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“Gamer” is a dirty word: my journey through a lifetime of harassment in video games
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It's 2019 and people still think Gamergate was a thing? It should have never been a thing if journalists didn't stir their own cauldron and try to make their petty ass squabbles so public that you go dumb cop shows like Law and Order trying to chase the clout.
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Y'know, when she talked about being gender neutral, I expected her to look a bit more dykey
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Why are women so utterly fucking weak? Maybe our ancestors were right to treat them like tarded children and not trust them with any authority.
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I don't identify as a feminist. There's nothing inherently wrong with the word. The truth is that the word has a bad reputation; it represents everything about feminism I don't like. For many, the term immediately serves as a reminder of people who shit out articles like this one.
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I actually don't identify with the label of "gamer", but for reasons entirely separate from Ms. Gomez. Whenever I hear someone make an appeal to one's "fellow gamer" I can't help but roll my eyes. Anyone trying to make such an appeal is either ready to heap scorn upon you for something that isn't your fault, or they're trying to sell you something. Furthermore, anyone who takes offense is either insecure or single-minded enough to make their hobby, gaming, the focal point of their identity and their entire way of life, which is a problem.
From the outside looking in, your Average Joe doesn't see gamer as bad thing but I'm cynical and jaded enough to have abandoned the label. Nowadays if anyone asks me what I do in my spare time I tell them "I play games" and see where it goes from there.
From the outside looking in, your Average Joe doesn't see gamer as bad thing but I'm cynical and jaded enough to have abandoned the label. Nowadays if anyone asks me what I do in my spare time I tell them "I play games" and see where it goes from there.
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My takeaway from this is that if anyone says 'dude' or 'bro' to me online I'm going to assume they're a secret girl and start to sexually harass them. Thanks Ash, this was a very helpful article. You've really helped me step up my harassment game.
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These guys are pretty much the worst losers. They've suffered losses from Gamergate, Trump and Brexit, and can never get over any of them. Just relax, guys.
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It's all been said before.
1) The actual title of gamer is just cringey to me at this point and I don't understand why anyone would ever want to own it as a label. Even if it doesn't have the same sort of connotations as nerd did back in the day, it really doesn't say anything about the person other than they play video games, but the vast majority of people play video games anyways, so it's not an effective stereotype or description at this point.
2) I will never understand the need of people who obsess over these fandom's and bemoan it when something doesn't go their way or something isn't as ideal as it should be. I know people play for a variety of interests and part of that is wish fulfillment, but lets be honest here, you play a massive online game you will run in to assholes, because low and behold the world is full of assholes, and everyone has the capacity to be an asshole at any given moment and in any given context, so not identifying as woman online because you get harassment, congrats you've already solved your problem.
3) Another point I'd like to make with this sort of opining, oh this is like this, is like this. Ok, make your own game. Simple, go out there, make a game that is only for women. It's a free country, no one will stop you, people may laugh, or doubt but they will do that in any situation. Go make the game you want to play, instead of expecting the creators/designers/big companies to fix it for you. All the constant bullshit about the need for a Deus Ex Machina moment, if it's really as intolerable as you the player think it is, then quit, find a different fandom, or do something else, or do what the author has basically admitted to which is manning the fuck up and ignoring it.
My empathy for these bleeding heart articles at this point are absolute zero, partly because I don't think that actual online abuse unless it's a real targeted campaign are genuinely harmful. But also because it's been done so many times before, it's literally just another click bait article that doesn't have any baring on anything in the real world.
1) The actual title of gamer is just cringey to me at this point and I don't understand why anyone would ever want to own it as a label. Even if it doesn't have the same sort of connotations as nerd did back in the day, it really doesn't say anything about the person other than they play video games, but the vast majority of people play video games anyways, so it's not an effective stereotype or description at this point.
2) I will never understand the need of people who obsess over these fandom's and bemoan it when something doesn't go their way or something isn't as ideal as it should be. I know people play for a variety of interests and part of that is wish fulfillment, but lets be honest here, you play a massive online game you will run in to assholes, because low and behold the world is full of assholes, and everyone has the capacity to be an asshole at any given moment and in any given context, so not identifying as woman online because you get harassment, congrats you've already solved your problem.
3) Another point I'd like to make with this sort of opining, oh this is like this, is like this. Ok, make your own game. Simple, go out there, make a game that is only for women. It's a free country, no one will stop you, people may laugh, or doubt but they will do that in any situation. Go make the game you want to play, instead of expecting the creators/designers/big companies to fix it for you. All the constant bullshit about the need for a Deus Ex Machina moment, if it's really as intolerable as you the player think it is, then quit, find a different fandom, or do something else, or do what the author has basically admitted to which is manning the fuck up and ignoring it.
My empathy for these bleeding heart articles at this point are absolute zero, partly because I don't think that actual online abuse unless it's a real targeted campaign are genuinely harmful. But also because it's been done so many times before, it's literally just another click bait article that doesn't have any baring on anything in the real world.
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Am I a "gamer?" I don't know. Maybe it's a blanket term for everyone who shares this hobby; maybe it describes a separate counterculture of autists and nerds.
I just like to play video games. Most of the time I play them to have fun. Other times I use them to shut out noise in the real world, especially the kind of noise people like Ash Gomez make.
I don't want people like Ash Gomez in my gaming fantasies. That negates the entire point of escapism. I want to get away from political sperging, not have it follow me into make-believe.
I just like to play video games. Most of the time I play them to have fun. Other times I use them to shut out noise in the real world, especially the kind of noise people like Ash Gomez make.
I don't want people like Ash Gomez in my gaming fantasies. That negates the entire point of escapism. I want to get away from political sperging, not have it follow me into make-believe.
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I fully expect the term "gamers" to be considered a hate group/ gang by certain organizations by 2025.
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The current years have ruined the term beyond repair. I think "gamer" is going the same way. What used to just be a descriptor concerning a hobby has become cringey due to dangerhairs being unable to let go of Gamergate because their lives are so sad. That and all the cringey pro-Gamergate spergs.
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I'm genrally a little of jealous of these types. Assuming she's sincere can you imagine how devoid of hard knocks her life is to generate anything resembling distress over this shit? Their's nothing in her article which 10 minutes of a shitty job or any sort of low key irl bullshit doesnt blow out the water in comparison.
it's the equivelant of writting an article about that time I stubbed my toes and split the nail or that crazy person on the bus who sings to herself loadly.
it's the equivelant of writting an article about that time I stubbed my toes and split the nail or that crazy person on the bus who sings to herself loadly.
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The thirst is real, and it's magnified ten fold when the target of said thirst is a fellow plastic crap enthusiast.
This is why boring girls get all into football & shit like it. They expect elevated social status for glorifying behavior women are traditionally not inclined to.
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You don't think boring people feign interest in shit like that? It's kind of a meme with women where I'm living.
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