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The answer is found in capitalism. Why are gamers, who have continually been fucked by capitalism, so blind at seeing the obvious. '80s game crash: capitalism. Day one DLC: capitalism. Micro transactions: capitalism. All the hardware being hoovered up, so software costs more at every level, increasing prices for both hardware and software: capitalism.

I don’t think Spec ops is spoilers to reveal you’re a bad guy, not in 2026: you play the US, in the Gulf. You play the US doing US imperialism, it doesn’t hide that from you. It’s just later in the game it confronts you with what that really means.

Braid absolutely, but it’s 17yo at this point, any reasonable spoiler policy* has worn off. Meets the criteria, gets you all empathetic for the little shit, Tim, then makes you question it all. I think a first play through is impactful even knowing he’s a villain… It’s not that he’s a villain that is cool, it’s how you find out he’s a villain.

*Except for Outer Wilds the spoiler policy on that is eternal.

Dungeon Keeper.

Destroy all humans.

Spec ops the line.

Braid.

Manhunt.

It depends what you want to do with the art. But an easy answer for me is: the author dies when the author dies. Buy things after they die. Before that: pirate, second hand (I’d reccomend second hand everything though, within limits).

That’s not typically how I want my art though. Knowing what informed the art is interesting to see where it’s supported Vs contradicted in the piece.

Two examples: knowing jk Rowling is bigot then reading HP, well how did we not see it sooner? The series becomes a lot more sinister knowing who wrote it.

In contrast Ender’s game, how is that series written by that man?! It’s about love and the limits of love. It’s about life and the limits of life. Reading the series knowing the person who wrote it is baffling.

In general, knowing the contexts of the piece is interesting to me. Like Saturn Devouring His Son, it was painted directly on the wall of Goya’s house… Why, who paints that directly on the wall of their house?! Wait, Black PaintingS? There’s more?! Not knowing the story of the Black paintings, it’s just an interesting interpretation of a greko-roman myth. But, what hat did Goya see in his past to see that? What did he see in the present to need to materialize it in his dining room? What did he fear for the future?! Fuck.

Who just sits there and makes up fake words, as if they were real? Hmmph. A real loser, that’s who!

Shakespear didn’t deserve that. Nor Dr Suess, actually maybe they both deserved it.

If I were a fish and you saw me, you’d say look at that fish. Shimmering in the sun, can’t believe that you caught one.

It just so happy, and simple, and happy

https://youtu.be/dx_vMONe3tM

I think it’ll end up like any industry with machine made options. There will be the a spectrum of products from 100% human made to majority machine made.

There will be a few bespoke artists doing interesting things for the wealthy and the passionate. But, for most of society, the mass produced stuff is fine.

Take clothes, how many of yours were hand made VS machine made. Cobblers are hand making shoes the world over, we’re yours hand made. I have some hand knitted wool stuff (because I’m passionate about wool) but my Levi’s are machine made. Shoes, motorcycle gear…

Furniture. There’s cabinet makers the world over doing beautiful pieces of work, but I got most of my stuff from IKEA. How about you?

It’ll end up like any other industry with machine made options. The bubble will burst, don’t get me wrong, but after the .com bubble burst we still had the internet.

One of the top posts of fuckai right now is a bottle of olive oil, now I’m not yucking their yum. I just have different things I wanna do with my day than stare at someones olive oil bottle. Not better, I’m glad they have the free time and mental effort to do that, pondering mass produced labels is their jam, I support it. I just wanna do different things. I expect the world is going to want to do different things too.

Tea, about 6 pints a day, my cup holds just over 1 pint 6* a day. I have mini tuocha for home, tea resin for travel, and some curio tea for variety.

I have caffeine pills in the car, but I’ve never used them. As for caffeine amount I dunno… a lot probably.

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” - George Orwell. He has a lot of good writing, I would recommend.

Listen to criticism, if the criticism seems valid react, if it doesn’t move on with your life.

The fact that it was legally mandated is good evidence that it is [necessary].

P1 If X was legally mandated then that is good evidence that X is necessary.

P2 Slavery was legally mandated (in the USA)

C1 There is good evidence slavery is necessary.

P3 [insert other silly/abhorrent thing here: ICE in general, state murder…] was legally mandated.

C2 There is good evidence silly/abhorrent thing is necessary.

Personally I’d reject P1, the law isn’t an arbitrator of mortality, or truth. Due to C2 I’d side eye anyone who says it is.

I quite liked lemmyNSFW for not federating downvotes. Now they’re/we’re/I am on PieFed I’ve been looking for a way to hide downvotes. My engagement can just be reply/upvote/ignore/block/report. I understand why people downvotes, I’m happy you all have them. I’m just not personally interested in them.