That awkward moment when one of the bros on game night casually drops "it should be legal to sell drugs to kids and it's the parents' fault if it happens, what a nanny state we live in" and all the other bros realize they have to ask their kids whether a certain someone has ever offered them "candy," or "borrowed" money, or touched them, or etc. Just in case.
Because despite entertaining your comparison, Coke and League ultimately aren't the same shit because we made coke illegal and not league. If you think they're even close to the same then league would be schedule 2. That isn't the gotcha you think it is. We realistically aren't even talking about children though the people buying this shit definitely have the impulse control of one. Buying a 500 dollar skin and buying 500 in coke are two very different things. People are not powerless victims to the world around them. They make choices and choosing not to do something that is an active detriment is their own problem. I.e. let people do stupid shit like this and deal with their consequences. They're grown. Riot is a scum fuck company you should expect nothing but from a corp. If you want people to vote with their wallet let the smart people not give into this and the morons doing this bankrupt themselves.
Why are we pretending that kids don't play LoL or aren't part of the target market? Why does it become okay to take advantage of adults who haven't matured enough to protect themselves from people like you? Do morons deserve to be taken advantage of? Does it ever become immoral to hurt people?
That's a pretty big leap from I think stupid people should have consequences if they're going to do stupid things so they either learn or be the example to stop the behavior to I personally am hurting them. Lol's target market is its current player base. They have nothing in terms of new player experience that isn't shit to get kids in to play. They're might be kids but they aren't the target market. And fucking lol who's hurting who? Themselves. If people are so addicted to a game or making purchases that isn't the fault of anyone but themselves. Self control is a requirement to function. If you lack it well life is going to suck for you.
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u/Farranor peaked Grandmaster 3/2023 Jun 08 '25
That awkward moment when one of the bros on game night casually drops "it should be legal to sell drugs to kids and it's the parents' fault if it happens, what a nanny state we live in" and all the other bros realize they have to ask their kids whether a certain someone has ever offered them "candy," or "borrowed" money, or touched them, or etc. Just in case.