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Social media in general (including HN) is heavily fictional and somewhat deluded compared to reality. Case in point just the last month: All of social media ha
by gjsman-1000 2y ago
Social media in general (including HN) is heavily fictional and somewhat deluded compared to reality.
Case in point just the last month: All of social media hated Nintendo’s pricing. Reddit called for boycotts. Nintendo’s live streams had “drop the price” screamed in the chat for the entire duration. YouTube videos complaining hit 1M+ views. Even HN spread misinformation and complained.
The preorders broke Best Buy, Target, and Walmart; and it’s now on track to be the largest opening week for a console, from any manufacturer, ever. To the point it probably outsold the Steam Deck’s lifetime sales in the first day.
- godelski 2y agoPeople being mad they have to pay more is not fiction, that's reality. Even if they suck it up and pay
- HK-NC 2y agoI had a friend group that played FIFA and similarly predatory cash and timesink games and complained endlessly about them but also purchased the same garbage annually, investing extra money on top to get ahead. Thousands of pounds a year. I checked in with a couple of them last month and it appears that nothing has changed. Nearly twenty years of angrily and knowingly wasting money yet somehow unable to stop. I see the same thing in people watching Star Wars Episode 35, despite episodes 1,2,3,6-34.
- godelski 2y agoSounds like... addiction... Which yes, they had a choice but certainly we shouldn't enable the pushers and if they had a choice in the beginning it is questionable if they do now (by nature of addiction)