I post this because the subject matter is relevant and just about no one else with reach and availability regularly talks about it, though I am aware of the allegations of Sterling's mistreatment of employees as well. debord-tired

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      I do not miss the arguments I used to have on the west coast with freeze-gamer coworkers that insisted that "you only like old games because of nostalgia" with the implication that old games being erased was a good thing because the new shiny hypermonetized treats must be objectively better anyway. smuglord

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Oh. That would make me very honk-enraged upset honk-enraged to encounter. That's a terrible attitude for people to have. : *( I can't imagine just being contemptuous and incurious about the past, and dismissing great art because the graphics are lower resolution.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 month ago

          It's somehow worse when it comes from a person living and breathing right in front of you, too. It isn't just some asshole on the internet; it's an asshole you have to see regularly. disgost

          • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]
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            1 month ago

            Man, that would blow my mind. I tend to have a pretty personable wall up, but that would probably get me to drop it easily. Something like 80% of atari games ever produced are lost to time, and sure, many of them were most likely bad, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be preserved in some way.

            • UlyssesT [he/him]
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              1 month ago

              Similarly, the early years of motion pictures are almost entirely lost to time because of active and deliberate effort by owners of a film to destroy such films after a feature stopped attracting audiences. desolate

  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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    1 month ago

    I didn't see the debord-tired emoji a single time while you were gone. I think you may literally be the only hexbear user to use it.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      That's too bad. Even the expression and body language resonate with me. debord-tired