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I don't mean BETTER. That's a different conversation. I mean cooler.

An old CRT display was literally a small scale particle accelerator, firing angry electron beams at light speed towards the viewers, bent by an electromagnet that alternates at an ultra high frequency, stopped by a rounded rectangle of glowing phosphors.

If a CRT goes bad it can actually make people sick.

That's just. Conceptually a lot COOLER than a modern LED panel, which really is just a bajillion very tiny lightbulbs.

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sex toys and local multiplayer is a way better combination than cybersex and online matchmaking

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 1 month ago

cybersex and online matchmaking

For when your team literally gets fucked.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tell that to the furries. Every furry I know that has a VRChat avatar feels more at home with a VR headset strapped to their face.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Furries and strap-ons seem to go hand in hand

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I generally can't be arsed with online multiplayer -- Just as a concept.

But I made great memories with my cousins playing Wii/GameCube local multiplayer titles. Smash, Mario Kart, Sonic Adventure 2, et cetera.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I too like to play "Smash" with this guy's cousins

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

But do you bond burger my sister?

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have never played a game with random strangers ever. But! My brother and sister both live hours away from me (and each other), and we keep in touch by playing online co-op games every week.

I have a group of friends that I have mostly kept in touch with by playing online games too.

So I agree with what I think you meant, but I'm very glad online multiplayer exists in some form.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean. All my friends who match my freak live 120Km+ away from me and so I have played online games with them.

But man it's just not the same as the experience of snacks, a beat up sofa, crowding around a television, yelling at each other, yanno?

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who said you can't do it anymore?

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Still trying to find a way to get microtransactions in there, but I've already got horse armour, thanks