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Re:GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some No... by redroyal on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:46PM (#36618817)
You’re still missing the point entirely. The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all, and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper. It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy. You’re trading a real burger for a photo of a burger. You can’t eat that.
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Re:GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some No... by squeaky-clean on Thursday July 06, 2023 @01:33PM (#36619689)
> The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all

It would take like 2 hours to walk across the GTA V map on foot north to south.

> and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper

Wait, are you saying if I don't need a car in reality, I don't need a car in a game? I'm not the Hero of Time, so I guess I don't need any weapons when playing Zelda. I'm not a soldier, so I don't need guns in Battlefield.

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Re:GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some No... by redroyal on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:06PM (#36620265)
You make an excellent point. Why are you playing video games at all?
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Re:GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some No... by hinata08 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:39PM (#36620754)
You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.

how dare you ?

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Re:GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some No... by scotty79 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @01:17PM (#36619404)
The real world utility is spending time in pleasant manner. Virtual cars provide that exactly the same way as virtual anything.
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Re:GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some No... by hinata08 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:14PM (#36620399)
>If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all

You're repeating Marx's "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"

that's socialism

> It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy.

and yes, that's capitalism

let me live in the 21st century of mass media and video games. I want that.

I want to fill my existential void with consumption and video games. They're fun.

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Re:GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some No... by wruza on Thursday July 06, 2023 @06:01PM (#36623735)
Fantasy is a popular product for many reasons, especially for those who have inner fantasy response. Too bad you seem to completely lack one. Personally I’d fall into a heavy depression if the only thing I could enjoy about X was its physical property.
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