The analogy makes a lot of sense to me. Once you have an “easy button”, it’s hard to not use it. It’s sort of like when you’re at work and see the “quick workaround” effectively become the standard process.

I remember burning out on games because the cheats made them really fun in the short term, but afterward playing normally felt like agony.

    • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I hereby retroactively grant you a permission for committing the following action:

      • Searching for secrets in a video game with an exceptionally large heaplet of secrets and then, after having shown general skill and interest in committing to said action, seeking appropriate help for completing your task, including in the form of perusing a walkthrough.

      I commend you for your engangement in achieving the best possible result in the process of donkeying the kong.