Thinking about how that toot that went around last week about how "software exists in a context of constant social change" is making me realize why education products like the PICO-8 often reach for that retro aesthetic.
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Thinking about how that toot that went around last week about how "software exists in a context of constant social change" is making me realize why education products like the PICO-8 often reach for that retro aesthetic.
It's intentionally reaching for a controlled, if not frozen, social context. After all, that helps simplify education materials (I've used this strategy myself professionally). It also keeps marketers off of you from begging for a style refresh so as to "stay competitive". After all, Capitalism is part of that social context.
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Random Geekreplied to "Fedi's Worst" Film Reviewer last edited by
@socketwench That's a great way to articulate it. I've fumbled around "no surprises" and more recently "no enshittification" as appealing aspects of "dead" and explicitly retro projects. But "frozen social context" just rolls off the tongue much better.
("controlled" is more accurate but "frozen" sounds better and the Technically Correct folks get a chance to win a prize)
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"Fedi's Worst" Film Reviewerreplied to Random Geek last edited by
@randomgeek "The UI" takes so much of the blame for other decisions that it makes me want to tear my hair out.
