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A vertical comic panel page. On top of the page a large text reads «THE MYTH OF “CONSENSUAL” PC BUILDING».
Underneath are two photos. To the left a photo of a man building a PC on top of a table and to the right a photo of ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman.
There are three text bubbles above the photos. One over the man and the PC he’s building, both stating «I CONSENT» and one over Sam Altman, stating “I DON’T”.
On the bottom of the panel, another large text reads «ISN’T THERE SOMEBODY YOU FORGOT TO ASK?”
This is the classic consent meme applied to the topical subject of Sam Altman being disappointed that us peasants have access to computer memory since he needs it all to feed his glutinous data centres.
I’m thankful I rebuilt my rig during the incredibly brief period during COVID where RAM was cheap as chips and mid tier GPUs were under $500.
Outside of Fallout and KCD2, I don’t play anything graphically intensive, so hopefully I’m good for another 5-10 years.
Wishful thinking, I know. But I’ve had periods where I simply didn’t have a gaming box that could run new hotness so I ignored the industry.
Got a lot of reading done. Maybe this is for the best.
I sold an arm and a leg to do a build this year, accepting the cost because it’s probably the last one I’ll ever be able to do and if I didn’t strike I now it wouldn’t be an option at all soon
I did mine end of 2021/beginning of 2022, these days I actually use my LCD steam deck for most everything and even then I’ll often stream from my desktop. Right now I’m on a morrowind kick so playing a nearly 25 year old game, deck handles openmw and mods amazing.
I have a huge backlog already so don’t feel compelled to buy a lot of new stuff and I’m just not keeping up with what’s hot anymore. I have other hobbies than gaming as well, other reason I’ve really liked having the steam deck is it’s easy to pause and come back later if you want.