If you're using a service that only welcomes losers, and they don't deny you service, then there's a very important question you should be asking yourself...
I find it difficult to empathise with this one too. In the real world I get that people sometimes want to demonstrate excess wealth by wearing needlessly expensive clothes and trinkets in order to get laid, in much the same way peacocks grow feathers unneeded for survival. They demonstrate not only can they survive but also have enough resources left over to look more flamboyant. Similar again to birds that sing for long periods of time with the females watching to see how much energy they have left over to keep singing before the females choose their mate.
This is a computer game however. Who gets laid this way? You can only impress your like-minded competitors in a game that is blatantly taking advantage of irrational vanity and turning it into a revenue stream. The more rational players presumably stay quiet and think, "Thanks for subsidising my game", removing some of the peer pressure for them to keep their wallets shut.
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You mean you think that something fishy is going on here?
If you don't sleep enough, you'll get heart disease. But don't let it keep you awake at night.
Ahh, but what's happening to the stock prices of companies which are converting coastal properties into cool undersea bases?
If you're using a service that only welcomes losers, and they don't deny you service, then there's a very important question you should be asking yourself...
I find it difficult to empathise with this one too. In the real world I get that people sometimes want to demonstrate excess wealth by wearing needlessly expensive clothes and trinkets in order to get laid, in much the same way peacocks grow feathers unneeded for survival. They demonstrate not only can they survive but also have enough resources left over to look more flamboyant. Similar again to birds that sing for long periods of time with the females watching to see how much energy they have left over to keep singing before the females choose their mate. This is a computer game however. Who gets laid this way? You can only impress your like-minded competitors in a game that is blatantly taking advantage of irrational vanity and turning it into a revenue stream. The more rational players presumably stay quiet and think, "Thanks for subsidising my game", removing some of the peer pressure for them to keep their wallets shut.