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[–] yesman 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 20 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] teslasaur 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks 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 1 points 2 weeks 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.