Every single time I try something new I reinstall Fedora within a day, pretty sure it’s just Stolkholm Syndrome at this point

Maybe that explains why the cappuccino doesn’t stay in the cup, lol

One of the big problems is even more basic than the evils of capitalism, as you mention. If there is some asshole looking to hurt you or your kids, suddenly there is a perfect (and apparently public) record literally advertising the kids’ exact location at all times.

I don’t think Nintendo gives a flying fuck about my ‘reinforcement’, positive or negative. All I’m trying to do issue a warning about where these kinds of decisions and policies can very quickly end up.

Today, it may be a good thing (I would argue its not, but not the point rn), but as soon a money can be made, they will weaponize it. It’s what capitalism does.

I get why one would want to LoJack their kids, but maybe don’t give a major corporation ready access to that kind of information

I’d go get one, but it’s not staying in the cute little cup for long

For now perhaps

Steam isn’t currently trying to use your playtime as a way to determine what you can and cannot buy

All these distopian things aren’t nearly as disconnected as you might think

“Reasonable trade-off” is all too often just a baby step to something so much worse.

Perhaps this really is just Nintendo solving the scalping problem, but it sets the foundation for policies, technology, and cultural apathy that can be even farther weaponized against people and used to manipulate how people spend money. Stuff like this is dangerous as fuck, now more than ever.

Any system used to spy on users’ daily activities and preferentially rewards people that are predetermined to have the greatest chance to make the most profit of off, seems like a fucking awful and disturbingly distopian idea.

Both are really serious problems in their own right, one’s just a little closer to home

My dad and I got handguns at the same time. It took him almost 10 minutes to figure out how to take the slide off his fancy whatever-the-fuck, meanwhile I loaded, shot, disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled my old new Beretta (after never holding one before) in about half the time. Sometimes simple is just better

Honestly just missing the old days of rpg games now, KotOR was the shit

To those downvoting, yall need to be calibrated

There is no such thing as a ‘Best Game Ever’, but it’s Mass Effect 2

Pretty much yeah

Nah, they’ll peace out as soon as the bulldozers show up

And those evil fuckers (I’m a teacher, relax) will absolutely make fun of you

I mean, cyberpunk (the genre and the game) is largely a comment on the dire consequences of capitalism and corporate greed, aka. our current shitty timeline. If you want to look in an even more horrifying mirror, go watch Mr Robot.