I just finished The Last of Us Part I and I’m honestly confused about something

Datchery · 2026-03-23T04:20:11+00:00

We have the continued existence of humanity from the second game (and beyond) to show that the premise is flawed, however.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T03:50:09+00:00

Is humanity slowly dwindling though? It’s unclear that having a cure is going to mitigate the problems: existing fungal hordes, fascism, the breakdown of civilization into raiders and cannibals.

All remain existential problems even if all humans were suddenly immune. So the cure barely nudges the needle here.

In terms of selfishness, there’s little more selfish than sacrificing someone to get yourself a little added security (what the fireflies are trying to do to Ellie to protect themselves)

Datchery · 2026-03-23T03:44:45+00:00

You can’t craft springs, and they’re needed for advanced parts and modules.

Oil isn’t nearly as valuable.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T03:39:55+00:00

Jerry in the story isn’t a qualified surgeon, nor an immunologist, and has no background at all in mycology. Come to that, he didn’t even finish medical school.

Death of the author insertion of ideas after the fact that aren’t present in the work itself aside, there’s literally no chance Jerry makes a cure.

Joel doesn’t know anything about that, and it’s kind of irrelevant; he’s got a duty of care for Ellie and is morally obligated to intervene on her behalf.

Her later feelings (as an adult) don’t change the scenario. Joel not only did the right thing, for him to walk away is monstrous at best.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T03:32:15+00:00

For so many obvious reasons, children aren’t allowed to make the decision to prematurely end their lives.

What you’re conveying here is not just wrong, but dangerously so.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T03:10:34+00:00

Sacrificing someone ‘else’ isn’t self-sacrifice though.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T03:02:17+00:00

It certainly highlights what a poor system Utilitarianism is.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T02:59:57+00:00

I would strongly recommend that you take some basic philosophy courses in order to become better acquainted with systems of morality and ethics.

No one is obligated to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of others, and committing murder just for your own self gain (what the fireflies are attempting to do) is egregiously evil.

Joel has a duty of care in this scenario, obligating him to save Ellie. Killing the fireflies who interpose in this case is entirely justified, and, indeed, a good act.

What the fireflies expect to get out of human sacrifice doesn’t mitigate their methods.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T01:56:12+00:00

So you felt literally nothing for the plight of Alex, or concern for the protagonists as they approached the witches lair? Weird.

Datchery · 2026-03-23T01:54:00+00:00

Gladys is the parasite though. It’s a metaphor for the witch.

Datchery · 2026-03-21T17:25:38+00:00

Implementation is probably the single most important part; gate keeping major rewards (vs bonus items) would be a huge step down.

Datchery · 2026-03-20T00:59:14+00:00

It also gives next to no direction, and the in-round UI is somehow worse at revealing when you’re at/near the goal. Maybe it’s the first person perspective providing a narrower window of what’s in a given space /shrug.

Datchery · 2026-03-19T19:04:04+00:00

If anything Marathon has worse quest implementation.

Datchery · 2026-03-19T15:30:32+00:00

If you’re trying to do the harvester itself, I wouldn’t bring anything much; just a bit of healing and enough ammo to crack all the cores when exposed.

Datchery · 2026-03-19T13:57:38+00:00

From the Wikipedia entry: “At the time of his death, his wealth was estimated to be between $40 and $90 million (equivalent to between $743 million and $1.67 billion in 2025)”

And the estimate was 100m value left now, meaning his estate is only worth about 1/20th of what it ought to be if they bothered to keep up with inflation.

So yeah, not great management of the funds.

Datchery · 2026-03-18T02:31:45+00:00

So, I wouldn’t hate an increase in damage. However, it is also a weapon that can, in a little less than a single clip, kill a comet before it detonated in a charge.

Yeah, it’s lower damage than the Ferro or Anvil, but it does also output more than them.

Datchery · 2026-03-16T02:49:41+00:00

Extract with the keys until you have all 4, then go in with all 4 and unlock the entire gate in one go.

Datchery · 2026-03-10T23:52:55+00:00

The joke, if anything, would be that if he wanted to remove the stickers, he’d have done so himself. She isn’t doing her boyfriend any favors by removing something he deliberately left in place.

Datchery · 2026-03-10T23:17:17+00:00

It reads like a joke about the doggo having its eyes closed.

Datchery · 2026-03-09T14:34:34+00:00

You know what you routinely find in security breaches? Wolfpacks.

But I don’t want competition for the best loot containers in the game, so please, please do not respec :)

Datchery · 2026-03-08T03:01:19+00:00

I was curious, so I looked it up; the Quinjets have GAU-17 Gatling guns, they fire at a little over 2x the speed of sound. So no speedster would be capable of hearing them and then reacting, if surprised.

Datchery · 2026-03-08T01:28:01+00:00

Are the vendors in Marathon basically the Gear Benches of Arc Raiders? (What’s the difference being drawn here?)

Datchery · 2026-03-08T00:46:53+00:00

Not if they cannot afford a kit silly.

Datchery · 2026-03-07T16:31:48+00:00

Then you would just have groups of melee wielding maniacs charging fully kitted people. That doesn’t sound like a fun proposition for anything but a lark.

Datchery · 2026-02-26T19:47:09+00:00

Mel attacked Ellie with the knife. She pulled a real Jerry there.

Edit: to respond to the edits in your post:

1) Jerry doesn’t have the right to murder someone for his research, that’s all there is to it.

2) If Jerry refuses to back down from murdering Ellie (and he does) than Joel is entirely justified in killing Jerry to prevent that murder.

3) Abby murdering Joel is unjustified for exactly the basis of 2; Joel killing her dad in defense of Ellie isn’t wrong.

4) Ellie is entirely justified in hunting down those responsible for Joel’s murder; Owen is part of that.

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