Is there some sort of secret? No matter what sensitivity my mouse is set to I seem to get stuck when turning. On a controller I can turn completely in a circle, but not with a mouse unless i’m missing something. I’m willing to accept that I might be an idiot. But seriously how to people do it? It just feels so unatural. Sorry if this is a dumb question, because I think it’s a dumb question too.
Yeah, a lot of people don’t seem to understand just how valuable our retro game collection can be. A lot of people think it’s just about holding onto the past, but it’s more than that. Not to mention the fact that the games you really loved for the consoles you really loved can hold very deep sentimental value that you shouldn’t be forced to give up.
The monetary values were what convinced her…but
I couldn’t give a fuck about the money. Some of those consoles were gifts from now long dead relatives. Some of the games I have memories of playing with friends who passed away, or we drifted apart. That collection is like a story, every game in it has held a special place in my life. Be it having a session with my younger siblings on a week night, trying to be super quiet because dad told us to go to sleep 2 hours ago. Or trying to beat Masa and Mune in chrono trigger with Brandon every day after school, handing the controller back and forth. Or having our little minds blown that we had to physically switch the controller to beat Psycho Mantis.
It’s a huge part of who I am, and when I said I would rather stay in Canada than ditch my collection? It hurts that she only understood when she found out what it was “worth.”
We’ve had long chats about it since, and she gets it now. Took a while though…
Well said. A lot of people just don’t get it, which is sad.
I’m sure they’d get it if it was something that they cared about. Most of us just can’t fully equate what matters to other folk to stuff that matters to us. Was just channel surfing the other week, stopped randomly. Was a kid, he got a lot of attention on YouTube for getting super emotional while train spotting. Now he’s a presenter for the BBC. In the segment I watched he was in Malaysia. A rare engine went by with freight, and the guy was vibrating, tearing up, and all the hair on his arms was standing up.
I look at that, and I just don’t get it, to me it’s just a train. You could clearly see, it was one of the greatest moments of his life. While the situation didn’t spark the same reaction in me, I can absolutely understand the feeling. And I think that a lot of folk just don’t take the time to try and understand.
True. Another part of the problem is that a lot of people don’t find any joy in seeing others happy, even if they don’t really get it. We should start being happier about others finding happiness, especially when that happiness is found in simple and wholesome things.
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We should just start being nicer to eachother in general. 🤷