Videogaming Burns More Calories than Sex, So Says Totally Retarded Women’s Magazine
Ripten writes:
"Color me surprised. According to women’s fitness magazine Oxygen (which I totally do not have a subscription to), playing videogames burns 50% more calories in a hour than "athletic" sex does. And that’s not including the Wii or Dance Dance Revolution – I’m talking just regular ol’ sitting-on-your-ass-tapping-buttons videogames.
The September issue of Oxygen has a special feature entitled "100 Ways to Burn 100 Calories". Number 71 on the list says "Play some vids". First, as a slap in a face to girl gamers everywhere, it says "Go over to your boyfriend’s house and get on his PlayStation 3?. That’s right, girls don’t play videogames. So stereotypical, Oxygen…
Anyways, Oxygen claims that forty minutes of gaming will cut 100 calories, scientifically backed by the British Medical Journal. According to number 55, "Wii the people", Wii gamers burn an additional 40 percent more calories than other gamers. With some advanced calculus skills, I’ve determined that regular gaming burns 150 calories per hour, and Wii-ing burns 210 calories per hour.
So, how does this compare to sex?"
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