▲ -44 ▼ The hill I will die on: Games are the opposite of fun, and I’d ban them for anyone over 12 | Emily Watkins (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by Fmstrat@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments Emily Watkins is.. something.
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) We are also entitled to ridicule her for her shitty opinion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Arguing against her strawman is not a productive use of anybody's time or attention, and it even further wastes the time of readers. It's not solving any problem because it's not a genuinely held opinion. It is just meaningless slop, seeking profit, filling space, devoid of any intellectual value and no different than AI slop, whether a human wrote it or not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago You must never read UnpopularOpinion 😀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 2 weeks ago A few of her examples are objectively unfun, she just extrapolates those out to everything because she apparently can't understand the nuance between playing a game for fun and being competitive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Arguing against her strawman is not a productive use of anybody's time or attention, and it even further wastes the time of readers. It's not solving any problem because it's not a genuinely held opinion. It is just meaningless slop, seeking profit, filling space, devoid of any intellectual value and no different than AI slop, whether a human wrote it or not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago You must never read UnpopularOpinion 😀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 2 weeks ago A few of her examples are objectively unfun, she just extrapolates those out to everything because she apparently can't understand the nuance between playing a game for fun and being competitive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago You must never read UnpopularOpinion 😀 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 2 weeks ago A few of her examples are objectively unfun, she just extrapolates those out to everything because she apparently can't understand the nuance between playing a game for fun and being competitive. permalink fedilink source parent