Dyskolos

@Dyskolos@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨26⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t need to advertise my contributions to strangers on the internet, and rationalize my behavior to satisfy a guilty conscience… The people in my community know what value I add.

  What i thought…big words from behind a keyboard. And I surely don’t need a lecture from you about what capitalism is. Using a phone or a computer, using a car and whatnot and probably working somewhere while being in it and exploiting the poor chinese who made your devices. Stop partaking in it or change something. Call me when you made it, i’d happily give up my wealth to live in a better society.

  you’re just less successful at it.

  yes i am, that was the point. Was not so hard to grasp.

  Anyhow, I see where I am at now and hence withdraw from this “conversation”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Every day people die due to capitalism. Why should i explicitly care for some islamic state in some remote region i don’t remotely care about? In a playstation-thread in a community about gaming?

  Big words, but what have you done lately to help people less fortunate than yourself? I’m a non-exploiting capitalist. Every employee of mine had excellent double-above-average salary, a come-and-go-as-you-please-work-ethics, shares in the company and free food and drinks. I donate tons of money to people (no stupid organizations), i work for free in a shelter and i don’t buy shit noone needs to impress people i don’t like. Scale doesn’t matter btw, one can help even being piss-poor. If everyone else, and especially some billionaires, would too, everything would be nicer. But we don’t.

  So please spare me the dying children (as if the adults wouldn’t matter) someplace. Children here are dying too, and way too many not by natural causes. Homo homini lupus est.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Habits haven’t changed. They were changed. Big and essential difference. And the newer generations don’t even know the other side anymore. Other have to cope/adapt/boycott. Also movies and such are not always available. Unless you have accounts everywhere.

  With piracy, yes. I enter a movie or series name, wait 1-2 minutes and watch it in 4k…legally? Nah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The USA often shows their general high education in those things. And when should they inform a real opinion about anything when they have to juggle 3 jobs to survive? Which totally is intended.

  But “being fine with it” and REALLY understanding the long-term implications of whatever they do, are two kinda different things.

  I don’t even know why it pisses me off. I rent nothing and own what I wanna own/have. But most people can’t. The vast majority of this silly planet is poor and will soon own absolutely nothing except maybe a T-shirt. Not even a fucking console game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SBA #173 insposting⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably like with freedom and such. A good which presence sheds not nearly as much joy as its absence cause pain.

  I’m privileged in all aspects of life, but still rarely see it because it’s always there. I constantly have to remind me that I am, and that all privileges are ephemeral and to be enjoyed daily.

  Especially things you can’t control, like being truly loved by someone or by more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. That another consumer - right got slashed completely. The poor are forced to just rent houses, apts, cars, appliances and even fucking books and games. I drown in money and see a big cultural problem here, I don’t know why you don’t care. Because YOU can afford it? Or YOU don’t care about owning stuff you paid money for?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*decline*⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t had one ever. You know you don’t have to have them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my point. Just revisit this thread in 10yrs and see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There also are many many people doing things that have bad outcomes and are fine with it, because they just don’t see the implications. I mean, half of the usa voted for trump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Obviously. But steam already killed the used game-market many moons ago. And physical games. I boycotted them for years when they launched, knowing how it would end. And here we are. Physical PC games totally eradicated. Gifting away games I’m done with to poorer people who like to game too? Gone. Buying a semi interesting game for half price used? Nope. All gone. And if you buy a physical box, you get a key and a disc with an outdated installer at best.

  Remember doom shareware?

  But even I caved in and spend 100k on steam games I will never own. At least they offer a great deal of service around it. As long as gaben lives…

  Movies and series I exclusively pirate. Music bandcamp, as I can still own the shit I buy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Which surely will be the minority. I don’t care either as I don’t like consoles. But I like customer rights.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair points… Guess we will see when the new PS/Xbox hit the market. I hope you’re right…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  All resistance is futile, unless (the vast majority of) people will not buy it at all. But they, as usual, will do that anyway, no matter what.

  Most people seem to not see the longterm implications of things or just don’t understand or care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I just assume single-player, because renting multiplayer might seem a bit silly, as people tend to play them very long or loose interest quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And if you play it over the course of 2 months and reaalllllyyyy like it and wanna buy, then you paid even more?

  I rarely buy AAA on release. If they aren’t crap they’re unoptimized. I usually just wait a year or longer and buy when it’s fixed or don’t if they didn’t care. Been burnt too many times 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It never made sense, hence i never used it, despite getting keys for it gifted regularly. But, what made me wonder in your comment, why do you want to play a game you wouldn’t have bought? Too shitty to buy, good enough to play? Or is it “too expensive for my interests to buy, but interesting enough to play a while for some lil bucks”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Rent everything, own nothing” is a complete non sequitor.

  No it’s not. If it were up to devs or gaming-platforms or whomever, this would be the future, like it will be with nearly everything. People rent homes, cars, features IN CARS, games, movies, series…and nvidia would love if everyone would switch to geforce-now (and the others that tried). The best model to profit off a thing, is letting you rent the thing. Not letting you buy it.

  Ensuring games we buy still run after 10 years is mostly a technical challenge,

  …and beyond the point. Despite it being true.

  I’m all for preservation

  the point wasn’t about preservation (yeah it’s fucking important too), but the future of - in this very special case - games if more games will be rented than bought. Rising prices and lowered incomes really help well to drive this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6 Days⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And I pity you for having to live there. Now go back to work, someone has to earn my money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair point. I just remembered the countless “how does this work on gamepads”-comments on nexus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
  1. I fail to see how renting games would be fine. It was OK in the 80s-90s, but nowadays? You rent everything, own nothing, and be happy…the whole life is getting subscription-based and we just take it.
  2. It might not be mainstream, but surely not niche. It basically made games like skyrim into what they are. But yes, consoleros know this and accept it. But gamepass is also for PC
  3. So I could buy a vanishing game I rented for months before? On a platform that cannot be trusted to still exist in 10yrs? Great deal.
  4. That surely depends on the person. I take my time with games, sometimes not playing for months to come back. To me it would just be pressure to not do that. And buying? See 3…

  This wasn’t microslop-hate. Just knowing how many things they just ended and how inherently sucky renting is. I regularly get gifted passes and never felt compelled to even try it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wtf? 4x? I, personally, find 60 already way too much for not owning a single fucking game. Also way too much for some casual gamers who play an hour a day or so at maximum. Which I assume are their target demographic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Why? As if steam and co aren’t bad enough in the sense of renting-not-owning. This is literal renting.

  2. No mods

  3. Microsoft is so untrustworthy. Why subscribe to something that is probably gone tomorrow. They half-assed or killed so many projects…

  4. Pressure…when will the game vanish that I just installed?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give the People What They Want⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I assumed anti because of covering up the QR-code. But - in hindsight - could also be pro…in which case I would agree with you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give the People What They Want⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “My parents mutilated me, so I want it for everyone else too, so it remains normal and I don’t have to think about it and can feel superior to all those ignorant intact-dick-owners.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give the People What They Want⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not really funny, but IMHO important to never stop complaining about it. Maybe it helps to get new parents pondering if they maybe should not mutilate their infants for incredibly stupid reasons. I can’t imagine the whole of the USA being that intellectually challenged.

  Hiding such things in niche echo-chambers is not helpful. I just assume OP did post it to make fun of stupidity and ignorance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't teens go outside anymore? No! not like that!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Every day I learn another ridiculous thing about the USA. As a night-owl this would affect me very much 😑

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Health yeating⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  True. Those kind of delusions can be very dangerous. I mean, all mental disorders are bad, but some are really destructive AND give you the sense of intellectual superiority, so that critique can never touch you. Deadly combination…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Health yeating⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  People do weird and strange things. And I’m already weird and strange…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Health yeating⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What the…how does one even come to such an idea? And after that hurdle he still did it, thinking it might work? People…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Mee too. Or the gameplay, if that is excellent.