TVs? Xbox’s? Gaming computers? VR?
All affordable and have gone down in price the past few years. You’d be hard pressed to find someone here who DOESNT have a touchscreen phone or laptop.
Yet, food prices skyrocketed since Covid. It’s gotten to the point where a $100 barely feeds a family of four for a week. And that’s buying the cheapest stuff you can. No name brands. Just generic low quality products that are NOT good for you.
Doesn’t this way of life we live remind anyone else of the dysfunctional dystopia that is the Cyberpunk Universe? Especially the show Edgerunners? It feels more and more this way to me.
Unfortunately, for those familiar with the game and show you’ll know that life fucking sucks in Night City.
It’s cool to play, terrible to live. Yet we live this way now. I’m not sure how much longer until we can modify our bodies with tech but I feel it’s sooner rather than later with these trends I’m seeing.