>>57000735The problem is we're at a point were most people in the realm of videogame, anime, etc are only it in because its another playground full of victims to bully
>once upon a time, anyone older than 10 with special interests "geeks and gamers" was shunned and bullied, and even people who don't actively bully just saw them as a punchline >normies learn empathy and begin realizing that bullying is a bad thing, and tell bullies to fuck off >normies start thinking for themselves and some get curious as to why "geeks and gamers" are into what they're into >geeks and gamers are apprehensive at first but normies extended an an olive branch so what the hell? >The Golden Era. The Game and Geek sphere becomes more approachable or normies while maintaining what makes them appealing in the first place, geeks and gamers get to express themselves and their interests, everyone wins except the bullies, but fuck them. >Bullies see people are happy and seethe >Bullies worm themselves into the geek and gamer sphere, playing into the empathy of that allowed the Golden Era to happen >Bullies overtake everything and demand everything be changed to be as unfun and unpleasant as possible, anyone who disagrees or accused of beign a "threat" l >Bullies play into the empathy of people not in the sphere to gaslight them into thinking people already in the sphere are a problem (think in the "Children/WAMYN/Racial group people pretend to care about/LGBLTsandwich/etc, X elemetn of a game is PROBLEMATIC, Y character supports RAPE Culture,The Typhlosion Canceling was just the most recent example but the problem's been apparent over for a decade ago, most Pokefans don't give a shit about Pokemon, they just want to ruin it for real fans.
>>57000969tbf its not like all zoomers are pieces of shit, its just that social media rewards the worst ones,
>>57000988Shipping was never a major interest of mind but fucking hell its a nightmare now, It's literally picrel.
