A Boring Dystopia

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Yo, fire fox what the fuck? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by stupidcasey@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it that a popup notification occurred during your full screen game? Or that it’s Firefox making the popup? I’m confused what makes this dystopian.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, seems like a "click no thanks and go on with your life" scenario. Some folks have an extremely low dystopia threshold.

[–] ilikecats@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

OP commented above:

Unprompted, unwanted, in the middle of a very intense game full screen, on a computer used as a game console I had to dig out a mouse to use.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hey everybody hates pop ups; no shade there. And I get it, when you’re neck deep in whatever game you’re playing it sucks to have interruptions. But calling it dystopian is cray cray. Sorry, not sorry. 😂

[–] ilikecats@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

Ohh I just noticed the community. Yeah I agree, not really dystopian.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Clearly the end of civilized life.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: you're in Boring Dystopia, which usually for content that is dystopian but isn't exciting nor civilisation ending kind. It's boring, and it's boring to kinda have unwanted popup interrupting fullscreen application.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My issue is that this is like having the tab snap off of your pop tin and declaring it to be a sign that we're in a dystopia. It sets the bar so low that the word "dystopia" loses its meaning completely.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

I mean it's kinda sounds like the enshittification of firefox at first glance, which is often regard as reliable browser. But it seems the issue is on windows end?

Idk, imo this place often give me the impression that it's about a slow but steady dystopian future creeping in, but in the same time it's boring and uneventful.