• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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    12 小时前

    I think it’s “proconsumer” because the alternatives are so awfully anticonsummer that you see them as the desired alternative.

    I mean, if someone comes and tells you: hey, you have two options, I shoot you with a revolver in your head 5 times… or I kick you in the balls once.

    Sure, the kick in the balls sounds awful, but if your only alternative is getting shot 5 times in your head with a revolver…

    And right now, this is the videogames market.

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      11 小时前

      Yeah, you really have to read between the lines. Like, if this guy wants to kick me in the balls, and the alternative is 5/6 shots from that revolver in my head, then what’s his plan for that sixth round? He’s obviously gonna shoot me in the balls. That’s what it means to be an informed consumer these days.

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        8 小时前

        Okay but look if I’m gonna be stuck in this situation, the revolver has to be out of the picture. Otherwise what’s stopping him from just kicking me in the balls first and THEN shooting me?

        I don’t know where this metaphor is going anymore but I simply refuse to die screaming and clutching my nuts. It’s so undignified.