this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
148 points (98.7% liked)
Games
32633 readers
1002 users here now
Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.
Weekly Threads:
Rules:
-
Submissions have to be related to games
-
No bigotry or harassment, be civil
-
No excessive self-promotion
-
Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts
-
Mark Spoilers and NSFW
-
No linking to piracy
More information about the community rules can be found here.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Corrupted Blood taught us that we needed to add the vital "I'm a malicious/selfish asshole" variable to our calculations.
I used to get so mad at movies that had unrealistic portrayals of how people would act in a crisis situation.
After COVID, I no longer question the unbelievable stupidity of humans, nor the amount of hatred humans have.
Yeah, at the time I assumed that the people intentionally spreading in game were just trolling because there was no actual danger to themselves. Reality proved that tons of people are fine with harming themselves as long as they harm others at the same time.
Or the miraculous assumption that surely I won't become infected, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna be safe for other people!