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Anon was bullied (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I was into anime cartoons in the ‘80s, read Fantasy, D&D, and Sci-Fi, was into computers and gaming since the Atari, and a dose of neurospicy did absolutely no favors. Likely the ND drove me to the hobbies I enjoyed because they were escapes from the shittiness of the world outside of them. Yeah, I absolutely got bullied and pushed to the fringes.

At any rate, I don’t dwell on it, but the “mainstreaming” of things like IT and gaming has filled them up with assholes and jocks using them as dick measuring contests. It’s now a power play to be a CTO or IT coder or some kind of popular game streamer instead of a geek playing with computers.

It’s not the same world anymore. Probably why I haven’t used VoIP chat in any game for near a decade now. Too many assholes.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    You make a valid point on filling the space, my example being the types of games that are mainstream. Haven't played an FPS in probably 5 or more years for similar reasons to what you stated, and feel like that's all that's churned out now. Just copy pasted ultra competitive stale shit with no real creativity. I tend to stick to indie for this reason now and will play co-op with friends, but even there there's holes of competitive garbage to fall into. Anyway, appreciate the insight.

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