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It's just one of the costs of individualism. With so much to consume, instant personal choice, and no consistent conduit, there is little chance we have all see
by ehnto 5y ago
It's just one of the costs of individualism. With so much to consume, instant personal choice, and no consistent conduit, there is little chance we have all seen the same stuff.
A way around it is explicitly discussing the issue with mates. I keep some close friends who keep in close parity because we all understand that if we don't all play the same game we will end up playing nothing together. Rando internet friends are great but you don't always get that consistency of long term discussion and a deeper relationship.
We still reach outside of the group of course, I play other games too, but if X wants to play Sea of Thieves then we all jump in else they won't do the same for you when you want to play your game with them.
I think this kind of small scale community building helps a lot, and helps you get the benefits of the internet without the banality of the "all psuedo-anonymous hive mind"
- ericmay 5y agoWhat do you mean by individualism in this context?
- ehnto 5y agoIndividualism in the sense that gives us the framework to find our own paths and explore what we personally want from life in a context that can transcend the immediate communities we live in. One of the downsides is that we don't have to be a big part of those communities anymore, especially with the internet. This results in more fractured cultural diaspora, even amongst people from the same town. I've rarely watched, listened or enjoyed anything my co-workers have because we can select from the near infinite library of the internet. Previously this wasn't an issue even with individualism, because everyone had to watch the same few TV channels and listen to the same few radio stations. I think it's amazing how diverse the world has become, how niche media can be, and how free we all are to explore what we want from life. But that's just one of the costs.