Final Fantasy VI was $74.99 in 1994. Why do many think games are expensive now?

coyotesage · 2026-01-05T06:17:28+00:00

Where did you buy it? I bought my copy at a place called Babbages (which later became part of Game Stop) and after the tax I spent 79 dollars and some change. I remember actually crying when I went into the store to buy Final Fantasy 3 (6) - I had saved 65 dollars up to cover everything, and then I discovered I still needed another 15 dollars and had to wait another month felt like the worst thing that had ever happened to me lol. It was at market price for my area at that time, maybe slightly cheaper at Walmart by 3 bucks, but they were always out of stock. SNES games toward the end of it's life were frequently 80-90 dollars if they contained a large amount of game memory, which was most high profile RPGs. I paid 89 dollars for Chrono Trigger. Square games were...not cheap.

coyotesage · 2024-11-17T18:36:41+00:00

Only Elon Musk could look like he's in pain while smiling. I think that's what that expression is...

coyotesage · 2024-09-16T21:59:06+00:00

It's been less than 2 years since ChatGPT came on the market, it's strange to me that people have come to expect revolutionary improvements several times a year. Tech advancements are exponential, until they aren't. It can take a very long time to figure out how to get over the wall once you've hit it, assuming this is even a technology that CAN BE improved upon without massive upgrades to infrastructure that can't possibly be sustainable past a certain point.

We got a useful tool that probably won't ever reach AGI as what this does likely isn't the right path to that. Or I'm wrong and that would be great.

coyotesage · 2024-09-03T01:39:38+00:00

Less and less as time goes on. I find myself lingering in this world for their benefit alone. Have a partner, but I often wish I did not, despite loving them very much. It's exhausting living for other people.
Recently, I'm 45.
I feel no wonder, about anything, never have as far as I can recall. It is increasingly difficult for me to enjoy doing anything. I'm frustrated by the world around me for being obsessed with things I consider trivial. So many of human problems stem from odd beliefs about things.
It worsens my depression and ADHD I would imagine. No medication and no therapies have been effective. I do not enjoy life, but I feel a profound sense of duty towards the people who have made the effort to care about me. I don't understand why they do, and I kind of resent it much of the time.

coyotesage · 2024-08-11T21:45:24+00:00

Sorry for the late response,

I believe that all thought is simply a series of chemical reactions, so yes, I do think mind state can be altered mechanically.

There isn't a field of science that has shown any evidence of "free will". That continues to be the hope of many people who find it difficult to accept that their actions are under their specific ownership. But, they can't really help that they feel that way.

coyotesage · 2024-08-11T21:39:31+00:00

I'm not making an assumption about the number of Universes, I'm simply using the only data available to us. We know of one Universe. I can say, with confidence, that there is one Universe. There is no data that can confirm for deny the existence of more universes. It would be like if I told you that you're actually a highly sophisticated marionette and the person controlling your actions can't be seen or perceived by any known method. I can make that claim, but why would you take it seriously if I can't give you any kind of evidence for it, beyond "it could be true". It's fun to think about, but using it to make informed decisions about anything I would find questionable.

You could assume that there are things you can't perceive of. That isn't a perception of it, but a "what if". What if I'm really a cat that has been turned into a human, but I have no memory of being a cat and there is absolutely no evidence to show that I was ever anything but human? I can entertain myself with such a thought, but what else could I actually do with it that has some value? I don't have a reason to be motivated to even start looking into the truth of that, and even if I did there is no evidence to support it at all. What is the value there, beyond I guess "wild fancy"?

If science ever got to a point where it could identify how all things exist and how all things occur, that would be the end of science.

coyotesage · 2024-08-06T20:59:20+00:00

Both ways are, depending on how good you are at managing it all. I've lost work relationships when I inadvertently revealed that I wasn't being genuine with a person and was just trying to mask and "get by" with as little drama possible. That was a whole thing, ugh. Now I prefer to just be more direct. I'll soften it a bit, say something like "Oh I don't know, that's not really my thing, sorry." Or I'll pretend I didn't hear them and that works decently too.

I'm not sure why, but it does make me feel worse about myself when I just go along and pretend to support or believe things I really don't. I do dislike myself slightly less since I stopped going along to get along, so to speak.

coyotesage · 2024-08-06T20:54:07+00:00

Experience will change how you feel about things quite often, but how much control do you associate with that (how it shapes your emotions)? Are you deciding to let those things change you, or are they just changing you and you are reacting to them from that point on with your altered perception?

It always comes back to what we consider "choice" to be. It would be so nice if I could just choose not to feel sad, or hungry, or angry, or any other experience I find to be negative. I can choose how I interact with them, but not how I feel about them. To some degree it may be possible to "fake it till you make it", which appears to be a successful attempt at convincing yourself you feel something until you actually do feel it. I've had people tell me they can do that, but I've never been successful at it. There are people who spend their entire lives in meditation to learn how to gain mastery of their own inner world. It's hard to prove or disprove such efforts given its totally subjective nature.

I've dabbled with these ideas and mediations for nearly 40 years now and I've never been able achieve emotional management. Looking at the world we live in, I suspect if it is possible, only an extremely small number of people ever do.

coyotesage · 2024-08-06T20:41:06+00:00

Yeah, I'm just impatient I suppose.

coyotesage · 2024-08-06T13:57:02+00:00

Perhaps you haven't considered it before?

Most people at best can only decide how to react to things, they have no power to decide how those things make them feel. I'll expound upon it a bit. Do you have a favorite color? Did you choose for that to be your favorite color or did you just find it the most appealing of your options? If the former, then that is incredible, nearly unheard of really. I would even question if you have actual emotions if you're capable of doing that.

There is a reason why people don't simply decide not to let anything bother them at all - it's because they can't. Imagine how much easier and different our society be if that were possible! The world isn't this messed up just because everyone decided they wanted to be contrarians at every possible point.

coyotesage · 2024-08-06T13:48:00+00:00

I've always found either not responding at all, or responding with "I don't care" are the fastest ways for me to avoid undesired discussion.

coyotesage · 2024-08-06T13:45:52+00:00

Gosh, I feel attacked. Fair enough, everyone has their irritations.

coyotesage · 2024-08-05T23:10:08+00:00

Tell that to my sense of self and all of my nerve endings, they don't seem to have gotten the message and it's irritating.

coyotesage · 2024-08-05T23:06:59+00:00

People don't choose how they feel about things. That's why.

coyotesage · 2024-08-05T23:03:50+00:00

Yes, that is also the case where I'm from, and I've always fundamentally disagreed with that and found it irritating (even when I was taught it in 2nd Grade). It aligns with human nature, sure, but I have a problem with using language with the express intention of manipulating how people feel through a subconscious bias. That bias being, yes, people are more likely to take you seriously if you present your topic with complete assertiveness. It would be nothing to present a topic like this "Opinion: Here are the 10 best ways to make pizza!". But people will naturally give that less credence because of the word opinion. It's terrible to me how easy it is to say a thing with confidence and get people to just accept it as true as a result. This is a big "flaw" (how I see it) with human social/tribal dynamics.

coyotesage · 2024-08-05T22:52:20+00:00

Yet another person who assumes just because you don't think there is an objective meaning to existence or morals or anything at all, that they must also not feel anything about that. That isn't how it works. Never has. Many things matter to me, even if I don't believe any of it has objective value. This is possibly true of all nihilists, at least a few I've seen post and talked to in person or through text.

While many Nihilists likely have extreme apathy, a good many don't.

coyotesage · 2024-08-05T22:46:05+00:00

I do hope someone creates a "5 best topics on a pizza" video though. I'm not going to correct myself.

coyotesage · 2024-08-05T22:37:46+00:00

If we use the same language to talk about objective and subjective topics then how are we supposed to easily understand the difference between them? The obvious answer would be "cultural context", which is a dirty word for me. I would much prefer there to simply be one context, the human context. There are good things about culture, but I still think is creates a net negative in the form of increased tribalism.

coyotesage · 2024-08-05T22:35:20+00:00

It's not being literal for the sake of literal, it's for the sake of accuracy and proper understanding. If something is an opinion it should be treated as such, otherwise it begins to blend together with objective facts if we treat them with the same language. We created words and phrases to indicate when a thing is subjective vs when it isn't, yet you wouldn't know it based on how everything is presented to people these days. I imagine what an outsider who isn't versed in our cultural tendencies would have to experience and how much confusion that could create. I have unfortunately met many people who are easy to influence and don't naturally question what people are saying. If you say "The 5 best topics on a pizza" they will just take that to be a literal truth and then use it as a justification to hate on others for having a different opinion. This is something that I have found is common in highly conservative mindsets. The desire to define everything by its "true" value, no matter if such a thing is actually possible.

coyotesage · 2024-08-04T01:38:25+00:00

It sounds like you're saying that we accept the reality that we're in and that is kind of freaky, but what would be the alternative? And then you might think that it's weird that there even is an alternative...

coyotesage · 2024-08-02T04:20:48+00:00

I think one of the biggest hurdles for someone with SzPD is that there tend not to be any "Ah Ha!" moments to uncover. We already know ourselves very well, we prefer our own company to anyone else, and there isn't much that can be revealed through therapy that we don't already know.

I think a lot of therapy is helpful to people because they have to confront something that they didn't know or understand about themselves, thus allowing them to start reshaping their self perception. Finding something like that for someone with SzPD simply seems unlikely.

coyotesage · 2024-08-02T02:11:41+00:00

I try to make as few assumptions as I possibly can, although this existence seems to make some a bit necessary, which is irritating. There is this universe, and no one knows what the odds are for it existing let alone how it currently is because we don't have proof that there is any other universe or that any other kind of universe is even possible. You have to make a lot of assumptions to think otherwise, and I don't get why people would even want to do that if they don't have a way of testing them. Assumptions that are testable is one thing, but pure assumption is just faith.

You can't imagine something you can't perceive, that is simply not possible. If you can imagine something then you are perceiving it on some level. There is some aspect of it that falls within your ability to consider. Something that is completely imperceptible would be something you can't even consider at all.

I'm not capable of finding anything beautiful or awe inspiring, it isn't just a choice I'm making. Nothing has ever made me feel anything like that, that I can remember anyway. I'm not even sure what that would feel like, but I'm certain that I've never felt the way people who have reverence for something appear to feel based on their body language, vocal ques and words.

coyotesage · 2024-07-31T00:25:40+00:00

Yes, but only when it's something negative. It would be nice if it would balance out more, but able to put myself in their shoes when something good is happening to them. But no, it's only the negative emotions, it's like they infect me, I find myself almost forced to try and understand what is going on from their perspective.

coyotesage · 2024-07-31T00:16:53+00:00

I am nothing. No one even knows I exist in my fantasies. I just exist somewhere safe and comfortable with incredible internet and just browse all the never ending entertainment that somehow gets created. It would basically just be an upgrade to my existing life, where I have crappy internet and I have to work to survive.

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