• kusivittula@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    my gf has tiktok so i hear the same few annoying soundtracks about 374 times a day, mostly before bed.

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      9 months ago

      My wife has been watching twitch streamers for about a year and a half now. I just sent this screenshot to her because I know I’ve heard her mention Cleatus Cornwood while telling me about the nonsense they get up to

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    Im a big fan of Northernlion, so much that is basically the background sound of our house. During the pandemic my wife went to her family home for vacation and got stuck there for months when all air travel was shut down and she started to watch him just because his voice made her feel in hom.

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          It’s basically improv comedy with a heavily modded GTA V game as the driver and visualization for it. Especially funny when they have to roleplay away glitches or misclicks

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            Exactly this, it’s basically GTA5 private servers with fully customised game mechanics and strict rules around conduct where you’re playing a character in a realistic setting, like an actor of sorts. It’s big money for the people who run these servers too, especially NoPixel which is the most popular streamer server and difficult to get whitelisted on.

            Rule breaks, for example not fearing for your life and acting appropriately when in a dangerous situation are potentially risking a ban. There is a full set of laws and police, judges, lawyers and a whole court and prison system modded into to deal with criminals with players roleplaying all of these roles. There’s a hospital, ambulances, doctors and you have to get someone else to call 911 to have a paramedic drive out and rescue you if you die.

            It’s honestly impressive how much and well modders have modded GTA5 over the years. If you wanna try it yourself download the FiveM client and there are hundreds of servers you can join and play on.

            Be warned though, just like older games with private servers (like old Battlefield/CS ect games) you are ultimately at the mercy of whoever the admins who run them are and sometimes these can be interesting individuals. Rockstar recently bought out the FiveM platform but they have no real control over what these private individuals do short of banning the whole server from the platform which rarely happens.

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      9 months ago

      Why do adults watch other adults kicking a ball?

      Because it is or was their hobby and it is fun to see other people do stuff that you like. Some streamers are very skilled so it’s similiar to sports, others are entertaining like podcaster or comedians.

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      you are getting down votes because the use of the word “adult” instead of “people” can imply that watching other people play games is for children.

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        Yeah that’s the insecurity I spoke of in action. The scenario of the OP was adults speaking of adults. If people want to infer from my words that I’m teasing them because I think they are acting like children, then that’s on them.

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          The implication of your original message was that it’s not something adults should partake in. You can say whatever you want, but if you can’t see why people are downvoting you for asking your question in that way, I don’t know that you can be helped.

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      It isn’t just a question, it’s straight up loaded with implications, most blatant one being to specifically stress ‘adults’ twice, as if it wasn’t a question to you if it were children.

      People watch people playing sports, telling jokes or funny stories, acting drama, dancing… playing games fits that list so seamlessly that I can’t help but wonder wtf is wrong with someone asking why people would do it. It’s blatantly obvious loads of people like watching something they find cool and isn’t too mentally engaging, to wind down.

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          We aren’t policing your speech, we’re saying your speech is making you come off as a douche. Context and the specific words you choose matter. If you’re concerned about the downvotes, as you appear to be, that’s why.

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            Nah that’s exactly what you’re doing. I’ve said it a bunch of times already and yet chuckle fucks like you still need to get your two cents in two days after the initial post, telling ME the meaning behind my words. I’ve said the meaning behind my words over and over again in here. I’ve given no reason for anyone to assume I’m not genuine.

            Context? You mean, like the adults speaking of adults? Because that’s the context. Spin it all you want, but I’m right.

            Read this if you want. If you respond with some BS response telling me what words that I write mean I’m just going to block you, so just walk on.

            I don’t care, honestly. I’m taking a shit right now and reading lemmy.

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      I’m gonna guess the defensive downvotes are about insecurities. I wasn’t putting you down.

      The duality of man.

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      I like watching some roguelikes or roguelites but I dont enjoy PLAYING those genres. I like to play a lot of games that involve thinking, problem solving, and creativity but sometimes I just want to turn off my brain and also see how other people approach games.

      You also received downvotes because your question comes off as a bit crappy. If it were just a question you would have asked “why do people watch people play games?” But instead by singling out adults it comes off as an attack like playing or watching games is and immature activity which it is not. Whether or not that was your intention it will be viewed as such

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      TBH I do it for the community of the thing. If I’m watching someone doing something I enjoy, and someone else is watching at the same time, I tend to feel a little more fulfilled about the whole situation.

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      Welcome to Lemmy. I agree with ya in that I don’t get it either. But you made the mistake of asking the kids why they like a specific toy. Not knowing makes you uncool. Think of it like being on Reddit:

      It’s like this on Reddit.

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        Is there any chance that belittling them by calling what they do not “adult enough” could have contributed to the down voting?

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            With that question in bad faith that imply adults shouldn’t be doing that. Or do you think he meant adults should watch young people play video games?

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            People choose specific words for a reason. Why did they use “adult” instead of “people”? There’s an implication there, that this is an activity that doesn’t need explaining if you’re not an “adult” but does if you do. Can someone legitimately be asking that question, sure, but it absolutely comes across as loaded.

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            “Why do adults watch other adults play video games…?”

            You are saying non of this is sarcastic? This question that seems clearly in bad faith? Because in my life I found out that everyone likes to be sarcastic but not many, maybe even none, likes to receive sarcasm.

            Sorry for the wait.

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      I wondered the same for years but the answer is obvious : same people who enjoy watching other people play sports, or other people have sex, I guess. Personally I’d rather do the thing than watch somebody else, but yeah, you do you. And sometimes it’s nice to watch the pros being good at it.

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      I can get watching one’s friends, I’ve glanced in on friends playing games with that Steam streaming thing to see how they’re doing and what dumb decisions they’re making. But strangers? Just alien to me.

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      Why do “adults” care how other people spend their free time? Seems like busy bodies with nothing going on in their own lives so they have to judge the bit of free time people have.

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          No one is shitting on you for asking a question. Let’s take a look at how you could have asked the same question without coming across as judgemental:

          “I don’t understand streaming. Why do people watch others play games, instead of playing themselves?” - note, no loaded language implying that it’s not a thing “adults” do. Note, you’re clearly communicating that this is something you don’t understand. I promise you, no one would be upset over that question. Phrasing matters.

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      Why does it matter how people spend their time? That being said i didnt downvote you. Different strokes for different folks