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You can always emulate Call of Duty for the DS (piefedimages.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com)
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Scene from a Spiderman movie were Peter is talking to someone: "I'm buying the new Steam Machine" "But Peter, there's no Fortnite or Call of Duty because it's Linux" "I just told you I'm buying it, you don't have to sell it to me"
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[–] 18 points 10 months ago (11 children)

I've never understood these memes. If you don't want to play whatever game, don't play it. How do you somehow convince yourself that you're superior to others due to your inability to run certain programs?

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Issa joke. Making fun at the expense of AAA games :)

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I understand that it's a joke, but the humor isn't making sense to me, and I especially don't see how it's at the expense of AAA games

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    I guess it comes from a point where Linux gamers have been neglected by major studios for so long and now that there are enough other options they don’t have any power on them.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    it's associative, the negative associations with Call of Duty players cannot be transferred to a console that doesn't support that game, so for people who want to avoid those associations it's a plus

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    There's definitely something to this. Like I'm often scared to be part of any group because inevitably someone in that group will be an asshole. I have played video games for a long time but I refuse to refer to myself as a "gamer" because of the associations.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    I also notice I hate when something I love becomes too popular, precisely because it loses its initial associations with the group I was happy to associate with, and becomes associated with a larger group that I don't feel connection with (or worse, becomes associated with a toxic fan base I actively don't want to be associated with - e.g. Rick and Morty, I love the show but developed shame for enjoying it, once it became popular and its biggest fans created negative associations with liking the show; you can tell yourself to ignore the shame, but I admittedly no longer identify as a fan of Rick and Morty because of what it will communicate to people about me).

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    The thing is that with W10 going EOL, everyone is going to be forced to learn a new OS, regardless if they want to or not (W11has been out for years, if you havent jumped, there is likely a reason). Lemmy users being the socially concious crusaders that they are, are encouraging people to make a better choice than defaulting to Windows again (given all its very real issues of useability and data harvesting).

    Not having access to preditory games due to self-imposed tech limitations isnt high on the list of reasons to choose linux, but its good shitpost material.

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