:32:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gamers-privileged/576450/61 "2011-04-03T23:54:07Z")

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> [@Yllaria](#):
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> Sorry. Bargain shopping and cooking aren’t hobbies, they’re life skills. I clean house, too, but wouldn’t call it a hobby. And I wouldn’t even if I got good at it and injected it with joy. If it’s practical, it isn’t a hobby.

But they’re only practical and “life-skills” if you’re in really low income brackets. Even poor people who only eat at McDonald’s don’t need to bargain shop or cook. At a middle-class and above level, you don’t even have to clean.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gamers-privileged/576450/62 "2011-04-04T00:27:25Z")

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I’d call “bargain shopping” a hobby but one that’s actually more of a middle class pursuit. The whole “I got this GREAT pair of designer shoes for 55% off its $225 ticket price!” thing.

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