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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I'm starting to think that video game culture is just a complex psy-op designed to redirect the youth's energy for protesting injustice to the most trivial shit.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

"Bread and Circuses!" As yelled by my father anytime I asked him to get cable so I could watch sports.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Occam's Razor. It's just corporations milking us dry.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's not occams razor. It's a wild conspiracy.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Occam's Razor is that it's just capitalism doing its thing. That was my point. The wild conspiracy is the other stuff.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

No, occams razor is that the simplest answer is the most likely one. Every gaming company somehow scheming to stupify the collective youth is some nuclear-level conspiracy theory.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago