Software & Systems · Story 6

If you don't have first degree burns on your legs, are you even really gaming?

If you don't have first degree burns on your legs, are you even really gaming?
Image via r/pcmasterrace

A top weekly thread from r/pcmasterrace, drawing 33,002 score and 458 comments.

It rose to the top of Software & Systems, making it a useful signal for what this audience argued about or shared this week.

Key details

  • r/pcmasterrace ranked it at story 6 for Software & Systems.
  • 458 Reddit comments were reported on the source post.

Discussion angles

  • What the headline says about software & systems.
  • Why r/pcmasterrace pushed it above surrounding stories.
  • Whether the discussion has broader relevance beyond the subreddit.

Top comments

The top 5 comments collected for this story carried 4,686 combined score. The quotes below are short excerpts from the highest-ranked visible comments.

“Haha it’s thinking” made me let out a very ugly cackle.
u/Abstainment · 2,331 score
I miss all the "thinking" noises computers made, each component sang a very specific song on startup and you would get really worried if the song changed a little haha....
u/AcousticShadow89 · 675 score
When you think about it, Pretty amazing we taught rocks to think.
u/Jonas_Venture_Sr · 610 score
We engraved rocks with runes to make them think. Sounds like magic
u/RangeBoring1371 · 542 score
That’s just the permanent hearing damage from the last time you launched a heavy game.
u/Prior-Dick · 528 score
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