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I guess I don't often google things that have zero bearing on my life. I'm not even sure if the Metaverse exists, or is it some kind of proposal? I keep waiting

I guess I don't often google things that have zero bearing on my life. I'm not even sure if the Metaverse exists, or is it some kind of proposal? I keep waiting around for it to matter enough that I have no choice but to know something about it (as has happened with a dozen other technologies since the metaverse was announced, with no special effort on my part).

krapp 4y ago
I just don't know why, if it has zero bearing on your life and you never even bothered to put forth even minimal effort towards understanding it, you would even bother to comment about it. Like, who goes out of their way to boast about how little they care about something? I mean, you at least knew what "metaverse" meant a year ago[0]. What happened? [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151069 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151069
- standardUser 4y ago
  Haha, ok, I both admire and am creeped out by your thoroughness! That was my take on the Metaverse when I first came across it, based on what little I had gleaned at that point. The situation now is, I have gleaned nothing new despite seeing many headlines and references. And I assumed that my initial take - that the Metaverse is a avatar-based chatroom like the kind that have been around for 30 years - is simply too absurd to be on the mark.
- standardUser 4y ago
  As for boasting about something I don't care about, it comes back to what I implied in my original comment. One of the largest and most influential global corporations seems to have pivoted their entire business strategy towards something that, as of today, does not exist, is ill-defined, and is not even widely understood (or cared about) by people who work in technology. That, to me, is fucking crazy. And I suppose I was hoping someone would take umbrage at my comment and proceed educate me as to why it might not be completely fucking crazy. So far, no one has (they've taken umbrage, just not offered any reason for me to think my initial take isn't exactly right).

krapp 4y ago

I just don't know why, if it has zero bearing on your life and you never even bothered to put forth even minimal effort towards understanding it, you would even bother to comment about it. Like, who goes out of their way to boast about how little they care about something? I mean, you at least knew what "metaverse" meant a year ago[0]. What happened? [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151069 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151069

standardUser 4y ago
Haha, ok, I both admire and am creeped out by your thoroughness! That was my take on the Metaverse when I first came across it, based on what little I had gleaned at that point. The situation now is, I have gleaned nothing new despite seeing many headlines and references. And I assumed that my initial take - that the Metaverse is a avatar-based chatroom like the kind that have been around for 30 years - is simply too absurd to be on the mark.
standardUser 4y ago
As for boasting about something I don't care about, it comes back to what I implied in my original comment. One of the largest and most influential global corporations seems to have pivoted their entire business strategy towards something that, as of today, does not exist, is ill-defined, and is not even widely understood (or cared about) by people who work in technology. That, to me, is fucking crazy. And I suppose I was hoping someone would take umbrage at my comment and proceed educate me as to why it might not be completely fucking crazy. So far, no one has (they've taken umbrage, just not offered any reason for me to think my initial take isn't exactly right).