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Upon the release of the FBI files:
I think the most depressing thing about modern social media is that it feels like GG won.
I think the most depressing thing about modern social media is that it feels like GG won.
Not won in the sense that they elected a president, but won in the sense that they broke how we talk to each other. They broke our capacity to disagree over minor to medium level shit.
Every GGer was a fuck, to be sure.
But here is how we treated those fucks: we took screenshots and told everyone "get a load of this dipshit." And that worked in some ways and not in others; it told people in the in group "watch out for this asshole..."
But here is how we treated those fucks: we took screenshots and told everyone "get a load of this dipshit." And that worked in some ways and not in others; it told people in the in group "watch out for this asshole..."
... but it also spread the asshole& #39;s name around. I think about how that dumb Remake Th* L*st J*d* account got a thousand followers the day we dunked on it.
And now we do this with just about everything, including things that are not quite as important as "hey, there& #39;s Nazis."
And now we do this with just about everything, including things that are not quite as important as "hey, there& #39;s Nazis."
I dunno if I really needed to see someone who bagged on THE IRISHMAN screenshottted and have everyone go "attention everyone, I found a bad tweet." Because it had me thinking, "this is exactly like anti-GG - people going & #39;get a load of this dipshit in this screenshot.& #39;"
How we treated Gamergaters is now how we treat everyone even a micron different from us.
And that in turn has me thinking the most depressing thought: Bush won. He said "you& #39;re either with us or against us" and that& #39;s how we think now, about everything.
And that in turn has me thinking the most depressing thought: Bush won. He said "you& #39;re either with us or against us" and that& #39;s how we think now, about everything.
We can& #39;t even disagree in good faith over the smallest things.
I held off on buying Endgame despite really enjoying it, because every time I went to pick up the BRD, I could hear the internet screaming at me in my brain.
I held off on buying Endgame despite really enjoying it, because every time I went to pick up the BRD, I could hear the internet screaming at me in my brain.
"Half your friends will block you or disown you if they knew you had this."
I& #39;ve been trying to push back on this a little, to allow myself to voice a contrary opinion on occasion, and someone told me that this was against social media etiquette.
I& #39;ve been trying to push back on this a little, to allow myself to voice a contrary opinion on occasion, and someone told me that this was against social media etiquette.
Disagreement is a breach of etiquette now?
Basically: yeah.
Basically: yeah.
I think we need to talk to each other more, and talk at each other less.
And I feel so alone, when I think this.
And I feel so alone, when I think this.
