• aplomBomb@midwest.social
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    9 months ago

    I was getting absolutely mocked the other day in the linux gaming community suggesting people install Windows on their machine, rather than whining about counter strike 2 not running on their LinuxOS.

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      9 months ago

      I hate to break it to you, but you’re the person everyone else is talking about. You went into a special interest forum and more or less said “have you tried not caring about the subject?”.

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        9 months ago

        I hate to break it to you, but that is not at all what I said. People join that community to talk about gaming on Linux, myself included… not to piss and moan about not being able to game on Linux.

        You are actually the kind of person i see people complaining about in this thread, getting extremely defensive and aggressive when someone has a different opinion to you/challenging your beliefs, thus echo chamber lol

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        9 months ago

        I see your point, but I fundamentally disagree; I think it’s the perfect place to make such suggestions because it’s a community where that approach may not be the first idea.

        I also think it’s the perfect place to make such suggestions because you’re guaranteed to have different opinions and outlooks, thus generating productive conversation… if everyone is mature and respectful which in this particular example they were not.

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      9 months ago

      That’s the same problem as people recommending Linux when Windows acts up. Just let people use whatever OS they want.

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        9 months ago

        You’re paying a few bucks to ensure maximum compatibility for the games that you love to play, this isn’t rocket science.

        I wasn’t telling anyone to do anything, I was merely making a rational suggestion that would completely solve their issue Jesus Christ you people are insane.

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      9 months ago

      Did you at the very least suggest pirating Windows?

      Because otherwise it’d be "Hey guys have you considered giving ~$100 to Bill Gates to play a free to play video game?