Saying they’re NPCs is an oversimplification for silly memers like yourself.

What I said was the truth, whether you want to accept it or not.

Now, go off and do whatever you think will make you look good in front of your peers 👍

Lol, it’s not about me vs. him.

He’s the one who said remote couldn’t work. I said it could and gave an example of a game I like that was made by a fully-remote team.

If the development experience that he is defending didn’t yield any products that are as good as something that was made remotely, why should I take him seriously?

And I’m clueless, huh?

Yes, very. So clueless in fact anybody who has any idea of the actual effort that went into the development of Crash Bandicoot, not just ‘team numbers,’ would laugh at you.

I’m glad you’re so committed. Your commitment keeps giving me more reasons why you shouldn’t be taken seriously. It’s really just funny to me at this point.

The Metal Gear Solid games are some of my favorites, and I’ve played all of them.

Then you should be able to recognize the monumental difference on both an individual and group level that goes into making a game like Metal Gear Solid vs. the games you mentioned. You should also be able to recognize the difference in quality between a game like Metal Gear Solid and all of the games you mentioned.

If you’re referring to the PS1 Crash Bandicoot games, those were made with similar team sizes and “levels of effort” as most games that would be called “indie” are today

Yeah, you’re clueless.

Lol. You think ‘blue prince’ took as much effort to make as Crash Fucking Bandicoot or Metal Gear Solid and I’m the one who is ignorant about great games and how they’re made?

I’m guessing you never even played those games so you have no point of reference. You should try emulating them, then you can experience what it’s like to play great games completely free of charge. Heck, you might even raise your standards as a result going forward.

You’re not accepting more expensive entertainment either. You’re pirating it.

Buying it is unrelated to accepting it.

None of these games were made with less effort; they’re typically just made by fewer people.

I respectfully disagree.

I think I see why you’ve got this perspective that’s completely divorced from reality.

Lol, what? I think you’re just getting upset at me because I don’t like the low-effort games you enjoy.

Yes, most games have microtransactions if you completely disregard most games.

Right, and most of the games that interest you don’t interest me.

I’d encourage you to give some of those games you’re ignoring a try.

I’m good. You’re using me to try and justify your own enjoyment of what you spent your money on. It’s fine if you like things that I don’t like and vice-versa.

Most people can’t think for themselves, child or not, and are just doing whatever they think will make them look good in front of their peers.

Hopefully I don’t have to write on essay on how the people who stand to profit from sowing this divide manipulate us into thinking we value things that we really shouldn’t.

I don’t like the trend of having to accept cheaper entertainment just so that the businesses behind it can make more money with less effort.

Games like God of War, Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Zelda, those all take monumentally more effort to make than indie games and it shows in the final results. I could get all philosophical on ‘what makes good art,’ but I don’t think that’s the discussion you’re trying to have.

No. I’m saying a good deal of the people choosing to do this have actually had that decision made for them without realizing it.

Thanks for sharing this. I decided to do a bit of my own research and came across some interesting information.

Your source: https://epicforamerica.org/social-programs/here-is-what-food-stamp-recipients-buy/

I’m not sure what ‘epicforamerica’ is, but it sounds like a propaganda outlet. They claim their source is the USDA, and the PDF they provided has a weird link to it: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/ops/SNAPFoodsTypicallyPurchased.pdf

It says it’s from 2016, which could be true but I can’t find it with a quick search.

What I did find though was this official USDA website with a similar study from 2011: https://www.fns.usda.gov/research/snap/foods-typically-purchased-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap-households

Here are charts from the primary sources, the official USDA 2011 then the 2016 study ‘epicforamerica’ linked to:

Sweetened beverages actually comes out at #2 in ‘total expenditures’ when meat is grouped into a single category. ‘Epicforamerica’ decided to split them up for their own reasons.

Both charts show that soda expenditures are ~9.3% of what EBT users spend their food stamps on. That’s pretty reasonable if you ask me, and I think it owes more to the fact that a 2-liter of Coke is $2.74 at Walmart than anything else. That means if one person buys a 2-liter of Coke as part of a $27 grocery bill, then that’s immediately over the average amount.

Prepared desserts is at 7%, salty snacks at 3.4%, and candy at 2%.

So all in all, we’re looking at a little under 25% of expenditures being spent on junk food. That’s also reasonable to me. Soda is so high is because it’s actually just a scam. I’d be in favor of restricting food stamp recipients to only buying generic brands of soda, but that’s about it.

Heck, I’d be in favor of forcing most brands to sell their food at a lower price to food stamp recipients. The main reason they don’t have enough is because others have too much.

Also, it looks like ‘epicforamerica’ successfully manipulated you into thinking a certain way by withholding, distorting, or just straight up lying about information.

Vegetables and fruits are missing from the most altogether

Vegetables are actually #3 in expenditures, and fruits are #8.