• iAvicenna@lemmy.world
    342·
    4 months ago

    well but also just born in time to live the golden age of computer games as a teenager. oh man those gorgeous manuals of 1990-2000 era games

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      4 months ago

      The golden age of computer/video game manuals, sure…

      But if you think video games have gotten worse overall, then you are playing the wrong games. For one, “indie” games didn’t even exist.

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          4 months ago

          Lol yeah ok, you want to compare the shareware scene in the 80s and 90s to indie games today? It’s not even the same ballpark.

      • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 months ago

        indie games didn’t even exist indie games did not have to exist. indie game level of passion for the game you are creating was generally the norm back then. once the process is turned into an industrial pipeline you sacrifice aesthetics for output volume.

        Have video games gotten worse overall? On average yes. What percentage of the games being produced now can you say is on par with what you would call a creative and good game “back then”. We are basically swimming in a sea of garbage and indie games are a reaction to that. That can not, not be a problem but it also does not mean good games still don’t exist.

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          4 months ago

          If video games have gotten worse overall on average, it’s simply because there are orders of magnitude more games. If you honestly think games are worse, it’s nostalgia speaking 100%. Tons of shovelware will of course bring the average down, but most of us just ignore that shit. You’re playing the wrong games.

          Not to mention that I can still play all of those old games anyway, so…

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      1·
      4 months ago

      If you’re on board with puzzle games and a bit of Souls-adjacent combat, you should check out Tunic. It is very relevant to the thing about manuals, even as a digital-only game

    • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
      211·
      4 months ago

      Same. People need to stop buying from giant corporations. Everything they sell is cheap shit sold at a ridiculous price now because investors expect a 30% profit margin.

      • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
        101·
        4 months ago

        For real. Who the fuck eats at subway these days, the food quality is absolute shit, they treat their staff like shit, and they charge you more for the pleasure

        • Skua@kbin.earth
          3·
          4 months ago

          If my time working in one is any indication, taxi drivers and drunk people. I don’t think those demographics overlapped often, or at least I hope they didn’t

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netEnglish
      12·
      4 months ago

      They couldn’t even offer the $6 Burger for $6 longer than a month or so. They were almost immediately $7 or more. They were also supposed to be comparable to a sit-down restaurant burger. Somehow they cost more and are lower quality. It’s cheaper to get a burger at Denny’s than it is to get a burger at any fast food place these days, and it’s a better and bigger burger.

      • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev
        2·
        4 months ago

        At least where I was, when it came out it was $5 for the ‘six-dollar burger’, almost immediately after they threw in a bunch of other ‘big’ burgers. Odd that they tried to makr a 1/3 pound burger seem huge when McDonald’s (at least in America) had been offering double quarter pounders for longer than I can remember.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      5·
      4 months ago

      I remember getting those big matrices of Arby’s coupons like once a week, and they were actually decent.

      Used to love me a Big Montana. Back before 99% of fast food turned to shit and went up in price by 10x

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    I was amazed a McRib combo is only 8 dollars… ONLY 8 dollars…

    And that’s still too rich for my blood, fuck you McDonalds, I curse you and mourn that I took the Dollar Menu for granted

  • Higgs boson@dubvee.orgEnglish
    1917·
    4 months ago

    Who tf pays $15 for a sandwich? Y’all motherfuckers need to learn how to cook.

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
      35·
      4 months ago

      Oh yeah apartment rentals/living in a vehicle are known worldwide for their spacious cabinets for pots, pans, cups, dishes, bowls, mugs, knives, forks, spatulas, spoons for eating and cooking, cutting boards, flour, sugar, yeast, oven mitts, thermometers, and sinks to clean up and counter space to cook and dry all that is needed for “learning to cook.”

      Happy Thanksgiving.

    • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
      59·
      4 months ago

      Yeah y’all need to learn how to be self-sufficient! Look at the people surviving during the Great depression. That’s how we all need to be.

      • Higgs boson@dubvee.orgEnglish
        171·
        4 months ago

        What tf kind of lame ass strawman is that? News flash: its usually cheaper to prepare your own food. Film at 11.

        • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
          11·
          4 months ago

          I might have misunderstood the context. I took OPs post to mean the sandwich will eventually become 15 dollars, not that they are currently. So I took the post I replied to as indifferent to that future suffering. Was I mistaken?

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 months ago

        Honestly, yes. We need to learn how to make do with less. We can indulge when times are good, but some people just splurge in good times instead of saving and struggle to make do in bad times.

        • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
          1·
          4 months ago

          How much less though? Would you still be ok than less than the bare minimum to survive? How about at the bare minimum to survive? How long should we be put at that level?

          I ask because most suffering today is caused by decisions made by people in power, not natural cycles.

          • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
            2·
            4 months ago

            A reasonable amount less. A small home, using public transit or specifically choosing a more fuel efficient vehicle, cooking instead of eating out constantly… I’m not saying we should be having less than necessary to survive, and wages are too low, but also good financial decision making goes a long way and learning to tighten your belt makes you more self reliant

            • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
              1·
              4 months ago

              I can agree with that. As long as we aren’t unnecessarily sucking the humanity out of things, I’m good with it.

              • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
                2·
                4 months ago

                Oh absolutely no sucking humanity out of things. More is learning to live within our collective means and learning to make that enjoyable and beautiful. And that includes making sure even affordable housing is clean, sufficient, and provides access to green spaces and the opportunity to garden.

      • ReplicantBatty@lemmy.one
        11·
        4 months ago

        Yes let me just grow all the food I need and raise a cow for milk and a sheep to get wool for making my own clothes on my 4’x8’ balcony at my one bedroom apartment.

        Not all of us, and I’d argue very few of us proportionally speaking, have all kinds of land to be able to do shit like that. Check your privilege, dude