LPs are objectively better than playing the actual game.
1) They're free
2) You don't need to waste hours dealing with shit mindless combat. Just skip right past that shit (I'm looking at you PST and every other damn game out there)
3) Can watch while working
4) No need to blow $$$ on systems/gpu
5) Don't need to worry about bugs/shit mechanics/shit combat design
6) Skip right past the mandatory walking simulation crap
7) No wasted hard drive space
8) They're FREE
Games go from being 50-100 hours in length to about 1.5 hour when you cut the bullshit combat out
Then, hopefully you'll finally realize that a library card offers more value. But that's too hard for us 1st worlders
Imagination is better than watching someone play a video game because-
1) Its really free since you do not need a computer or internet or anything you were not born with
2) You don't need to waste hours dealing with shit mindless combat. Just skip right past that shit (I'm looking at you PST and every other damn game out there)
3) Can watch it while working, while sitting, while cooking, while having sex, while driving, while masterbating, while thinking about masterbating, while thinking about thinking, reading this post, etc
4) No need to blow $$$ on system/gpu
5) Don't need to worry about bugs/shit mechanics/shit combat design
6) Skip right past the mandatory walking simulation crap
7) No wasted hard drive space
8) It is really, really SUPER FREE
Does the same argument apply to playing video games?
Well, it applies to watching someone play video games versus playing the video game and everything you can think of.
As proved by my post and the other person's post the tiers of goodness are as follows
Tier 1 (The best goodness ever) is just imagining things
Tier 2(The second goodness level) is watching people do things that you could easily do, like walking, sitting, watching people watch TV, watching people play video games, watching people write, etc.
Tier 3 (The least goodness level, otherwise known as dumb stupid things) doing something or using something for its intended purpose like watching a movie instead of watching someone watch a movie, playing a video game instead of watching someone play a video game, buying clothes instead of watching other people buy clothes.