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wiregrind
Jun 26, 2013

I don't know what's worse, people who have gaming as a hobby and obsess over games, or people who obsess over defining "gamers" and trying to pass judgment on people based on what media they consume. If you have to think this hard to "understand" why people have such a hobby, you probably just have to play some videogames and figure it out for yourself. If you still can't, carry on with your life and interests.

wiregrind fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Jun 12, 2016

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wiregrind
Jun 26, 2013

Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

The gamer label carries connotations of homophobia, sexism, racism, anti-intellectualism, and a whole host of other problems due to extremely loud assholes creating an association between calling oneself a gamer and in their next tweet saying "shut up Sarkeesian you stupid oval office."

So while I play a lot of video games, I can't comfortably call myself a "gamer" because it implies I'm sending death threats to whatever loving rear end in a top hat gave Bravely Second a 6/10 and making takedowns of tropes vs. women on youtube.

Why label yourself? At what point would you need to be calling yourself a gamer? Do you go around asking people "Are you an Otaku too?"
You don't need a tag to be part of a community, just talk about/do something you have in common together.

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