• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 hours ago

      Bean Soup Theory in full swing. I fully believe that algorithmic feeds have heavily contributed to the rapid decline in reading comprehension. One of the biggest parts of reading comprehension is being able to identify the target audience for a piece of work. And most of the time, the answer is not “me”. In previous decades, if you saw something that didn’t pertain to you, you would move the fuck on.

      But algorithms changed that. People got used to having feeds that are laser-focused on their personal interests. And this has led to a decline in reading comprehension, as people simply aren’t using that part of the skill anymore. So now when they encounter something that isn’t meant for them, they have a tendency to try to make it about them.

      The phrase “bean soup theory” comes from a recipe for bean soup, which was full of angry commenters asking things like “but what if I don’t like beans” and “what would you replace the beans with if you don’t like eating them?” The obvious answer is that if you don’t like beans, don’t make bean soup. This recipe is clearly not meant for you. You should move the fuck on to find a recipe you’ll like. But those commenters are so used to algorithmic feeds that they have lost the ability to recognize when something is not aimed at them. So instead of going “oh, this isn’t about me” they got angry and tried to make it about them.

      To bring it back to the main post, there are several incredible games on this list. Many of them are absolutely worth playing. But the above commenter had to make it about them, instead of going “eh, not interested” and just moving on.

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      22 hours ago

      More like “AAA games are a big pile of shit, and only AAA games bother trying to fuck over the customer with Denuvo”.

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        22 hours ago

        there are a lot of games on here that are neither AAA or big piles of shit… you’re just not interested in them.

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          Well, I can wait for those games’ developers to stop losing their mind and remove the cancer from their game. They aren’t getting one cent from me, otherwise.

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            This is a list of games from which Denuvo was removed. That makes them potentially worth playing. You’re outright dismissing the entire list of games because they had Denuvo at one time.

            I’m not even suggesting you support the developers, pirate away. Some of these games are good now that Denuvo was removed.