vaquedoso

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[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

He's saying that the only corporations with the fighting power to take on legal battles will end up being the big ones. So we may end up in a situation where AI will only be in the hands of the mega wealthy, instead of in the hands of regular people.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Roberts everywhere sending accidental dick pics

Edit: had a brain fart, meant Richards

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You keep referencing the community as if I wasn't aware. I made a comment yesterday here in this very thread referencing it, so I clearly know this is a place for unpopular opinions, that's why I'm debating in good faith and that's why I said in my previous comment it was ironic.
But no, please re-read what I said, that you started the post with an assumption, and you presented it as fact. That's not debatable, you stated that games aren't supposed to be realistic. You didn't back that up with an argument, you just repeated how you think games should be perceived and then proceeded to trash a popular franchise as an example.
Like I said, I mean no animosity towards you. But I chimed in literally because this community invites to debate

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I expressed my counter argument in my first comment. You then replied with a non-answer, trying to justify your lack of argument with the community name.
And let me be clear, I'm not criticizing you, I'm criticizing your debating. You started the original post making an assumption and stating it as fact while failing to provide a compelling argument to back it up, so when people inevitably try to discuss it, you did hide behind the curtain of 'it's my opinion, I'm not harming anyone'. Which makes it the more ironic when you brought to attention the community name in response to me calling you out.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Yeah, which invites people to discuss and to offer counter-arguments. So why are you on the defensive about it? When you open up a topic for discussion and people have a different opinion than you, usually instead of resorting to 'is my opinion, deal with it', people often offer a footing for their argument to stand on.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

To answer your first question first, empathy is a social skill and if you truly want to understand other people's opinions, it's a skill you must hone. No one is saying you must be empathic, but if you want to truly get why some people like it more when they can immerse themselves in a piece of art, then you do need to be able to try to walk in their shoes.
Regarding your second point, you framed the original post as a fact of life and not an opinion ('games are not supposed to be realistic' vs 'i think games shouldn't be realistic') so don't be surprised when people argue against your opinion as if it were fact.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

One of the most compelling arguments I've heard. I must say I was a skeptic before but this really opened my eyes

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I personally don't enjoy games like COD, but it's disingenuous to believe one of the most lucrative franchises to exist, played and enjoyed by billions worldwide, is garbage. You may not like it, but you can't declare it a garbage game as it certainly has its appeal. Doing so reeks of 'old-man-yelling-at-kids-to-get-off-his-lawn'.
As for your other point, it is certainly an unpopular opinion. For a lot of people gaming is an escape from reality, yes, but video games as an artistic expression can also represent reality and even mirror it. I don't know what you mean by 'realism'; is it graphical fidelity? Is it mechanics and its level of abstraction to model our world? There is certainly a conversation to be had here, but I would say how closely a game should mirror real life should depend on what type of game we are talking about, after all.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This is wrong, argentina also borders bolivia and Paraguay doesn't border chile

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This a good change. Reviews aren't there to be funny, they are there to be informative

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

New vsauce just dropped

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How can Putin accuse them of provocation when it's him invading Ukraine in the first place it's beyond me

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