Eat my butt

A consumer population can be measured, segmented, irritated, soothed, monetized, reactivated, and churn-predicted.

Being a gamer is not an identity. It is a label that says this person can be behaviorally predicted and routed. To be a gamer was to be a test subject for the modern internet economy.

The gamer is constantly told they are powerful while their world keeps narrowing around them.

So you end up feeling this:

instant reward addiction

low frustration tolerance

performative identity

endless comparison

rage as entertainment

buying as self-expression

time loss disguised as progress

With nothing but a messy life to show for it. All by design.

Every bad patch, nerf, monetization insult, door-in-the-face “balancing”, even business decisions like no more discs becomes content. Reaction videos, Reddit essays, Discord wars, apology posts, “we hear you” statements, roadmap revisions are all marketing as they get spread and argued into oblivion. Free labor, all provided willingly by the gamer who will (as a group) almost certainly purchase.

Reminder: Outrage is retention wearing clown makeup.

Your time on this earth is limited.

View of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Printed on front: "Institute of Arts, Detroit, Mich. D-8." Printed on back: "Detroit Institute of Arts contains many world-famous exhibits, the Rivera murals, and the interior of a Gothic chapel. The building is an example of early Renaissance architecture, having three wings for American, European and Asiatic art. Published by Arcadia Greeting Card Co., Detroit, Mich. Colorcraft, made by Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y."

The Kingdom of Hawai’i was illegally overthrown with the help of American businessmen and we have suffered under the iron grip of America.

Our land is simply seen as a vacation spot, my people are simply seen as tour guides and hula dancers. We have had our culture, our history, and our people turned into a commercialized joke by America.

The rampant tourism kills our islands with endless hotels, attractions and overcrowding. The housing and living costs are out of control because of the false “paradise” narrative. The Navy poisons our water and destroys our land. Covid has killed so many of my people due to the reckless and selfish nature of tourists. I have lost loved ones to this virus, because tourists “couldn’t stay away”.

My people have suffered. I have suffered.

We are more than your vacation. We are more than an aesthetic.

We are a sovereign nation illegally occupied by the United States of America.

Restore Hawai’i to Hawaiians. End the American Occupation.

See the links below to learn more and to read up on your Hawaiian history.