I'm in my late thirties. Played a lot of video games when I was a kid through college and a little after. But this whole idea of there being a "gaming culture" or how being a "gamer" is a major part of peoples' personalities just seems weird to me. Not even a complaint, just an observation.

:grillman:

  • HogWild [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Out of all the things I said, that's what you're focusing on? Hit a nerve, nerd? 😘

    Seriously, though, it's not exactly rocket-science to predict that any kind of cultural movement, especially a highly toxic one such as this relatively new gaming bullshit, will have a somewhat equally strong pushback, hence me mentioning Hegelian Dialectics. Contrary to what the sarcasm-poisoned brain of the average hexbear user (speaking from experience) might believe, most people do not self-identify as fash, or evil, or toxic masculine. It's why chuds, when you call them racist, are retorting with shit like "but I have black friends". It's actually perfectly plausible, reasonable even, to assume that the intended effect of any social engineering was targeted at the inevitable push-back by "the decent ones" among the capital G Gamers.

    • UlyssesT
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      18 days ago

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      • HogWild [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I think it's pretty telling that your first move is the nuclear option.

        I used the term Hegelian DIalectic exactly once, precisely where I thought it belonghed. Everything else is you projecting like a motherfucker.