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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by anonymouszx on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @07:00AM (#27759612)
>2018

>wake up feeling sick after a late night of playing video games

>excited to play some halo infinite

>"xbox on"

>"XBOX ON"

>"Please verify that you are "annon332" by saying Doritos™ Dew™ it right!"

>"ERROR! Please drink a verification can"

>reach into my Dontos Mountain Halo War Chest

>only a few cans left, needed to verify 14 times last night

>still feeling sick from the 14

>force it down and grumble out "mmmm that really hit the spot"

>xbox does nothing

>i attempt to smile

>"Connecting to verification server"

>"Verification complete!"

>finally

>boot up halo infinite

>finding multiplayer match...

>"ERRORI User attempting to steal online gameplay!"

>my mother just walked in the room

>"Adding another user to your pass, this will be charged to your credit card. Do you accept?"

>"No!"

>"Console entering lock state!"

>"to unlock drink verification can"

>last can

>"WARNING, OUT OF VERIFICATION CANS, an order has been shipped and charged to your credit card"

>drink half the can, oh god im going to be sick

>pour the last half out the window

>"PIRACY DETECTED! PLEASE COMPLETE THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTINUE"

>the mountain dew ad plays

>i have to dance for it

>feeling so sick

>makes me sing along

>dancing and singing

>"mountain dew is for me and you"

>throw up on my self

>throw up on my tv and entertainment system

>router shorts

>"ERROR NO CONNECTION! XBOX SHUTTING OFF"

Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by 93po on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @09:33AM (#27760926)
Xbox actually recently came out with an Xbox branded minifridge and it immediately made me think of this. Sounds like it's an april fools joke but Im pretty sure it's legit
Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by svieira on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:49AM (#27761741)
MOKEY-COKE! MOKEY-COKE! MOKEY-COKE!

(If you've never read Venus, Inc. it's even better than Manna and it's more on-point; and it was written in the 1950s!)

https://smile.amazon.com/Venus-Inc-Space-Merchants-War/dp/B0...

Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by VRay on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:07PM (#27765739)
Amazing book, written by a former Madison Avenue employee (the subject of "Mad Men")

I think someone should make a movie or TV series out of this, it'd be the perfect parody of Mad Men in particular and our messed up hyper-corporate dystopia in general

Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by no-dr-onboard on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:07PM (#27762685)
Who would have thought a greentext would be so on-point.
Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by Razengan on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:49AM (#27761743)
Can someone stop HN from becoming 4chan?
Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by gravstar on Thursday July 08, 2021 @11:00AM (#27772813)
Already happened.
Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by Chris2048 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:49AM (#27761739)
> the mountain dew ad plays > i have to dance for it

This is the real nightmare, active (mandatory) ad participation.

Drink the Kool Aid, say "Oh Yeah!!!"