@Wolverine said:

@CrazyBagMan said:

When I was 13 I thought "labels are for soup cans". Now I don't care. I play games, therefore I'm a gamer, I see no problem with it not that I can think of the last time I actually said it. There are myriads of actually important things to concern yourself with other than what to call yourself.

Since, you watch Conan, are you a Conaner as well? Maybe the word "Conaner" sounds ridiculous, but it isn't any more ridiculous than the word gamer. Conan(noun) + er(suffix), Game(noun) + er(suffix)

He's a TV watcher! a watcher of television! .. It's Gamer, not Gears of Warer or Haloer.. -.-

@csoup said:

Labeling is human, to try and rebel against it will have you finding yourself running into a wall. We all stereotype those around us based on the upbringing and opinions we have. They will not always be the same, but they will always on a subconscious level, exist. Not to mention, what is wrong with labeling anyway?

Woah! WOAH! Did you just label me as Human? Damn you :(

@RLLink said:

@Kazona said:

@RLLink said:

@Kazona said:

The only people who hate the term gamer are the ones who are ashamed of the fact that they like playing a lot of games.

Nope. I find the term really dumb and unnecessary all the while not being ashamed of playing a shit load of games. Deal with it.

I simply cannot fathom why people hate the term so much. Going back to the bodybuilding example, would you find it dumb if someone called someone who does bodybuilding a bodybuilder? And someone who loves programming... what would you call them? "Guy who programs a lot"?

I am a gamer, a writer, and a geek. Nothing derogatory or dumb about any of those terms.

Your examples are making me laugh, sorry man. Most people just don't feel the need to throw labels all over themselves in attempts to get some attention. At the same time they also find it silly that people just label themselves at random, as I tend to find it silly. Normally if people ask me what I like to do, I just simply tell them "I play video games and watch the animu". No need to use a label. ;)

That you don't feel the need to use a label doesn't mean the term gamer is any dumber than, say, bodybuilder or musician. They are all valid terms to describe someone's primary interest/occupation in one word.

I mean, if you were to play the guitar, you would probably say, "I play the guitar", but the label people give you will be that of musician.

My point is that being labeled a gamer is no different from being labeled a writer, musician, athlete, whatever else.

I don't think you can give yourself labels, only others can.

I don't really label myself as anything like that. I call myself a douche instead.