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Very much, emphatically, yes:

> Work offered to pay for a gym membership. Friends coaxed him to exercise and eat better.

Instead he was gaming.

> If someone is out of shape because they "spend too much time hacking", are you going to blame hacker culture next?

Yes, in part. BTW, I'm not "blaming" gaming.

Here's a thought, oh, I don't know: it was his fault, not gaming's. Radical concept, personal accountability. It's almost like the choices we make in life shape who we are, or something else absolutely crazy like that.

You responded before I edited to be clear that I'm not blaming gaming. It was his choice but that doesn't change the fact that spending his time gaming instead of getting some physical activity likely had something to do with a 32-year-old dying of a heart attack.

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