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The Steam Deck is changing how normies think of gaming PCs. (lemmy.lucitt.social)

submitted 1 year ago by ejl@lemmy.lucitt.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Just thought I'd share something I thought was pretty interesting. I have a mother in law who is... well let's just say she's a stereotypical older mom who doesn't own a computer, just an iPad. During the pandemic, she started getting into Nintendo games and bought herself a Switch. Fast forward a few years later and she's interested in getting a Steam Deck, since one of her "mom groups" told her about some pandemic inspired games, similar to Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing that are only available on Steam.

When it comes down to it, she doesn't care about her computer, she just wants to play computer games in a way that's easy and accessible for her. We'll be getting her a Steam Deck for her birthday, which in my opinion is just super neat. Even PC gaming is becoming extremely accessible, and it's a fantastic time to be a gamer.

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[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

NPC's is worse to be honest. It's generally used to attack people's social/political values and call them "sheeple" without using the term. Normie is gross but it's mainly just dismissive and having too high an opinion of one's own taste/interests.

Ultimately it's cringe as hell to say either lol

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Normie is gross but it's mainly just dismissive and having too high an opinion of one's own taste/interests.

Really? I always thought it was supposed to be self deprecating, like saying "people who aren't fucking weirdos like myself"

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can see how it probably started that way, but once incels co-opt a term it makes it harder to use

[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since when has normies been an incel thing?

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least five years… I think? This wiki page doesn’t have much of a date

[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I see, never heard of it used like that before.

[–] Makeshift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

really "normie" is a normie term now, ever since Wednesday on Netflix became a pop culture phenomenon. I've heard people in real life use this term

[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

NPCs is ten times worse because it is used to dehumanize people you don't agree with, further alienates you away from normal society and pushes you deeper into cult like thinking.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe there should be a contest to see who can come up with the most cringe worthy label.

[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

“Classical liberal.”

The most absurd thing I’ve seen conservatives in the US try to co-opt.