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[Eric Blank]

Reason #1; Theyre tasty as fuck

[King Zultan]

But is their flavor worth being kicked in the balls?

[Uthimienure]

A perfectly ripe pineapple might be worth just that.
And raspberries... definitely raspberries are.

[King Zultan]

I guess I'm just not eating the right types of fruits at the right ripeness.

[MrRoboto75]

The gag where there's a tiny angel and devil on one's shoulders acting as one's conscious, but instead of the angel it's just a bigger, meaner devil.

[Naturegirl1999]

I mean, demons are fallen angels in some religions, so it checks out

[MaxTheFox]

So as part of my writing, I recruited a few editors from a bunch of communities I am in (from Cataclysm to Cellular Automata). One of them has very... interesting ideas about what entertainment in the future would be like.

Spoiler: Context: I mentioned soccer was still a thing in 2230 (click to show/hide)

[Naturegirl1999]

Something about bread and a circus from a conversation from years ago is cropping up in my head, not sure why, but yeah, humans keeping doing an old sport despite newer more stimulating sports seems like a thing we would (are?) doing. There is a game developer trying to make 4D golf, and another game developer attempting to make a game in non Euclidian geometry, imagine the myriad of spatial dimensions that could be achieved in a VR sim, so unlike the real world you'd have to think of things very differently than the real world with just 3 spatial dimensions

[MaxTheFox]

Inertia is just too strong of a thing. Especially over a mere 2 centuries.

[Magmacube_tr]

Human are gonna human, and we are creatures of habit.

[Loud Whispers]

The physicality of certain activities is not yet enjoyably substituted by digital variants. E.g. reading a physical book has not been replaced by e-books, with sales of both increasing absolutely... Because physical books do feel different to read. Ditto for playing a sword fighting game versus fencing in real life; neither one are competing for the same niche as they are both very different experiences. I would much rather climb in real life than climb in an AR or VR environment, but then again I think the goal with AR or VR would be to achieve things you can't achieve in real life. How freaking terrifying & cool would playing a horror survival game in VR be if you could somehow incorporate the physical act of running into your game control? I know there is a very expensive prototype company which does do that, so one can only hope such a device becomes commercially available one day

[TD1]

Counterpoint - - - - - many have replaced physical books with audiobooks. They are convenient, open multitasking, and inspire a similar experience (with the added modality of tone to evoke emotions).

[Maximum Spin]

Counterpoint: There are many different types of people with different values and preferences, and no single statement of subjective experience will apply to everyone or even most people.

[TD1]

Counterpoint - -  - -- - -  You are wrong, we are all Pathos.

[King Zultan]

Counterpoint: Parts of Pathos like to read physical books while other parts like e-books.