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[BIONIC]

Members-only thread:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-think-ive-grown-to-dislike-cynicism.730665/

Cynicism by itself isn't bad. Like having a healthy sense of cynicism IS good. It helps you not get screwed over by con-artists and scams, see through dishonest politicians and PR or to keep "hype" levels in check for game from a company that has a track record of being nasty with the DLC. Helps keep detachment from so-called allies who will happily throw trans people under the bus to defend their favourite cleb or companies etc.

However, I've honestly grown to just hate over cynicism most of the time nowadays and especially have contempt for people who use that as a justification to do nothing or mock and belittle people for trying to make a difference, try new things or explore new ideas. Cynicism just for the sake of cynicism and to justify inaction.

Part of it is my frustration with the idea that cynicism = intelligence and seeing white nerd bros being called intelligent and insightful just for being overly cynical and yelling. To be quite blunt, while you do get cynical intelligent people, most of the time being overly cynical just means your less likely to be open to new ideas, too arrogant and self-assured that your own views are correct; and just flat out can't admit their are things they don't know or don't fully understand, often leading to pig-headedness and dishonesty.

I see this all the time when it comes to animals like people declaring their are like only 20 animals and everything else is just a variation of those and aren't willing to accept that nature has created so many fascinating and unique animals that blow Hollywood out of the water if you're willing too look (seriously comb jellies are beautiful animals. Let's just pause the thread here to appreciate them for a moment).

[CENTER][/CENTER]
One that I've seen way too many times is with the topic of wasps and hornets and extinction in general, especially during the "Murder hornet" mass hysteria where tons of native species of bee and wasps in the US were being killed by people due to the press fearmongering from a few years ago:

1. An overly cynical person says they should just wipe out all the wasps or x animal.
   
2. someone informed points out why that's actually REALLY bad for the environment since their are many plants that need wasps to pollinate and wasps are needed to keep certain insect species at a controllable levels or etc for other animals.
   
3. Overly Cynical person goes "Yeah well then some other animal like butterflies will just take over then!" usually with a level of smugness and satisfaction underserving for something so obviously wrong.
   
4. The overly cynical person is then praised and liked will the informed person is told to shut up.
   

And the same is true in creative fields, a lot of the time I find that being overly cynical can mean you lack the imagination to try truly unique or unknown things and are more likely to shoot and belittle others for trying like with monster designs. Too many times have I seen truly unique looking monster designs and concept being shot down by overly cynical producers and executives and turned into just generic zombies or ghosts because it's "safer", "what the audience" expects. You see the same with stories , about how many famous stories struggled to find publishers due to arrogant presumption that it wouldn't work because it's never been tried.

Same with critique, especially YouTubers like Cinema Sins (which I've just realized I haven't heard about in like a year or two, did that channel just die?). Like I love to snark on movies with friends but theirs that and just acting smug and overly cynical to the point your are just making stuff up or re-editing the movie to make a dishonest point. You get this towards critics and reviews themselves like in discussions of reviews where the reviewer is accused by cynics of reviewing X game or movie with Y score for clicks, attention, bait or whatever justification they have; often used to dismiss the reviewers opinions or to feel justified in spouting body shaming or ableist remarks at the reviewer. All because of arrogant presumption, that their views are right and they must prove that the other person is wrong, even if they have to be dishonest or go into conspiracy theories too do it.

But honestly, everything I've said is minor compared to why I've really grown tired of cynicism. As I've mentioned before, too many times now have I seen cynicism being used to justify not doing anything against injustices, that the world sucks so why bother trying to make everything better, why do something, even if it's only personal if it won't mean anything types of mentality. Too me, being overly cynical just seem to be a tool by centralism and libertarians to justify the status quo and not actually do anything to help, even if their inaction means people being hurt or killed.

Used to justify capitalism and not bothering to try to do ANYTHING against corporate overreach or unionization because "Companies are made to make money!". Used to do nothing about climate change, used to dismiss concerns from women, POC, the LGBTQ+ community etc and I'm sorry, as a trans woman, I can't just stay back and "do nothing because the world sucks!" when doing nothing means my potential death.

And what pisses me off so much isn't just the inaction, but the attitude. Taking glee when a protest fails or a corporation wins in screwing over, taking the time to mock anyone who tried to make a difference and giving them a smug pat on the back for doing nothing because they feel their the most intellectually enlightened... When really their just perpetuators and enablers of a toxic system that they most likely benefit in.

And like, no, the world isn't going to get better if we do nothing. People shouldn't stop protesting against bigots because the majority don't care, they'll never care if we're silent and just let the monsters consume us.

[Uncle]

Members-only thread:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-think-ive-grown-to-dislike-cynicism.730665/

Cynicism by itself isn't bad. Like having a healthy sense of cynicism IS good. It helps you not get screwed over by con-artists and scams, see through dishonest politicians and PR or to keep "hype" levels in check for game from a company that has a track record of being nasty with the DLC. Helps keep detachment from so-called allies who will happily throw trans people under the bus to defend their favourite cleb or companies etc.
However, I've honestly grown to just hate over cynicism most of the time nowadays and especially have contempt for people who use that as a justification to do nothing or mock and belittle people for trying to make a difference, try new things or explore new ideas. Cynicism just for the sake of cynicism and to justify inaction.
Part of it is my frustration with the idea that cynicism = intelligence and seeing white nerd bros being called intelligent and insightful just for being overly cynical and yelling. To be quite blunt, while you do get cynical intelligent people, most of the time being overly cynical just means your less likely to be open to new ideas, too arrogant and self-assured that your own views are correct; and just flat out can't admit their are things they don't know or don't fully understand, often leading to pig-headedness and dishonesty.
I see this all the time when it comes to animals like people declaring their are like only 20 animals and everything else is just a variation of those and aren't willing to accept that nature has created so many fascinating and unique animals that blow Hollywood out of the water if you're willing too look (seriously comb jellies are beautiful animals. Let's just pause the thread here to appreciate them for a moment).

One that I've seen way too many times is with the topic of wasps and hornets and extinction in general, especially during the "Murder hornet" mass hysteria where tons of native species of bee and wasps in the US were being killed by people due to the press fearmongering from a few years ago:
An overly cynical person says they should just wipe out all the wasps or x animal.
someone informed points out why that's actually REALLY bad for the environment since their are many plants that need wasps to pollinate and wasps are needed to keep certain insect species at a controllable levels or etc for other animals.
Overly Cynical person goes "Yeah well then some other animal like butterflies will just take over then!" usually with a level of smugness and satisfaction underserving for something so obviously wrong.
The overly cynical person is then praised and liked will the informed person is told to shut up.
And the same is true in creative fields, a lot of the time I find that being overly cynical can mean you lack the imagination to try truly unique or unknown things and are more likely to shoot and belittle others for trying like with monster designs. Too many times have I seen truly unique looking monster designs and concept being shot down by overly cynical producers and executives and turned into just generic zombies or ghosts because it's "safer", "what the audience" expects. You see the same with stories , about how many famous stories struggled to find publishers due to arrogant presumption that it wouldn't work because it's never been tried.
Same with critique, especially YouTubers like Cinema Sins (which I've just realized I haven't heard about in like a year or two, did that channel just die?). Like I love to snark on movies with friends but theirs that and just acting smug and overly cynical to the point your are just making stuff up or re-editing the movie to make a dishonest point. You get this towards critics and reviews themselves like in discussions of reviews where the reviewer is accused by cynics of reviewing X game or movie with Y score for clicks, attention, bait or whatever justification they have; often used to dismiss the reviewers opinions or to feel justified in spouting body shaming or ableist remarks at the reviewer. All because of arrogant presumption, that their views are right and they must prove that the other person is wrong, even if they have to be dishonest or go into conspiracy theories too do it.
But honestly, everything I've said is minor compared to why I've really grown tired of cynicism. As I've mentioned before, too many times now have I seen cynicism being used to justify not doing anything against injustices, that the world sucks so why bother trying to make everything better, why do something, even if it's only personal if it won't mean anything types of mentality. Too me, being overly cynical just seem to be a tool by centralism and libertarians to justify the status quo and not actually do anything to help, even if their inaction means people being hurt or killed.
Used to justify capitalism and not bothering to try to do ANYTHING against corporate overreach or unionization because "Companies are made to make money!". Used to do nothing about climate change, used to dismiss concerns from women, POC, the LGBTQ+ community etc and I'm sorry, as a trans woman, I can't just stay back and "do nothing because the world sucks!" when doing nothing means my potential death.
And what pisses me off so much isn't just the inaction, but the attitude. Taking glee when a protest fails or a corporation wins in screwing over, taking the time to mock anyone who tried to make a difference and giving them a smug pat on the back for doing nothing because they feel their the most intellectually enlightened... When really their just perpetuators and enablers of a toxic system that they most likely benefit in.
And like, no, the world isn't going to get better if we do nothing. People shouldn't stop protesting against bigots because the majority don't care, they'll never care if we're silent and just let the monsters consume us.

 

god DAMN it I hate it when people say there are only 20 animals and we need to eliminate wasps, because then there would only be 19 animals left

[kaleidoscopium]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/page-2#post-107376351

I'm convinced some liberal folks even here think many of us hysterical queers are actually just unwitting pawns of the right, being manipulated into getting their guy elected by not voting at all. The condescending attitude toward LGBTQ+ people, especially trans people, is very much a real thing here on ERA, unfortunately.

On.... ERA.... the site which banned two games because of trans people harassing the mods... 

As a queer person from a Muslim background I had to come to terms with the fact that the democratic party would rather not support people like me long ago, but like what other choice have we had? Gerrymandering has just gotten worse, and now people are more scared than ever of angering the right-wing mob. My whole adult life has been like this, cishet white people are not gonna change no matter how long we give them.

hmm

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-32#post-107338071

Hello! So happy to be here! Longtime lurker, realized my usual forums had more or less dried up over the past few years and I've always really appreciated the welcoming nature of this place as well as its penchant for genuine and thoughtful discourse within gaming and pop culture, so I decided to finally take the plunge. After ten years I am returning to school in September at the ripe age of 33 for my PhD in Cinema & Media Studies, and could not be more excited or happy. I'm a cinephile, bookworm, and avid gamer who also moonlights as a fitness and sports lover, except without the culturally toxic aspects of the latter. I'm currently playing Bayonetta 3 and Demon Throttle, and intend to buy Diablo IV soon.

Looking forward to talking to you all

[BIONIC]

As a queer person from a Muslim background I had to come to terms with the fact that the democratic party would rather not support people like me long ago

I think the Democratic Party should be the least of your concerns when it comes to getting support, friend.

[kaleidoscopium]

A topic to pay attention to, just got posted but AP updates their style guide to avoid the use of the word TERF. They're gonna blow a gasket and ban any AP article at this rate.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-ap-updates-its-style-guide-to-discourage-journalists-from-referring-to-anti-trans-people-as-terfs-or-gender-critical.730701/

[nobody of note]

Reddit thread now has people arguing the blackouts should end if the rank and file community members think it should end.

A lot of these are amusing to read mentally substituting Era for Reddit as the target.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/reddit-is-about-to-kill-third-party-apps-their-pricing-is-nuts-apollo-would-owe-reddit-20m-yearly-in-api-fees-up-apollo-shutting-down-6-30.725013/post-107372268

Mods deciding to continue to go private with no input from users is garbage. To hold a community hostage for something the majority don’t seem to be interested in continuing because of the feelings of a few moderators doesn’t make me feel very good about the moderators being representative of the community but rather just taking this personally.

Things like strikes by unions are run democratically not by fiat by leadership they have votes and abide by them. I was fine with and supportive of the black out but misleading your communities for what seems largely to be a mod/third party app dev v CEO issue doesn’t mean I support the CEO but makes me distrustful of the Mods “caring about the community”

Not communicating is what allows the CEO to peddle his bullshit. As someone helping with the WGA strike (not a member but supportive) the WGA has effectively communicated and been open (as has SAG-AFTRA) very clearly and democratically with the community and larger public but these blackouts while they originally did a good job now seem to just not know what they’re doing and breading discontent with mixed messages and lack of communication which is how solidarity breaks down.

You can’t expect solidarity when you keep people in the dark and rule in secret

Yep this is what I was getting at on the previous page. I get that they are volunteers and that this has adversely affected them, but if the community itself wants to open up again or has opened up after 48hrs and wants to stay open then the mods need to respect the decision of the community.

If they no longer want to volunteer their time then they need to start the process of finding new mods for the sub. Not unilaterally make decisions regarding the community.

[Uncle]

To hold a community hostage for something the majority don’t seem to be interested in continuing because of the feelings of a few [leaders] doesn’t make me feel very good about the [leaders] being representative of the community but rather just taking this personally.

[Nintex]

Becoming a pride month for fascists

Yeah it's pretty lit, we even have German armor smashing Russian conscripts


for Democracy of course

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-ap-updates-its-style-guide-to-discourage-journalists-from-referring-to-anti-trans-people-as-terfs-or-gender-critical.730701/#post-107377968

Maybe we should just call them asshats or dipshits.

TERF and "gender critical" were the *nice* terms for these C-words.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-ap-updates-its-style-guide-to-discourage-journalists-from-referring-to-anti-trans-people-as-terfs-or-gender-critical.730701/#post-107378715

So what are my options then?

Bigot?
Transphobe?
Dead eyed money goblins?
Pieces of shit?
Ghouls?

Anti-Semitic much?

[JoeBoy101]

1686768875[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-32#post-107338071

Hello! So happy to be here! Longtime lurker, realized my usual forums had more or less dried up over the past few years and I've always really appreciated the welcoming nature of this place as well as its penchant for genuine and thoughtful discourse within gaming and pop culture, so I decided to finally take the plunge. After ten years I am returning to school in September at the ripe age of 33 for my PhD in Cinema & Media Studies, and could not be more excited or happy. I'm a cinephile, bookworm, and avid gamer who also moonlights as a fitness and sports lover, except without the culturally toxic aspects of the latter. I'm currently playing Bayonetta 3 and Demon Throttle, and intend to buy Diablo IV soon.

Looking forward to talking to you all

Sure you found the right place for you, Payne?

[JoeBoy101]

The fallout from this is coverage will essentially paint Trans people as Trans Rights Activists aka a monolithic group vs a concerned woman or whatever... it will paint a picture of an ideological driven group vs a woman

 



I mean, your words not mine, Queen.

[Uncle]

This is essentially erasing from AP reporting that Anti Trans activism is an organized movement

The fallout from this is coverage will essentially paint Trans people as Trans Rights Activists aka a monolithic group vs a concerned woman or whatever... it will paint a picture of an ideological driven group vs a woman... 1 against 100 completely flipping who is actually the minority whose rights are at risk.

is she saying "terf" is/was an organized movement? or is it a slur that no one self-identifies as?

you don't report on the news that "nazis gathered for a trump rally today" unless those people actually identify as nazis

you know, placing importance on calling people what they want to be called

and how often does someone who gets in a random spat with a trans person really genuinely identify as "gender critical?"

often isn't it just some woman who wants her and her kids to be left alone, who's been dragged into this war against her will?

the style guide should've always said to call people what they want to be called

[kaleidoscopium]

I don’t think it’s the worst decision. Gender critical can get in the bin, that’s just playing to the bigot choir and covering.

TERF I think covers for them as well, I don’t think that connects with the greater public and could be any bunch of letters. It’s meaningless unless explained and it never is from what I noticed. TERF is just shouting into the void and since it has feminism it, even though it means equality, they’ll use it as a slight implying being you’re against women.

Overall, right decision. Call them bigots and transphobes, transphobic, anti trans, that cuts across and doesn’t need explaining.

This guys playing with fire, eat my hat if he's not banned within a few days

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/this-single-clip-of-bigot-uk-mps-captures-the-focused-totality-of-the-inhumanity-of-transphobes.729684/#post-107380209

I see we are at the "trivializing death threats" stage.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/

Look in what stuff that poll is focusing on. (Hint: The minority of a minority)

I'll need a definition for "feeling safe". Is it "Someone harassed me on the street" not feeling safe, or "I saw people take pictures in front of a harry potter poster" not feeling safe.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-9-year-old-girl-was-harassed-by-two-people-at-a-track-meet-due-to-assuming-she-was-trans.730185/page-3#post-107328393

they are just short of willing openly hunting us.

If there is a red sweep next year, we essentially will be at that point in the US. All red states and more will label "trans activists" as terrorists with President and SCOTUS to back them.

Somebody should tell them about FEMA.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/reddit-is-about-to-kill-third-party-apps-their-pricing-is-nuts-apollo-would-owe-reddit-20m-yearly-in-api-fees-up-apollo-shutting-down-6-30.725013/page-38#post-107373519

I like to think that the community before the blackout and the one during are not the same. Some people like me, who have openly voiced support for the event, have not touched reddit since Monday. Methinks the complainers on reddit that were a minority before the blackout became a majority, so now they "represent the community".

[kaleidoscopium]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/

Look in what stuff that poll is focusing on. (Hint: The minority of a minority)

I'll need a definition for "feeling safe". Is it "Someone harassed me on the street" not feeling safe, or "I saw people take pictures in front of a harry potter poster" not feeling safe.

Based on the era-guy earlier this year huffing up a storm about "lecturing" his coworkers why their kids having a Harry Potter themed birthday party was endorsing "genocide".... I'll assume the latter.

[jorma]

Didn't the mods create an OT for Ezra Miller and his crimespree because they got tired of the mass reports for people not caring about non binary bullshit? 

Half the posts on any thread about him are just people going *THEM 😂

https://www.resetera.com/threads/era-explain-to-me-how-this-person-is-just-walking-free-with-no-consequences-ezra-miller-they-them.730320/#post-107334192

White, rich, attractive, cis-passing…

This feels like a self report

Doesn't "cis-passing" describe literally every non-binary person?

[Nintex]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/

Look in what stuff that poll is focusing on. (Hint: The minority of a minority)

I'll need a definition for "feeling safe". Is it "Someone harassed me on the street" not feeling safe, or "I saw people take pictures in front of a harry potter poster" not feeling safe.

They see Trump on the TV and hide under their beds, they open their phone and Elon Musk tweets. They go outside for a walk and see someone reading Harry Potter on a bench. They quickly rush into GameStop, only to be confronted by a shelf filled with copies of Hogwarts Legacy. Someone waiting at the counter says: "Did you see that new DLC for Cyberpunk 2077? Looks like they fixed all the bugs". After an anxiety attack they land in the hospital. "Do you want to watch some TV?" the nurse asks. "Yes, please". The nurse turns on the TV, of course the channel is on Fox, with Ron DeSantis giving a speech, calling out the gay shit at Disney. The nurse smiles, "oh let's find something more entertaining", fuck yes a Marvel movie "oh, the kids love this stuff don't they?" the nurse says, she continues to switch channels and lands on a rerun of the Chapelle Show. "This should cheer you up!" They start to cry. "Don't worry lots of people stress out in the hospital" the nurse says. After a day in the hospital they have recovered, "Your uber driver is here, remember to take it easy ok?". Finally they are released from the care of this white TERF bitch. A friendly Indian man with a rainbow on his shirt smiiles and waves, "Hello, I take you home yes?". Finally some diversity and culture to wash away the whiteness. "Thank you kind sir, may I sit in the front?" they ask politely. "Certainly madam". As they sit down in the car the Indian man starts fiddling with his audio system. "I just bought this, pretty neat yes? Look I can stream Spotify directly from my phone, isn't technology great yes?" . They nod, best uber driver ever. They imagine him shirtless if that rainbow shirt wasn't a hint then clearly his deadly smile is. This is going to be a fun ride. But before they can finish that thought disaster strikes. "I listen to this man Joe Rogan, he has really good and funny show, you like Rogan?". They blink and can't believe what just happened but then they read the letters on the shirt: "LJN". 

They aren't safe anywhere. They are constantly under attack, like the Holocaust but worse but say what you will about Hitler, he didn't weaponize Twitter and write Harry Potter

[kaleidoscopium]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/page-3

examples of things the feds could do about florida in no order of likelihood. efficacy, or legal soundness:

    do ANY GODDAMNED ENFORCEMENT WHATSOVER of your existing nondiscrimination executive orders for christ's fucking sake
    withhold some or all federal healthcare dollars unless trans care access is restored
    affirmatively direct all federal employees and federal contractors in the healthcare sector to continue treating trans patients
    sue them
    sue them some more
    you're three years into your administration why the FUCK haven't you issued a fresh ppaca section 1557 reg. ongoing litigation over several previous flavors of 1557 reg is not an acceptable answer. you have bostock now, how are you fucking worse at this than the goddamned obama administration??
    affirmatively require all healthcare providers and programs who receive any federal funding to continue treating trans patients, including not just medicare/medicaid/chip/tricare/VA but everything from marketplace plans on down. almost every corner of the healthcare sector gets at least a 10k from the feds, which is the threshold past which they have to abide by nondiscrimination executive orders.
    launch an HHS OCR investigation to determine if trans discrimination is present in florida's healthcare system contrary to federal law and policy (hint: it is)
    launch an HHS policy compliance review to determine if healthcare providers and programs who receive federal funding are discriminating against trans patients contrary to federal law and policy (hint: they are)
    send those HHS investigators and/or compliance reviewers into literally every clinic and hospital in the state and open investigations and/or compliance reviews into each and every single one.
    launch a federal discrimination investigation into the florida board of medicine
    convene healthcare providers in florida to foster and encourage collective action backed by guaranteed federal legal defense
    mobilize the military to set up federal clinics throughout the state to directly provide access to HRT
    open the VA to directly provide access to HRT regardless of veteran status
    use the few administrative mechanisms available to insert trans healthcare into required medicaid services
    declare an environmental emergency for trans people in the state using the comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability act of 1980 to unilaterally make all trans people eligible for medicare, then forcefully require medicare providers to treat trans patients
    declare an emergency under the disaster relief and emergency assistance act and deploy federal employees to provide treatment for trans patients
    declare a public health emergency then take your pick of which federal program (medicare/medicaid/chip) to open eligibility for for trans people and fully resource that program with federal employees directed to treat trans patients
    use the defense production act
    mobilize the national guard or whatever military branch you want to provide armed protection and oversight of trans healthcare access and let them cry about it in court, make scotus tell you to stop, then evaluate whether to stop or not then
    engage the national disaster medical system through HHS ASPR
    use one of the above mechanisms to open a federal telehealth system and pharmacy-by-mail program to provide HRT to trans patients
    ask for international help from cuba then coordinate with them to come in and deliver care, why not

i could go on. i literally don't care which ones get tried first or what their ultimate legality is because it doesn't matter. make them play whack a mole between mechanisms if you're too cowardly to ignore illegitimate court orders to stop if you lose in court. i do not fucking care.

i primarily do state policy so there are people other than me who have found and named other avenues to use. but there are some of the things he could do. he's the president of the united states. every morning he wakes up and chooses not to try something, anything to help should be another eternity in hell in his final accounting.

these people are fucking unhinged lunatics living in a post-truth post-legal world good lord

[Nintex]

i could go on. i literally don't care which ones get tried first or what their ultimate legality is because it doesn't matter

Let's play who said it

A) Dick Cheney
B) hachikoma

[Greatness Gone]

another day, another reminder of how fragile moderators on this site are.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-acronym-for-tekken-8s-next-beta-test-has-to-be-a-joke.730770/

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/

Look in what stuff that poll is focusing on. (Hint: The minority of a minority)

I'll need a definition for "feeling safe". Is it "Someone harassed me on the street" not feeling safe, or "I saw people take pictures in front of a harry potter poster" not feeling safe.

did you know that gaming "isn't safe" for women, because someone might say mean things in voice chat, or pretend to grope the space where their boobs would be in virtual reality?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/page-2#post-10738161

LGBTQ+ Adults Do Not Feel Safe

Just kind of a related tangent, one thing Gamers commonly say to LGBTQ+ Americans when we call out hateful bullshit is "you would never last a minute in a COD lobby."

A trans person just walking outside of their house in the United States is braver and more hardened than every single Gamer in every COD, Halo, and Battlefield lobby combined.

[Nintex]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/

Look in what stuff that poll is focusing on. (Hint: The minority of a minority)

I'll need a definition for "feeling safe". Is it "Someone harassed me on the street" not feeling safe, or "I saw people take pictures in front of a harry potter poster" not feeling safe.

did you know that gaming "isn't safe" for women, because someone might say mean things in voice chat, or pretend to grope the space where their boobs would be in virtual reality?

Ah yes I remember folx getting 'raped' in VRChat. 

Spoiler: STREET FIGHTER 6 - OUT NOW! (click to show)(click to hide)

[Tucker's Law]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/data-for-progress-lgbtq-adults-do-not-feel-safe-and-do-not-think-the-democratic-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-their-rights.730641/page-2#post-10738161

LGBTQ+ Adults Do Not Feel Safe

Just kind of a related tangent, one thing Gamers commonly say to LGBTQ+ Americans when we call out hateful bullshit is "you would never last a minute in a COD lobby."

A trans person just walking outside of their house in the United States is braver and more hardened than every single Gamer in every COD, Halo, and Battlefield lobby combined.

These fragile degenerates can't even handle someone misgendering them on accident, and they think they're tough enough to handle repeatedly being called faggots and cucks by a bunch of 12 year olds?

[Greatness Gone]

Warriors against white supremacy, Nepenthe and Neoxon, are playing (and enjoying)...you guessed it:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-xvi-demo-available-now-impressions-thread.729000/page-69
https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-xvi-demo-available-now-impressions-thread.729000/page-25#post-107231202

I swear to god none of these people can stick to their own scripts. This is almost as bad as Kuntuuji and Cyberpunk.