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Very cheap game consoles and VR headsets. Unironically that could really help world peace and QOL: less news and doomscrolling, and people would have an outlet

Very cheap game consoles and VR headsets. Unironically that could really help world peace and QOL: less news and doomscrolling, and people would have an outlet for stress, anger, and boredom.

lenerdenator 1y ago
I've never seen a group more easily angered than gamers. "What do you mean the women in this game have proportions roughly equivalent to what's actually possible in nature?!?!"
- miningape 1y ago
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  - woah 1y ago
    It's about ethics in game journalism!
- drdaeman 1y ago
  That's a subset of gamers, specifically gamers who actively want a hypersexualized characters and still haven't figured out how to ignore the irrelevant products and still chose to be angered if some product doesn't fit their requirements (despite no shortage of games that would fit the bill).
  - intended 1y ago
    The most trust and safety research I’ve seen - on things like recidivism, ban success, pro social behavior - comes from gaming. Dota, league, he’ll - Roblox, twitch, discord - have some of the most data on how angry humans are when they play vidya.
    - tuatoru 1y ago
      The data are easily accessible, and the target group has little political power and is seen as problematic and about the only remaining legitimate target for negative discourse. Imagine the reception that studies of female aggression get.
  - TheBicPen 1y ago
    Capital G "Gamers", if you will.
lm28469 1y ago
Is this the technosolutionist version of "just one more lane and we'll fix traffic jams for good"?
smokel 1y ago
You may be interested in alternative approaches such as playing chess, running, singing, dancing, or reading literature.
amelius 1y ago
This is one of the more hopeful explanations of the Fermi paradox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#Hypothetical_explanations_for_the_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#Hypothetical_exp... "Alien species may isolate themselves in virtual worlds"
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etherlord 1y ago
Have you read Ready Player 1 or watched the Matrix?

Very cheap game consoles and VR headsets. Unironically that could really help world peace and QOL: less news and doomscrolling, and people would have an outlet for stress, anger, and boredom.

lenerdenator 1y ago

I've never seen a group more easily angered than gamers. "What do you mean the women in this game have proportions roughly equivalent to what's actually possible in nature?!?!"

miningape 1y ago
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- woah 1y ago
  It's about ethics in game journalism!
drdaeman 1y ago
That's a subset of gamers, specifically gamers who actively want a hypersexualized characters and still haven't figured out how to ignore the irrelevant products and still chose to be angered if some product doesn't fit their requirements (despite no shortage of games that would fit the bill).
- intended 1y ago
  The most trust and safety research I’ve seen - on things like recidivism, ban success, pro social behavior - comes from gaming. Dota, league, he’ll - Roblox, twitch, discord - have some of the most data on how angry humans are when they play vidya.
  - tuatoru 1y ago
    The data are easily accessible, and the target group has little political power and is seen as problematic and about the only remaining legitimate target for negative discourse. Imagine the reception that studies of female aggression get.
- TheBicPen 1y ago
  Capital G "Gamers", if you will.

lm28469 1y ago

Is this the technosolutionist version of "just one more lane and we'll fix traffic jams for good"?

smokel 1y ago

You may be interested in alternative approaches such as playing chess, running, singing, dancing, or reading literature.

amelius 1y ago

This is one of the more hopeful explanations of the Fermi paradox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#Hypothetical_explanations_for_the_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#Hypothetical_exp... "Alien species may isolate themselves in virtual worlds"

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etherlord 1y ago

Have you read Ready Player 1 or watched the Matrix?