Krauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1723arrow-down113
arrow-up1710arrow-down1external-linkGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comKrauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square157linkfedilink
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 days agoCyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual! But seriously, I’ve lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.
minus-squaremPony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoyeah I’ve had so many story ideas just end up being too on-the-nose. and a few that are “if I put this idea out there, someone will use it and make things worse for people I don’t know.” I don’t need that kind of karma.
Cyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual!
But seriously, I’ve lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.
yeah I’ve had so many story ideas just end up being too on-the-nose. and a few that are “if I put this idea out there, someone will use it and make things worse for people I don’t know.” I don’t need that kind of karma.