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  • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    That post made the article infinitely more funny. I'm trying to wrap my head around e-sports being a multi trillion dollar industry or just how exceedingly gracious they were as to give the masses jobs in their shitty get rich quick scheme.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Pseudo-altruism is the most obnoxious self-affirmation technique. Usually when someone uses it, they're so otherwise irredeemable that shooting it down would only make them escalate to the violence they're cloaking in it. They need that angel on their shoulder telling them that they're doing the right thing when they aren't.