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You’re still missing the point entirely. The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all, and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper. It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy. You’re trading a real burger for a photo of a burger. You can’t eat that.

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> The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all

It would take like 2 hours to walk across the GTA V map on foot north to south.

> and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper

Wait, are you saying if I don't need a car in reality, I don't need a car in a game? I'm not the Hero of Time, so I guess I don't need any weapons when playing Zelda. I'm not a soldier, so I don't need guns in Battlefield.

You make an excellent point. Why are you playing video games at all?

You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.

how dare you ?

The real world utility is spending time in pleasant manner. Virtual cars provide that exactly the same way as virtual anything.

Fantasy is a popular product for many reasons, especially for those who have inner fantasy response. Too bad you seem to completely lack one. Personally I’d fall into a heavy depression if the only thing I could enjoy about X was its physical property.

>If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all

You're repeating Marx's "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"

that's socialism

> It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy.

and yes, that's capitalism

let me live in the 21st century of mass media and video games. I want that.

I want to fill my existential void with consumption and video games. They're fun.

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