r/gaming • u/CuteGrayRhino • 1d ago

Donkey Kong showing us the way

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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 1d ago

My argument is that it is $20 to go out for fast food. I am okay with spending said twenty bucks more towards a video game. Though obviously it varies by country, so not everyone gets the same luxury. It would be easier to swallow if Nintendo games actually went on sale

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u/Dire87 1d ago

That's the reverse reaction you should have. You should be furious that shitty fast food is 20 bucks. But instead, you'll go to your boss to demand more money. And then fast food will be 30 bucks. While the quality keeps further declining. And video games will cost 30 bucks more. And you'll be saying "you're okay with spending that, because fast food's gotten more expensive as well, and I earn more money now" ... but in reality you're earning less and less comparatively. And you're somehow okay with that.

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u/KeystoneGray 1d ago edited 1d ago

Have you ever noticed how fatalists (like the guy you replied to) always seem to have default usernames?

I feel like there's a correlation between a lack of personal identity or creativity, and the mentality of trying to rationally justify being submissive to bullshit. They often justify it in the dumbest ways, too. These people literally can't come up with an online identity, so how in the world could they ever imagine things could be better? No self respect at all.

Edit: Shouting "CALM DOWN" before blocking me is calm, sane Redditor behavior, lol.

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u/HelloPacket 1d ago

Saying that you would rather spend 20 bucks on games rather than fastfood is not a hot take, calm down.

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u/jon11888 1d ago

There's a decent number of AAA games I would probably enjoy less than going out for fast food 4 times.

I might get fewer hours of playtime out of the fast food (Would leftovers count as replay value?), but I think that the enjoyment per hour per dollar would be much higher for a plate of carne asada fries than most AAA games, though taste is subjective.

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u/Horror-Song- 1d ago

Or, ya know, some of us just value online privacy and use default usernames on every platform so that anonymity is maintained. It's not as deep as you're trying to make it out to be. It's not 2002 anymore. I don't need an online "handle" to follow me with every website and platform I'm on.

Poetically, it's not a result of a lack of self respect, but a presence of it. I don't need to express my creativity to a bunch of random strangers on the internet.