Are there other hobbyists that literally go out of their way to shoot themselves in the foot every chance they get? It's legit baffling.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The average gamer is 35, there's about a 50/50 chance they're a woman, and they're probably playing fairly casual games on their smartphone.

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      That's just someone who plays games. Gamer has almost become a more specific identity based around consuming. I'm not calling my grandpa playing solitaire a gamer.

        • ssjmarx [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Alienware

          Today when I walked into my economics class I saw something I dread every time I close my eyes. Someone had brought their new gaming laptop to class. The Forklift he used to bring it was still running idle at the back. I started sweating as I sat down and gazed over at the 700lb beast that was his laptop. He had already reinforced his desk with steel support beams and was in the process of finding an outlet for a power cable thicker than Amy Schumer's thigh. I start shaking. I keep telling myself I'm going to be alright and that there's nothing to worry about. He somehow finds a fucking outlet. Tears are running down my cheeks as I send my last texts to my family saying I love them. The teacher starts the lecture, and the student turns his laptop on. The colored lights on his RGB Backlit keyboard flare to life like a nuclear flash, and a deep humming fills my ears and shakes my very soul. The entire city power grid goes dark. The classroom begins to shake as the massive fans begin to spin. In mere seconds my world has gone from vibrant life, to a dark, earth shattering void where my body is getting torn apart by the 150mph gale force winds and the 500 decibel groan of the cooling fans. As my body finally surrenders, I weep, as my school and my city go under. I fucking hate gaming laptops.

          • itsPina [he/him, she/her]
            hexagon
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            2 years ago

            And for as expensive and power consuming that laptop is it probably still constantly thermal throttles and can't hit decent fps in fortnite lol