Even when I was like 4, I would've gone for the controller. I knew how to use it from Lego Star Wars. I knew how to use a keyboard, but I didn't play on pc, so I'd have had to have been told the controls.
I'm in high school rn. I had to use this program called TinkerCAD in middle school for some weird class on the basics of engineering. Wasn't particularly good at it, but no one needed an explanation of keyboard and mouse. Chromebooks are used heavily, so that makes sense. I never really considered that keyboard and mouse wouldn't be at least learned. I guess with smartphones and iPads it makes sense. Makes me a little sad, but whatever.
Good question. My answer is a little pathetic. It's partially the new media that drops. Invincible season 4 is worth hanging on for. Much less pathetic, my friends. Spite is incredibly powerful as well. Another related thing. I have to experience the stuff that dropped that I was never allowed to experience (mormon family), and am too young to have experienced. I have 21 seasons of South Park to watch. I have the God of War games. Rdr1. The Boondocks. Kotor. The GTA series. Skyrim (played Oblivion remaster, that was cool). Undertale/Deltarune. Elden Ring. Ghost of Tsushima. Soulframe. Warframe. Dark Souls. So, that should be at least a few years. There's always some joy to be found in the creations of others and yourself.
I'm extremely young, I don't know how shit works, like at all. Because stuff works pretty well nowadays. Cannot imagine not knowing how to use a mouse. It could not be simpler imo. Can't remember a time that I didn't know lol
A couple of triple AAA studios are pretty good. But quality has dropped overall by a staggering amount. Indies are either the greatest or worst games ever made. It's not even just in games, it's in music, animation, everything. Capitalism trends culture towards mediocrity.
I don't know if you know this. But most of the people in the former USSR are pretty okay. Not the best, but improving, and alive. If the US split into 10 or more countries, then most of them would be decently well off. There's nowhere near a guarantee of that happening. Empires rise and fall al the time.
I personally think that the US will eventually be fine. It'll be messy, but as long as there's no nukes, we'll be around. Every government falls, but the people tend to remain. I believe that even this government is technically salvageable, it'd just require a very well planned takeover. More important, is the planet's decline theoretically fixable?
I infodump a ton. Part of that is to create conversation. I'm so alone. Another part is almost compulsion, where I feel like I have to tell someone about some dumb shit I found somewhere. Like some weird shit I found in the thrift store I volunteer at sometimes. Or some dumb meme I found on here (like a damn grandma lol). Doesn't get a response sometimes, just because nobody cares. That sucks, but I get over it. So yeah, probably pretty common for those with ADHD, autism, or both.