Krauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1726arrow-down113
arrow-up1713arrow-down1external-linkGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comKrauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square157linkfedilink
minus-squareNihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoIt’s the real life version of the intro to Cyberpunk 2077, with the radio host talking about bets on the death toll in Night city.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoCyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual! But seriously, I’ve lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.
minus-squaremPony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoyeah I’ve had so many story ideas just end up being too on-the-nose. and a few that are “if I put this idea out there, someone will use it and make things worse for people I don’t know.” I don’t need that kind of karma.
It’s the real life version of the intro to Cyberpunk 2077, with the radio host talking about bets on the death toll in Night city.
Cyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual!
But seriously, I’ve lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.
yeah I’ve had so many story ideas just end up being too on-the-nose. and a few that are “if I put this idea out there, someone will use it and make things worse for people I don’t know.” I don’t need that kind of karma.