Comment on Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not a parent, and it’s certainly a strange metric to judge one by whether or not they gave their kid V-Bucks for their birthday, because that’s nearly all of them these days.

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  • FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not strange to judge someone for their stupid actions. You do it all the time.

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “Well, they clothed, fed, and loved their child and sent them to school for an education, but they also gave them an iPad and bought them skins in Fortnite, so they’re lousy parents.”

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      • FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The first three are literally the bare minimum. You can do all those things and raise a Donald Trump. Explaining to your kids that they don’t have to participate in corporate greed fads is good parenting.

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      • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        There are a lot of lousy parents.

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