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
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve never understood these memes. If you don’t want to play whatever game, don’t play it. How do you somehow convince yourself that you’re superior to others due to your inability to run certain programs?
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day 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
psivchaz@reddthat.com 1 day 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.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day 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).
Bahnd@lemmy.world 19 hours 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.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Linux users are a different breed.
G*mers are a different breed.
Linux G*mers. Holy jesus.
papalonian@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
As a part time Linux gamer myself I couldn’t agree more
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Issa joke. Making fun at the expense of AAA games :)
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day 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
ptu@sopuli.xyz 1 day 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.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 17 hours ago
The joke is just “Call of Duty and Fortnite are shit / overrated” which you can disagree with