"Behavioral Conditioning Methods to Stop my Boyfriend from Playing The Witcher 3"
from qaz@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz on 10 Sep 18:37
https://lemmy.world/post/35731489

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/35630243

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greenbit@lemmy.zip on 10 Sep 19:09 next collapse

I need to read this at a better time but I’m pretty sure ethical guidelines say it’s wrong to stop people from playing Witcher 3

Kenny2999@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 20:43 collapse

Spoiler: there are two exceptions.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 10 Sep 20:45 next collapse

Easy. Just introduce them to a better game.

Nythos@sh.itjust.works on 10 Sep 22:29 next collapse

I’m sure it’s a great game with a catching story but my fucking god does everything else feel so janky that I just can’t get into it.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 10 Sep 22:30 collapse

The story is fantastic. It’s the moment to moment action that becomes tedious after the first hour, and the story requires at least 80 hours of that shit to see it through.

jerkface@lemmy.ca on 11 Sep 12:18 collapse

Meh. A story is never enough to get me to finish, but I’ll put thousands of hours into KSP or Factorio. If I wanted to read a book, I’d read a book. AND I HAVEN’T READ A BOOK SINCE THE 90S. I typically spend all my time in game playing Gwent…

Hackworth@sh.itjust.works on 10 Sep 22:35 collapse

Like Cyberpunk 2077

TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub on 10 Sep 21:14 next collapse

As a compulsive player who recently got caught in the Fallout 76 hamster wheel, I find this too relatable, but also beautiful.

MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca on 10 Sep 22:33 next collapse

I am so glad they supplied references. Although the reference that was published in 2028 is dubious.

Also… “Chad Bro-man”… Interesting name for this hypothetical boyfriend.

Agent641@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 00:45 next collapse

How did this get approved by the ethics board? Direct experimentation on unwitting human subjects without their informed consent?!

four@lemmy.zip on 11 Sep 08:18 collapse

Desperate times call for desperate measures

ICastFist@programming.dev on 11 Sep 11:55 collapse

Chad Broman better keep a silver knife handy

HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Sep 10:06 next collapse

Those references are amazing lmao

napkin2020@sh.itjust.works on 11 Sep 10:20 next collapse

Cranberry-Lemon University

Duamerthrax@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 11:17 collapse

Yeah. Found the source. There’s a lot of other Onion-esque satire science papers on it. Unfortunately, they also use AI images.

jabde.com/…/stop-boyfriend-from-playing-the-witch…

MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Sep 11:47 collapse

First of all, I love everything about this, including her works cited page where she includes her own paper dated in the future on why her boyfriend is “Proof of Freud’s Darker Theories.”

Second of all, climate change kind of ruined winter. Where I live, it’s too icy to bike and too cold to go camping, but there also isn’t consistent enough snow for skiing and snowmen. So winters for me and my partner have turned into hibernation mode with slow-cooked meals and long RPGs.

Was Chad, um, right all along? 😅

jerkface@lemmy.ca on 11 Sep 12:16 collapse

Studs work like a dream on ice.