ONline

San Junipero hence referred to as Online because San Junipero is a pain to spell out. Online seems like a pretty cool place, maybe even cooler than real life which could be a really big problem. I really hope someone in the future placed some sort of age limit on this or some kind of stipulation that users must be in a nursing home to use it, but I might not have to worry about that since there was a time limit for the old people. The problem with alternate realities, and my argument for why they shouldn't exist unless under extreme laws and regulations, is that they're better than real life could ever be because they're easier and you have more control to do things that you could never do in real life. That seems like it'd be awesome because it would be, but take into account the damage that videogames have had on people and their social lives and outdoor activities, now imagine what effect alternate reality would have. The streets are already empty, a testament to videogames and paranoid parents, but with the advent of alternate reality, people would never leave. Activities such as academics and going out would fall off by the wayside in exchange for this new activity. Add the online social features that it would have and there would be no real need to leave the house since you'd be able to see the version of your online friends that they'd want others to see. There would be two possibilities (a) nothing really changes, its just all online or (b) people prefer the games where they're the hero and the world is full of a bunch of interactive, interesting npcs. If (a) happens, there could actually be some improvement in interactions and the way we understand the world although an extreme negative in health outlooks, but if (b) happened, it'd be all over. Both would probably see an extreme decline in fertility because npcs are probably easier (I mean all senses of the word) than other human players and especially in real life since exercise would probably over time come to be unpopular. Don't believe me? Look at how much people spend on social media, video games, and just on computers in general. I previously stated that academics would fall to the wayside, and let me go into that a little bit. School is hard and usually boring, and if there's a somewhat affordable option that doesn't involve going then everyone but a few would take it. People would still need food and other stuff like that, but we're getting to the point that machines can do everything we can do and oftentimes better. Most if not all of the jobs are probably going to go to robots, look at Chiles and their touch screens, so it probably wouldn't affect productivity or anything, so what's the harm. It's not like there's any point in not playing videogames all day anyways. The only reason anybody seems to do anything these days like go to college or get a job is so that they can just make money and buy the next overpriced phone or videogame, so maybe a world where everyone's plugged in would be an improvement.