• @Wahots@pawb.social
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    1322 months ago

    Yeah, Nintendo is smoking unfiltered crack, lol. Who the hell has $80-90 to throw at every game in the midst of an unnecessary economic downturn and possible worldwide meltdown?

    • @TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee
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      412 months ago

      Oh no, just a USA meltdown. Trump isn’t great for other economies, but we still have the rest of the world to trade with. The only thing he is achieving is making the usa less relevant by the day.

      • @javiwhite@feddit.uk
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        102 months ago

        It will still cause other countries economies to shrink, as most economies are interlinked in the modern age; but even with the loss in GDP, removing US trade/tech/military reliance is definitely for the better imo. The USA positioning themselves alongside Russia has woke up the rest of the world to the fact that America isn’t simply arrogant… It’s also dangerous.

        I don’t see a way back for the US in all honesty. The problem isn’t the rogue state behaviour, it’s the virile support for such actions seen from many of their citizens. In the coming years we’ll no doubt see American military bases being shutdown across the globe, in retaliation to their animosity, and it will only continue further until the US is a pariah state.

        I suppose it’s some solace that the democrats are able to somewhat slow the implosion of the US through the senate, but that won’t be enough to stop them falling out of favour with the rest of the world, and thus losing a huge part of their power. And I have to wonder, is this the exact outcome Putin wanted (America surviving, but struggling… Allowing them to exist as the bad guy, Rather than complete desolation), or just a happy accident after getting Krasnov elected?.

        • @13igTyme@lemmy.world
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          52 months ago

          It’s because a significant portion of our population are complete dumbasses.

          One third of the country are bigots believing every piece of propaganda.

          One third of our country doesn’t think politics affects them.

          10-15% (ballparking) have good political intentions, but don’t think voting will solve anything.

          That leaves about 20-25% to actually contribute politically with critical thinking skills and understanding various social issues.

          Yeah we’re fucked.

      • Cethin
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        102 months ago

        As much? I don’t think ever. Breath of the Wild is still it’s release price despite it’s sequel, in the same world but with more content, being out and the same price. They’re insane.

        • @Breezy@lemmy.world
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          12 months ago

          Gotta burn it before inhaleing to test it. Some of that shit is fake and just some steel wool with a coating. Remember to be safe while smoking crack!

      • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        12 months ago

        I could be wrong, but doesn’t the process of cooking the cocaine into crack kind of “filter” it so to speak?

        • @TheAristocrat@lemmy.world
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          22 months ago

          Not in the slightest. It only cuts it so you can increase your yield at the cost of needing to sell a fundamentally different product.

        • @satans_methpipe@lemmy.world
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          -22 months ago

          I think the filter is to stop shards of burning crack from going into your mouth/throat.

          Cooking usually refers to removing salts necessary for mucous absorption to make smoked crack more palatable and injected crack not lethal. I haven’t done crack yet.

    • @FunkFactory@lemmy.world
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      -62 months ago

      I get your point, but I’ll probably end up paying that. The exclusives are pricey but I almost always end up playing them for 50-100+ hours each, so I can’t really complain 🤷‍♂️

        • @13igTyme@lemmy.world
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          72 months ago

          “it’s $20 for a skin… Eh I’ll buy it.” I have friends that do that. Meanwhile I almost never buy a game at launch because I’ll just wait for a sale and for the game to be fixed post launch.

          • Cethin
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            32 months ago

            The trouble is, Nintendo games don’t even go on sale, so you can’t do that. Nintendo used to be the affordable accessible console. Now they’re the opposite.

            I haven’t had a desire to play their games luckily, but the emulators are good. I tried Pokémon Arceus with one and it ran flawlessly. The game was boring as hell from what I played, but I wanted to see how it functioned compared to the older games I know.

            • @13igTyme@lemmy.world
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              12 months ago

              Yeah. I was providing context and a small joke in relation to the comment about how we got here. I mostly play Steam games anyway.

              A few years ago my wife bought a switch, we occasionally play it, but yes I saw the games were basically never on sale.

        • @FunkFactory@lemmy.world
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          -22 months ago

          At this point in the world I just want to reward one of the few companies that has yet to screw me over. Everything I’ve ever bought from Nintendo still works to this day, and I’m generally expecting it to work forever. No one else is making products like that, it’s all short-term shareholder profits-- who cares about the customer? If you want to pay what garbage is priced at, you’ll get garbage in the end.

          • theprogressivist
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            2 months ago

            Imagine simping for a soulless corporation who doesn’t give of fuck if you exist. How is anything nintendo doing consumer friendly? You’re definitely on that copium, champ.

            • @FunkFactory@lemmy.world
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              12 months ago

              I’m just speaking from personal experience, friend. I understand someone will probably have a list of like 10 links of counterexamples handy but I can say with fair confidence they probably haven’t affected me. Hell, my original joycons actually still work, though I did buy my Switch a couple years after release. And I’m not simping for anything, I will 100% change my stance the day Nintendo starts screwing me over 🤷‍♂️

      • @danc4498@lemmy.world
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        152 months ago

        Remember 2008/2009 recession? This was cause by the USA economy, but affected the entire world.

      • @DV8@lemmy.world
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        112 months ago

        Even if you think it’s not worldwide, you do realise some countries and regions rely heavily upon trading with the US. And it will cause inflation, though how much depends on what will actually happen now.

      • I Cast Fist
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        72 months ago

        As others pointed out, it’s not only the US economy that will be hit, but also everyone that trades with them.

        To illustrate some examples, Canadian aluminum might end up with 25% tariffs. That means anything made within the USA that uses said aluminum will get a price increase. Canadian companies might end up with a surplus, since their main customers won’t be buying as much (instead of paying 100 dollars for a tonne, 'mericans will pay 125 dollars per tonne). That surplus will drive prices down if they can’t find someone else to buy the aluminum.

        Since the tariffs aren’t only on Canadian aluminum, but a lot of stuff from a lot of countries, some of that stuff will end up with a significant surplus and no new buyers. For smaller countries that rely on USA exports, that’s going to hurt a lot.

      • Meldrik
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        62 months ago

        The world economy is dependent on countries like the USA.