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		r3trohack3r on Oct 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor I’d be interested in hearing you reconcile your statement by making an ethical case for the energy use of video games and the hardware that runs them. Is there a level of energy that is ethically okay to use for video games?

maccard on Oct 30, 2024 [–]

No more or less than any voluntary activity. What about baking for pleasure?

My point isn't that all energy use is bad, it's that there's no line that says "use to hear as you wish but everything after this is wrong"

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