I’d imagine elevation and proximity to the coast affect things a bit. I’ve seen a similar one for the US that was also quite varied.

Yeah, I’m guilty of that one too. Lol

Also “It’s probably gas” explained many, many things for a while.

This is current problem in society that we don’t tolerate different opinion.

Exactly this. When online platforms become too homogeneous, any deviation from the typical opinions that are shared seems like a terrible, inexcusable offense that someone must do something about - thus, reinforcing the bubble.

We need to be able to disagree with each other and still get along.

Since most people are talking about the sign-up barriers, I’ll mention culture and reputation.

I love Lemmy and Mastodon, but whenever I’ve seen the fediverse brought up elsewhere, someone inevitably shuts down any curiosity by suggesting that it’s a political echo-chamber. I don’t think that’s accurate for all of it, but if that reputation is out there, we probably need to make an effort to show that there’s a broader appeal. If the average person is expecting the fediverse to be the left-wing equivalent of something like “Truth Social”, I could understand the reluctance to adopt it.

Mad Magazine was so good. I used to pick up random copies at used book stores and collect them as a kid.

This would probably escalate a lot of arguments that break out in comment sections.

And yet Atari’s most popular console was just numbers, lol

You know, I haven’t thought about burning CDs for my Dreamcast before. Is it pretty simple these days?

Retro Sega systems stand out with their cool, mystical/sci-fi sounding names: Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast.

They were unique and felt like they were telling customers that we’d be in awe when using their consoles.

(Master System and Sega CD were pretty boring though)

Most other big systems’ names seem so utilitarian and uninspired:

• GameCube and Xbox are little boxy devices on your shelf that play games.

• The Nintendo Switch can switch between handheld and docked.

• All the PlayStations are stations that you play games on.

Yawn

The way I felt about the Wii U was probably similar to how adults felt about the Dreamcast back then.

It seemed really cool, but it didn’t feel worth the money while there were other great consoles already. I was still getting a ton of use out of my original Wii.

I’m not super techy, but I have an idle raspberry pi and tons of retro consoles… The idea is now in my head.

That’s an amazing idea…

I was thinking about using mine for this. Maybe I’ll limit myself to 2d retro games then.

Well that sucks. I’ve heard the competitors are pretty good now though.

8bitdo is amazing

Sadly my SNES tends to reset games when jostled, so it’s gotten a little less relaxing for me.

They’re inflated right now, depending on where you buy them. I got one for MSRP (around 30 bucks) last year at my local electronics store, but I had to give them my info to deter scalping.

Is that what this picture is from?! I only knew it from a music channel on youtube and assumed it was an anime or something.

I have so many fond memories of it.

I remember reading about how mind-blowing and “next gen” the graphics on the Dreamcast were at the time. All the kids seemed really interested in it, but we hadn’t had long enough with the previous gen to justify our parents buying a new system already.

One friend wound up actually getting it, and we played the hell out of it for a few years.