I'll start things off.
This is old shit, but if you remember when Gamergate was at its height, a lot of them complained about "walking simulators," games like Gone Home, Dear Esther, etc. with very little in the way of typical gameplay mechanics like challenges that have to be overcome through skill or failure states. Gamergate dipshits seized on a white-hot, psychopathic hatred of these games, spinning the lack of skill required into bizarre conspiracy theories about game journalists promoting these as a plot by non-gamers to pave the way for the infiltration of gaming by "anti-gamers." Also because a lot of these games are about minorities, who of course GG assholes considered by default to not be "real gamers."
The thing is, I don't like walking simulators either. I've only played a few, but the only one I even kind of enjoyed was The Beginner's Guide (and even then, I don't think I would've missed out on much if I'd watched a longplay instead). The medium is the message, as the old saying goes, and the ability to engage through interaction with the mechanics is what sets games apart from other media. Walking simulators (and visual novels, but that's a different gripe) don't take advantage of this in a way that gets me invested. To me, a walking simulator feels like the equivalent of a movie that consists solely of a guy sitting in a chair and reading a story out loud.
The difference between me and a GG dipshit, of course, is that my dislike of the genre doesn't hinge on ridiculous conspiracy theories or hatred of minorities, and also that rather than wage some crusade to kick walking sims out of the gaming club, I just don't play them. In any case, though, the association is strong enough that it's something I tend to avoid bringing up.
I think because I grew up in Calvinist/Reformed churches, I've almost turned the Protestant work ethic around on communism and I have an obsession with work that's more similar to boomer conservatives. Sometimes it feels like the fully automated luxury gay space communism meme has convinced people that one day we will not have to work, which like, maybe, but we don't live under FALGSC and we have to work if we're ever going to get there. In college we once had a old Young Lords member come in, who in response to a question (I forget what the question was) pretty much criticized a lot of younger leftists who's end goal was to become a professional activist, or who thought they could do leftist work on the side of their full time job or school. Her and many of her comrades dropped out of school or quit their jobs and completely devoted their lives to the revolution, and that's the commitment that is necessary to achieve communism in this country.
Now obviously I think that's a bit much at the current moment. There's nothing remotely similar to the Black Panthers/Young Lords in the current landscape, and I would not recommend anyone drop out of school or quit their jobs to devote their lives to like, their local DSA chapter, which is likely the largest leftist org in your area. But the general sentiment of her response I do share, and I think the right has sort of monopolized rhetoric surrounding work, and leftists for a number of reasons have become antiwork. Antiwork is good with regard to capitalist work, but with regards to work building towards communism, I think there needs to be emphasis on work and the difficulty that lies ahead if we are ever going to achieve a communist future. Its not going to be easy, but as the boomers have said to us so many times growing up, sometimes you just need to put your head down and put in the work.
Young Lords are based. For anyone reading who wants concrete examples of successful direct action in America, please read The Young Lords: A Radical History by Johanna Fernandez.
I agree with this guy completely, a lot of people are using leftist as an aesthetic but want to maintain their normal capitalist lives. I'm guilty of this too, I haven't participated in organizing or direct action. I think a lot of it comes from class security. Myslef and many other leftists have jobs or positions we don't want to risk. The Young Lords and Black Panthers (and a ton of on the ground organizers today) don't have that material comfort and have nothing to lose. The system is very good at getting people to buy in and once you have a nice job that isn't demeaning or back breaking, it's hard to do the work that might undo that comfort. I genuinely don't know how to overcome this, so I'm at least trying to get into a career where I can radicalize people.