• T156@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      It’s one of those things that would seem excessive in a story.

      A place so decadent that everything was to bet for. Even as the world ended around them, they gambled on how.

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        9 hours ago

        It’s the real life version of the intro to Cyberpunk 2077, with the radio host talking about bets on the death toll in Night city.

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          8 hours ago

          Cyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual!

          But seriously, I’ve lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.

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            yeah I’ve had so many story ideas just end up being too on-the-nose. and a few that are “if I put this idea out there, someone will use it and make things worse for people I don’t know.” I don’t need that kind of karma.

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        7 hours ago

        Really seems like a future dystopian sci-fi, where the main character is going to bring the whole system down.