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omg they made lemmy political

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"Breaks my immersion" (slrpnk.net)
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[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They probably project themselves over the character and feel like they're really the one getting the rewards.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

You ARE playing the game after all

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

I knew someone who was utterly baffled that when I watched batman zip around in his batmobile, I never once thought "what if I was batman, tho..? 😲" as if I had some kind of film-watching disability.

So yeah, I believe it.