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submitted 3 days ago by NoahFuel@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

Instead of "it's not for me" it's always "this is horrible". Most of the time I'm on social media I see people talk down to others or ridicule them for liking or enjoying certain games. I get that gamers can be annoying, but it's just so draining sometimes.

And don't get me started on this anti-"woke' movement. Some people are BEGGING to see developers and games fail just because they don't like their stuff. Not to mention most of their complaints are based in BIGOTRY alone, which is definitely not getting better in the coming years. It's so fucking infuriating

Plus, In the early times of the Internet, gaming discourse wasn't this negative at all outside of the stupid Console War discussions.

I'm pretty sure that it's the way that social media is designed. It's designed to generate outrage to maximize engagement

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[-] kristina@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago

I wonder how many people that are gaming enthusiasts are depressed and feel less satisfaction with things generally

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

That's a good point. It's kinda a chicken and egg situation, though. Do lonely people get into gaming because they don't have IRL hobbies and friends, or do the people who are really into gaming become depressed and lonely because of the nature of the activity?

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

thats literally everybody in every hobby all the time. like what could you possibly be into where you go "oh yeah this is the high time for this, this is going greater (or at least not worse) than ever before"

this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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