gamergate was when a nobody gamedev allegedly slept with one (1) nobody game reviewer, for the alleged purpose of getting a slightly better review for the nobody gamedev's unknown game on the nobody reviewer's unknown game website

this was so important it destroyed the internet for nearly a decade, caused large amounts of doxxing and death threats, started the careers of hundreds of youtubers, and somehow had ramifications on real life politics by galvanizing the culture war the western world is stuck in

for a "movement" that most normal people know NOTHING about, involving people and organizations nobody knows or cares for, it sure is infuriating how it refuses to fucking die