Following up from this one.

Sometimes drama is often hard to avoid because of the following factors:

1. It being close to where you live. Be it School, Home or the usual hangouts you go to. That's the point of why Drama lasts. Because even if you escape it somewhere, you'll hear about it back at home. So the key on that one is to find places away from home where you'll either be left alone or god forbid find new people to socialize with.
2. Sometimes people are simply not in the mood to do anything else because they feel they need to resolve everything before they move on. Sometimes, some things are better left unresolved as the problem usually solves itself one way or another. You can put effort into it, but if it's a lost cause. Simply walk away.
3. The main problem, hence why I wrote this as a follow up. We simply have nothing better to do.

In the age of Home Consoles which existed way before I was even born, things like arcades and other hangouts were often on the verge of extinctions. Simply because a lot of us both old and modern would think "Why spend our quarters on this when we can play it for free at home?" To me Home Consoles as much as I love them can never take away the arcade going experience. Why sit at home with a controller playing your racing game, when you can be out there driving the car with actual steering and gas. Why play a shooting game at home and expressing your rage there with a push button system, when you can simply go out there and use a toy gun to vent your frustrations. Hell, the one thing arcades do have that home consoles don't, is that depending on the game, you win more than points. You win prizes you could either keep or give to someone as a present. You could compete with others in a fun and healthy way. Hell if you're on a date, you could impress them with your Skee-Ball skills.

Over the years, I seen hints that Arcades were making a comeback. It first hinted to me when I watched the AVGN video on Polybius:

The whole thing taking place in a warehouse owned by a guy whom simply loved arcades and had some of the most valuable ones no one sees anymore.

In my neck of the woods, save for Playdium, many arcades are often branched out from other fun places like Movie Theatres and Bowling Alleys. Places of fun where there are often lot's to do. Even amusement parks. If games aren't your thing, you could watch a movie that came out even if it's one that's crappy. You could go bowling and try to see if you can get a perfect game. You could even ride the rides or play on the carny games for more prizes. The possibilities are endless outdoors.

As a kid, I was brought to places like that, mostly because I thought my parents were just picking places they liked to go. It wasn't until recently, that I realized while they are fun as a kid, the places I was taken to, would be even more fun as an adult. I think when we got overtly dependent on screens, that we lost that initial spark, that meaning to have fun because either the news was scaring us from it or bad things conveniently happen to those places which discourage us from going. Not to mention most people compensate by watching Youtube Videos on famous rides. I remember when Youtube was in it's heyday, one of the first videos I watched was of someone going on the old Spider-Man Ride at Universal Studios:

And while it was cool to see how the ride looked, because I was not in the same country as it and even if I was, I probably wouldn't have been able to afford it anyway, I feel now, that it would have been more cooler if I was there seeing Spider-Man pop out in 3D. And that's the way things should be.

Computers should only be for alternatives to media and helping with one's business life, not defining one's entire life. We shouldn't sit here, wasting away and doing nothing when there's still so much of our worlds to explore. We need to spark that inner-child again and actually re-learn how to have fun.

Now I know what you're thinking. "Some of us are adults, we should focus on how to put food on the table." And you're right, but what's the point of making money if on top of survival, you're not allowed to have fun as a certain wise Doctor said:

"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."

And that's what we need to be. Childish, but in a good way. Not the spoiled brat image we come to regress to over the years, but the laughing, playing, positive and peaceful kids we used to be before our own hardships corrupted us. It's high time we take our childhoods back while we still can and not screw it up this time.

After I write this article, I'm not gonna focus on the stressful parts of the day. I'm gonna go out there, go to the nearest arcade and have some fun. Because it's a free country and I should do whatever the Hell I want. I think you all should do the same. I'm sure there's places you either never been to or haven't been to in a long time. Hit those places up. Have some fun. The possibilities are endless. Because it's a hell of a lot better than sitting here and bitching about stuff, that isn't worth the stress, time or energy. Sometimes people need to unplug.

Take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.