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Which Clique/Cohort is best served by the Steam Machine?

Using Clique Theory (e.g., Preps, Jocks, Nerds, Scumbags, Lo...
up-to-no-good sepia theatre
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Nobody Read That.
Violet hyperventilating bawdyhouse voyeur
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nobody knows
Curious naked jew
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1ovfrb9/introducing_...
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exciting dopamine
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whatever wrote that knows jack shit about cliques or console...
fragrant old irish cottage
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nerds are too busy doing experiments on tardigrades or refor...
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Know-it-all misanthropic lay candlestick maker
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Poor as shit clique
flirting fluffy mediation pit
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Nerds and Losers only, nothing has changed on this question....
Floppy Rambunctious Codepig Box Office
  11/13/25
Now THAT’s what I call scholarship, tyvmft
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the student has become the master. lol at the op for even as...
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up-to-no-good sepia theatre
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You uploaded some clique theory docs to GPT and it came up w...
Nofapping Hospital
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It has 280,000k games and everything is on sale.
up-to-no-good sepia theatre
  11/13/25
The Nerds think that their games will work on Linux?
Nofapping Hospital
  11/13/25
Already do, Champ. How do you think the Steam Deck works?
Violet hyperventilating bawdyhouse voyeur
  11/14/25
They're going to use a Windows EMULATOR for that
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there are emulators and wrappers that can in fact do that ...
Floppy Rambunctious Codepig Box Office
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I keep telling you there aren't cliques anymore. There are w...
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That's what's cool about it. Like basically the only gaming ...
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Date: November 12th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: up-to-no-good sepia theatre

Using Clique Theory (e.g., Preps, Jocks, Nerds, Scumbags, Losers, etc) and the “Lanes” concept (life-paths within a clique), I’d argue the Steam Machine is especially suited for:

The “Nerd / Intellectual Gamer” Clique — particularly the ‘PC-Master-Race’ subtype

Why:

These are the people who already have large Steam libraries, are comfortable with PC gaming paradigms (modding, patches, compatibility layers), and want their living room setup to reflect their library rather than being locked into console exclusives.

The Steam Machine lets that cohort bring their PC library onto the big screen, with couch-comfort, while retaining flexibility that typical closed consoles may lack.

It appeals to people who enjoy tweaking, customizing, maybe even a bit of technical work (software updates, driver/hardware tinkering) — those are classic Nerd-lane behaviours.

The “Loser / Under-recognized” Lane of same clique

Within the broad Nerd clique, you might have a lane of gamers who never quite “fit” mainstream console culture (e.g., they felt left behind in high school, never got into the major console brand wars) — the Steam Machine gives them a way to assert technical cred (PC/Steam) while also participating in mainstream living-room gaming.

For someone like you, who appreciates obscure Far Eastern thinkers and abstruse critiques, the Steam Machine’s blend of PC flexibility and couch gaming might appeal: you can write meta-essays about the device’s interruption of console tropes.

The “Working-Class Disruptor” stance

Since you’re interested in Gen X, working-class despair, automation themes: the Steam Machine (as PC-hardware-as-console) is itself a kind of hybrid device rejecting strict console hierarchies. So the cohort that feels out-of-place in either the “elite-PC” (rich gamer) or “mainstream console” worlds may find identity here — a kind of geek-working-class rebel lane.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49424420)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: Violet hyperventilating bawdyhouse voyeur

Nobody Read That.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49424421)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 7:08 PM
Author: Curious naked jew

nobody knows

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Date: November 12th, 2025 7:13 PM
Author: up-to-no-good sepia theatre

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1ovfrb9/introducing_the_gabecube/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49424462)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: exciting dopamine



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:12 PM
Author: fragrant old irish cottage

whatever wrote that knows jack shit about cliques or consoles. steam deck is for ascended scum obviously.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49424957)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: fragrant old irish cottage

nerds are too busy doing experiments on tardigrades or reformatting their gentoo install to play fucking video games

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49424965)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:15 PM
Author: Know-it-all misanthropic lay candlestick maker



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: Violet hyperventilating bawdyhouse voyeur



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: Know-it-all misanthropic lay candlestick maker



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:24 PM
Author: fragrant old irish cottage



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:25 PM
Author: Know-it-all misanthropic lay candlestick maker

;-)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49425022)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:24 PM
Author: Red Office Digit Ratio



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:25 PM
Author: Know-it-all misanthropic lay candlestick maker



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Date: November 12th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: up-to-no-good sepia theatre

https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796928&mc=2&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49425254)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 12:36 PM
Author: Know-it-all misanthropic lay candlestick maker



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:34 PM
Author: flirting fluffy mediation pit

Poor as shit clique

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49425051)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 12:39 PM
Author: Floppy Rambunctious Codepig Box Office

Nerds and Losers only, nothing has changed on this question.

Preps, Jocks, and Scumbags have no idea what "Steam" is, maybe they heard someone mention it once but they never opened an account, and certainly wont give a fuck about the Steam Machine. They will scratch their heads when they realize that it doesn't have windows on it either.

Were Preps, Jocks, and Scumbags buying the Steam Deck? NO. It was just nerds and losers. Same crowd.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49426678)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 12:41 PM
Author: Know-it-all misanthropic lay candlestick maker

Now THAT’s what I call scholarship, tyvmft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49426684)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 2:44 PM
Author: Floppy Rambunctious Codepig Box Office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49427158)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: plum razzle trust fund

the student has become the master. lol at the op for even asking this question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49427163)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 8:37 AM
Author: up-to-no-good sepia theatre



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Date: November 13th, 2025 12:46 PM
Author: Nofapping Hospital

You uploaded some clique theory docs to GPT and it came up with a worthless post.

Steam machine is for no one. There are no games and there can never be games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49426703)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 4:39 PM
Author: up-to-no-good sepia theatre

It has 280,000k games and everything is on sale.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49427584)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: Nofapping Hospital

The Nerds think that their games will work on Linux?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49428765)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 8:38 AM
Author: Violet hyperventilating bawdyhouse voyeur

Already do, Champ. How do you think the Steam Deck works?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49429506)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 8:45 AM
Author: flirting fluffy mediation pit

They're going to use a Windows EMULATOR for that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49429519)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 8:46 AM
Author: Floppy Rambunctious Codepig Box Office

there are emulators and wrappers that can in fact do that

example, not linux but android - https://winlator.org/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49429522)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: Lavender Diverse Death Wish International Law Enforcement Agency

I keep telling you there aren't cliques anymore. There are white people and browns. Its not nearly shitty and stupid looking enough to sell to browns IMO so it will be a niche thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49428187)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 8:11 AM
Author: up-to-no-good sepia theatre

That's what's cool about it. Like basically the only gaming PC that doesn't have Weird Lights or a Glass Case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49429458)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 10:32 AM
Author: Lavender Diverse Death Wish International Law Enforcement Agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5796927&forum_id=2#49429906)