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Just look at it!
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“they are no stupider than NFTs.”
So pretty damn stupid.
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I think it is pretty clearly a satire of the collectible-game-crap mechanic which eliminates the actual gameplay part to reveal the true underlying “game” (i.e. creating “value” via artificial scarcity).
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And never click it!
(Clicking bananas! Pfft! What is the younger generation coming to?)
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Contributed by Gail Sherman
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Look, if I want something that’s going to burn up my time and processor cycles, I’ll just snag a copy of Placid Plastic Duck Simulator.
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Reminds me of a pre-bedtime convo years ago with my then-fivish year old son; I was proposing the Grab Your Big Toe game.
Him: how do you play?
Me: you grab your big toe.
How do you win?
If you grab your big toe.
How do you lose?
If you don’t grab your big toe.
– Pause –
That’s not much of a GAME!
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kind of like cow clicker then
Unexpectedly to Bogost, Cow Clicker became a viral phenomenon, amassing over 50,000 players by September 2010.
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Didn’t Dogecoin start as a satire of cryptocurrency until a bunch of cryptobros started taking it seriously and driving up the price for real?
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Can you add some duct tape and call it art?
I can see the appeel! 
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As a matter of fact, Elon Skum was the aforementioned cryptobro. As if he wasn’t already responsible for enough bad shit.
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Idlest of idle games? Clearly you’ve never played “Don’t shoot the puppy!” or “Progress Quest.”
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