Maybe just a liittle cancer until we get smartphones and then we can nip it in the bud and ooops why is everyone mad oh no why are all the animals dying I just wanted to scroll for gods sake
grrgyle
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You are speculating on hypotheticals though, since no one can know for certain how things would have unfolded in a different world.
I'm not even going to argue that capitalism doesn't get you some positive outcomes for certain people.
That's a beautiful phone. I'm sorry to hear of your tale of woe. Sadly, there are many like it
I thought capitalism was supposed to provide options.
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I'm using a 9 year old phone rn now and I've got zoomers oooing over its "minimal" design (lol it's just old).
I'm with you. To my knowledge all my irl woke friends ride only mainstream social media.
I had a local anarchist reach out to me on my ancient FB Messenger of all things.
I get that it's not the most important part if you're doing prefiguration, but as far as I can tell most people just want to be where most people are, even if it is supporting actually vile corporations.
I just cant get into competitive multiplayer anymore.
Big same.
I used to eat MP up, but now I just get tilted because my reflexes aren't what they used to be (that, and I can't devote an entire weekend to honing my twitch skillz).
I like your approach. I made this post actually mostly because I'm curious about trying it out myself. I feel like it might actually get me to play more games, rather than just scrolling through what I could play and then not playing anything.
6000 to 1300 is massive.
Do you ever think about writing off a game without playing it? Or maybe like putting it in a "B pile" if the description doesn't 100% grab you?
Yeah, after the first couple of Steam sales I realized it was the same frenzied want that department stores try to inculcate in shoppers, and so I've tried to be much more conscious about my purchases.
Congrats on not being a completionist! I don't suffer from the issue either, but I know of many many many people who do, and this is for them.
Maybe you need to edit the approach. Like, you consider every game, then decide whether to keep it on your backlog or remove. Could even just be done by glancing over your current backlog and rejecting anything that doesn't jump out at you.
You can always go back and find something you dismissed initially if you really want to.
From my perspective that seems to be happening. I feel like there's a rift between the websites I use for work and the ones I use on my own time. I realize that for most people on the internet, the big central platforms are the internet--I'm not trying to universalize my perspective.
It's just that I remember when computers and the internet itself were niche and business was still barely aware of its potential, so this kind of feels familiar: You've got biz churning away in the mainstream, unaware of another culture that's growing up, outside of their malls and parking lots.