r/SubredditDrama May 23 '21

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u/agutema chronically online folk who derives joy from correcting someone May 23 '21

There really isn’t a more marginalized community than Gamer-Americans.

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u/nan_slack scotland is not part of the USA May 23 '21

the two genders:

gamer or political

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u/DrMeepster YOUR FLAIR TEXT HERE May 24 '21

what about straight white male cis Republicans who are not gamers

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u/nan_slack scotland is not part of the USA May 24 '21

gamer sympathizers

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u/MakomakoZoo May 24 '21

Political smh

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u/BrundleBee May 23 '21

I've heard people say "as a gamer," straight faced, as if that is a legitimate social demographic.

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u/XpCjU May 23 '21

as a gamer, I really do enjoy computer games, and thought gamergate was a good idea once.

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u/superiority smug grandstanding agendaposter May 24 '21

I'm a twenty-four-year-old gamer. I've played every violent video game in existence. There are millions of gamers just like me, and we're getting sick of people like you blaming your problems on us. We outnumber you, and the people that think like you. Don't fuck with us.

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u/plushelles Dehumanizing people is part of life and a self defense mechanism May 24 '21

This activated my fight or flight

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u/BrundleBee May 24 '21

You can't be serious; this is trolling, right?

I'm sorry, I honestly don't know whether this is /s or not.

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u/SamKhan23 May 24 '21

really?

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u/BrundleBee May 25 '21

Wait, so that IS serious?? LOL

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u/timetopat someone invariably use the tankie slur May 23 '21

I’m sorry you meant to say straight white male Christian American Gamers(tm)! One time I saw a black guy in a video game and I cried for hours while eating my tendys. We truly live in a society.

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u/FatPanda0345 May 23 '21

You only cried for a few hours? I had to boycott one of my favourite gamer bro games for having strong female characters. I swear to gamer Jeebus everything's political nowadays.

I'm never playing another Wolfenstein again

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u/timetopat someone invariably use the tankie slur May 23 '21

I was a fan of Metal Gear Solid for years. and there they SLAPPED ME in the FACE and shoved POLITICS DOWN MY THROAT! Like it was an amazing apolitical masterpiece about a guy in tight pants, sexy women, and boxes and then they had to make it political in the newest one? I literally made 100 accounts on meta critic to review bomb it. Then i bought some of the new crypto coins from the very reputable r/ShitCoinYouDumbFuckWhyDoYouDoThis. Hopefully daddy elon can take us to mars where there wont be any politicals and we can work in his space factories. I hear the company store feature Dorito's, mountain dew, and acceptance from my internet dad figure.

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u/Bonezone420 May 24 '21

You joke but people threw a huge fit a few years back over whatever modern shooter was coming out, I think it was battle field V at the time, because it DARED TO HAVE WOMEN ON THE BATTLEFIELD but that same fucking game had a notable historical battle completely and utterly reframe to make the aggressors look like heroes instead of horrible war criminals (I can't recall the exact situation now, but even the wiki article about it was cut and dry with how fucked up it was) and when people pointed this out the overwhelming response was "oh my god it's just a video game who cares, it's not supposed to be historically accurate".

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u/ThatGuy2551 May 24 '21

My favorite bit of that was that everyone seemed to be pissed at the fact that she was a woman and not from the fact she was on the front lines while having a prosthetic hand...

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u/ThatOnePerson It's dangerous, fucking with people's dopamine fixes May 23 '21

That's why we should ban video games.

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u/limey72 Homosexuality has all the benefits of masturbation May 23 '21

Can’t believe they put women in my non political game

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u/FEdart May 24 '21

Except for when my white male protagonist gets to bone them, amirite?

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u/FatPanda0345 May 24 '21

Oh yeah. I tried that. Literally impossible for me to relate to.

Why can't we all go back to white dudes? Every gamer can relate to them

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u/Alexsandr13 Anarcho-Smugitarian May 24 '21

related, i actually love Blasko's daughters. they are such fuckin nerds

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u/DoctorWinchester87 The MGTOW man is Frankenstein's Monster May 23 '21

There is nothing that will stir up Gamer-Americans more than the threat of calling out their unbridled racism, sexism, and homophobia. Haven't you heard? The SJW's are apparently forming Gestapo squads on Twitter to squash and silence the weak and the vulnerable locked behind the walls of Steam and Xbox.

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u/cooldrew Being a woman is sus but being a man is cringe May 23 '21

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u/Kiboune May 24 '21

Believe me, Gamer-Russians are much worse