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papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Issa joke. Making fun at the expense of AAA games :)

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I understand that it’s a joke, but the humor isn’t making sense to me, and I especially don’t see how it’s at the expense of AAA games

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    • ptu@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I guess it comes from a point where Linux gamers have been neglected by major studios for so long and now that there are enough other options they don’t have any power on them.

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    • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The joke is just “Call of Duty and Fortnite are shit / overrated” which you can disagree with

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• dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  it’s associative, the negative associations with Call of Duty players cannot be transferred to a console that doesn’t support that game, so for people who want to avoid those associations it’s a plus

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  • psivchaz@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There’s definitely something to this. Like I’m often scared to be part of any group because inevitably someone in that group will be an asshole. I have played video games for a long time but I refuse to refer to myself as a “gamer” because of the associations.

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    • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I also notice I hate when something I love becomes too popular, precisely because it loses its initial associations with the group I was happy to associate with, and becomes associated with a larger group that I don’t feel connection with (or worse, becomes a toxic fan base I actively don’t want to be associated with - e.g. Rick and Morty, I love the show but developed shame for that once it became popular and its biggest fans created negative associations with liking the show).

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  joke is that not being able to play things you don’t like are a bonus. it’s a joke about how much you dislike that. now if you excuse me, I have a frog to dissect

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• Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The thing is that with W10 going EOL, everyone is going to be forced to learn a new OS, regardless if they want to or not (W11has been out for years, if you havent jumped, there is likely a reason). Lemmy users being the socially concious crusaders that they are, are encouraging people to make a better choice than defaulting to Windows again (given all its very real issues of useability and data harcesting).

  Not having access to preditory games due to self-imposed tech limitations isnt high on the list of reasons to choose linux, but its good shitpost material.

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• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Linux users are a different breed.

  G*mers are a different breed.

  Linux G*mers. Holy jesus.

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    As a part time Linux gamer myself I couldn’t agree more

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