As the article suggests, the "simulator" joke isn't funny anymore.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
You could add weathering... and rock formation... and people carving rocks... and people using the rocks to make tools... and clothing, and societies... and BAM! You've got Rust.