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submitted 11 months ago by sunoc@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

I work with kids who are seeking vocational education, and I can tell you that it is definitely not just office workers.

A favorite is euro truck sim 2. Weirdest case I've met though is farming sim. I've talked with 16 year olds who'd play that game for hours daily. Even got a friend of the family who'll come home from driving a tractor for 14 hours straight, and then play farming sim to wind down.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Playing ETS2 is just something you do while listening to the radio, the long highway stretches of not having to reverse a trailer into the eye of a needle are superbly relaxing.

[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I know the farming simulator type of people. I think those people simply have a high professional interest in farming economy, management and agricultural technology.

Even more impressing than those who play every FS 20xx for hours I find those who mod for the games. Year after year they photograph, model, program and share their equipment, which is sometimes decades old.