• Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    20 hours ago

    Nothing major. Back in highsch ool my best friend had convinced me to buy CS:GO on Steam so we could play together. I basically never played it unless he was playing since I was never a huge fan of those types of games when doing online PVP (unlike him). I haven’t played it in a really long time, with no plans on playing since it just doesn’t interest me.

  • Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
    17·
    23 hours ago

    CGPgrey’s AI and his self driving cars videos.

    Definitely made some poor choices in life due to these that I could scream into a pillow. The future is always unpredictable, and while behind the scenes I’m sure a lot happened to improve both of these technologies, more than a decade later the use cases of both are still the same - grifting investors.

    • Probius@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      23 hours ago

      Can you clarify? Are you calling CGP a grifter, or did he just make a wrong prediction?

      • Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
        7·
        23 hours ago

        Sorry, was half asleep when I wrote that.

        CGPgrey did make a ton of prediction on the future of these 2 technologies, but did overestimate their potential in the near future. That much is evident 10/8 years later. The only thing they really excel at is getting money from starry eyed investors, which you can then run away with. Same as it was back then.

        • Brutticus@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 hours ago

          I like CPG gray as a content creator, but he did do that and the Royals video. I dunno. libs were really starry eyed back then.

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      I’m definitely one of those leoy but it took me until a couple years ago to start disliking him since I was a lot less active on social media and keeping up somewhat on news other than what I’m interested in. Definitely wanted one of his boring company flamethrowers when I heard about them but now I’d ironically wanna torch one of them.

    • Kilgore Trout@feddit.it
      10·
      1 day ago

      I enrolled in Aerospace Engineering in 2018 because of Musk.

      Part of why I never graduated was the gradual loss of faith in the person who had inspired me. Although he has actually never changed.

      • dev_null@lemmy.ml
        16·
        1 day ago

        2018 was when he called the diver a pedo? That was the moment for me. I thought he was an awkward nerd trying to make electric cars a thing against all odds, an underdog. That was the moment I looked more into him and saw how wrong I was.

          • dev_null@lemmy.ml
            1·
            1 day ago

            His Elon Musk videos, and debunking other tech bro bullshit, absolutely, but I stopped watching him as the channel became too clickbaity/sensational for me to take seriously. I still agree with many of the opinions, but the format is not for me anymore.

    • Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      I remember on Reddit one awful “This is Musk. He didn’t like ___, so he invented ___” picture with like 4 examples of things he stole and a stick figure with his head. “Be like Musk” was the bottom text. I agreed with it at first, then I saw it like 6 more times.

      Being annoyed at those constant repost made me leave his fan club pretty quick. Oh how naive I was, thinking the worst thing he could be was annoying.

  • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
    9·
    1 day ago

    Chia cryptocurrency. My dad got into it, and the price was mooning. Gave me an excuse to build a new PC and learn linux, so I thought it was a worthwhile investment. Sunk a decent chunk of change into hard drives that I still have laying around, but I’m using several of them and have a sweet gaming rig that I would’ve built eventually anyway and had something to talk to my dad about. So basically, just out the cost of some drives. All in all, it was a calculated risk that didn’t pay off but was still fun.

  • PlaidBaron@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 days ago

    I thought touch screens would be a fad. I dont fall for hype but thats because Im an idiot, not because Im smart.

  • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 days ago

    Stalker 2.

    I didnt just buy the game once, I paid for a “collectors edition” with a bunch of physical merch that I wont see until may or june. and even briefly volunteered to be a community mod. sifting through waves of hateful filth from hostile actors within the “community”. there is a LOT of Russian incited hatred against the game because of the fact the game was Ukrainian

    I got incredibly hyped for the game because I had been waiting for it since the late 2000s. watched it die and come back from the dead, and it looked awesome.

    the sad reality was that it needed more time in the oven, and I dont think they had a choice. I think they were forced to release it in the state that it was because they couldnt afford another year of no sales and surviving off investors and pre-orders. so what we got was like a 7/10 and it needs a lot more work.

    and the political situation in their country where as many as 1/3 of the staff still live and work, is tenious by the day, they are absolutely fighting World War III over there. and some countries are trying to stab them in the back, telling them to just go surrender and get murdered…

    • HereIAm@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 day ago

      My only real gripe with it so far (only 6 hours logged because I’ve been waiting for improvements) is the performance. Like when I installed kcd 2 now I expected to have to go in and turn down some settings because the first one was quite heavy to run. But no, right out the box it runs amazingly on all ultra (with dlss enabled as a caveat). I’m just waiting for some random youtuber to say “oh the deva forgot to set this one flag in the level editor and now it runs three times better”.

      • Stegget@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 day ago

        I’ll spare the details and just give you the highlights:

        • She put me through years of domestic abuse, gaslighting and manipulation
        • She had zero regard for our family’s financial future and nearly pushed us to the brink of bankruptcy
        • She walked out on me and our son to become a literal crack whore

        Heed my words, dudes: if you must have a joint checking account, have your direct deposit go to an account only in your name. I didn’t and she cleaned me out to buy crack.

          • Stegget@lemmy.world
            4·
            22 hours ago

            That’s the thing about abusive relationships, when you’re in them long enough you’re often manipulated to the point where the abuser makes you think your actions are the problem. Making me question reality, and myself was her modus operandi. Looking back yeah, there were plenty of red flags, but I also had such a low opinion of myself I accepted the kind of relationship I felt I deserved, until she pushed me past my breaking point. Having a kid also complicated matters; seemed like that was a major turning point in her narcissistic abusive descent. Then you sprinkle on a little sunk cost fallacy and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.

  • Gointhefridge@lemm.ee
    15·
    2 days ago

    Crypto. I didn’t spent a ton, but I didn’t make a ton either. I’m net up now but it’s so stupid.

    I made 2K on Doge a few years ago, but ever since I’m just sitting on it. It’s not a loss unless you sell.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 day ago

      I’ve been shuffling a few thousand Doge on the peaks and valleys ever since the SNL Spike. Sell a thousand at .20, buy it back at .15.

      It’s softened the blow, and I think overall, I am slightly ahead. (As long as it doesn’t crash to 0) I’ve given up on the moons, but I’ll keep holding and hoping it gradually climbs before it dies.