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The current fascination with skins and cosmetics is hilarious. It’s ridiculous that people continue to put money and time into a game mechanic that was already perfected with the catboy costume. If you’re playing a game and you aren’t using a free catboy costume, why are you even playing that game? Secondarily, your opinion is worthless, stop wasting drive space on my internet by posting it.
You sound bitter. I bet you actually didn't get the catboy costume. Loser.
You dare doubt my enjoyment of catboys? Do you even understand who you’re talking to?? If you EVER suggest that I am even NEUTRAL to programmer socks and midriffs, I will come down on you like the semiflaccid, freshly shaven hammer of Thor. You mark my FUCKING WORDS.
okay grandpa, now let's get you to bed.
Meow let’s get you to bed. Now fetch the ears, boy.
Nice roleplay, but I bet that not even your headset has cat ears.
You’re right actually, but because I don’t own a headset. I’m hearing impaired. lol
If I were to pick a headset, it’d probably lack cat ears. Visual accessories that no one will see aren’t my jam and I’m definitely not taking them outside so I can get hate crimed by a chud. I apologize, it takes a certain mood for me to get into character and molesty grandpa is hard.
oh, sorry. Here I was thinking of doing the funny.
Well, take care!
For what it’s worth, your joke was perfect and I didn't feel aggrieved in the least!
I don't get it personally.
I mean, I understand the theory. I was even explaining that it would be the next big thing over a decade ago to executives, saying that for people with their community online that it was the equivalent of buying nice clothes in real life to impress.
But I've just never really had the desire to spend actual money on a skin in a game.
Though I guess if in real life you had a government provided selection of clothes for free and then additional clothes for more money I'd be pretty happy going with the free clothes and keeping my money too.
I've never been playing a game online and seen someone with an expensive skin and thought "man, that person must be cool." I only think "man, there goes yet another sucker."
You’ve described the situation in Africa, funny enough. It’s relatively rare in war-torn regions to actually purchase clothing due to the endless ambient supply. Relatedly, it’s common, given the obesity epidemic in the US, for clothing to be a few sizes too large. Clothing trade has been severely impacted by steady demand and infinite supply.
I considered purchasing skins when it first became on option but quickly realized that I just could not care a single iota less about my appearance past its utilitarian qualities.
I wear camouflage when it makes me more difficult to see in a shooter. I wear bright colors in platformers to track my movement more easily. I put on a skirt and cat ears when I’m looking to find people without sticks up their asses. I’d never pay for it, though. Buying skins seems childish and impulsive to me.