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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
What do you reckon the overlap is between the grown men who are mad about the new pokemon game and our regular subjects?
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Yeah comeon OP spill the tea, I want my daily dose of drama, which pokĆ©mons are those and why are men angry about them šµ
A new pokemon game for switch/switch2 came out (Pokemon Legends Z-A)
Lots of gamergate smell wafting around gamer reddit, particularly regarding conspiracy theories about reviews. Dudes being completely unhinged that it isnāt whatever version they played when they were 10 years old but with AAA graphics. Real normal stuff to reply about 100x in a day.
It could just be me being defensive about a thing my kids like lol.
Itās just that my intuition nudges me when I come across that variety of authoritarian confidently incorrect guy who canāt imagine people liking things that they dont like (or vice versa), and who will move worlds to enforce their one true take. It feels like theyāre everywhere, fueling most dumb internet social movements. Itās like it could be a small piece of a General Theory of Weird Online Assholes.
The phenomenon rhymes with Musk Reply Guys, Music Experts Who Hate Taylor Swift Professionally, Claude Code Evangelists, and Star Wars Fandom.
The LW types not that much, at least not more than your average online rightwinger I think.