Meh my sympathy only runs so far.
Comment on Star Citizen Introducing a $48,000 Ship Bundle, but Only for Players Who Have Already Spent $10,000
maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Only for Players Who Have Already Spent $10,000
This is so predatory in itself.
ale@lemmy.world 5 months ago
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
You don’t have sympathy for people with addictive personality disorders?
Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 5 months ago
On the one hand, my gut says “if they have 50k to blow and do so on a game, fuck em”
On the other hand, my experience with addictive personalities knows they almost certainly don’t have that money to blow, but they will do so anyway, fucking their life (and possibly their families lives) over even more in the process, and no amount of lecturing them will change, because they need therapy.
My gut isn’t as sympathetic as my brain is.
Eylrid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There was a guy that posted on reddit about how he spent thousands of dollars on loot boxes. The way he totally wrecked his finances and his relationship with his wife was harrowing. Everytime he would get the latest and greatest item, character, whatever, they would come out with something new and he would start all over again.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Empathetic, to be fair. Sympathetic is to mirror their emotional state, etc. Empathy is to understand it without inhabiting that space/experiencing it yourself.
ale@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Nah, if you’re going to hide your bad choices behind clinical language, then you need therapy. If you’re not getting therapy and you have 50k to spend, then that’s a you problem.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Some people don’t realize they have a problem. I feel bad for those people.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The problem isn’t that they “have 50k to spend”, it’s literally the exact opposite AND that they don’t know it’s a problem.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 months ago
It’s like the scammers who include spelling mistakes, to make sure they only attract the real dipshits.
erwan@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Probably a way to avoid costly charge backs for when regular users purchase that by mistake
PersonalDevKit@aussie.zone 5 months ago
It is the Ferrari model. You want a new Ferrari? Well you have to prove you have already owned several other Ferraris. Make people feel special while they hand over stupid money to you
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Just being eligible for it is a sign that you need to make some life changes.
Daft_ish@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If you can blow 55000 on a video game they are doing something I’m not. I think they’ll be ok.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A good portion of them are just making bad decisions and ruining their finances.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Like: shower, touch grass, rekindle an interest in humanity as a whole.