Today’s article was just a short one, and engaging in what makes everyone roll their eyes: seeing something happen on Reddit and writing an article about it.
To cut it short:
- Billie Eilish (famous singer) uploaded a picture of her old Nintendo DSi in gallery of images, to her Instagram account
- Someone shared that on Reddit
- Half of the comment section slid straight into shitty gamer dude Hell (the other half did not)
- Some man on Mastodon attacked me
- Post removed from Reddit when moderators spotted the comments
…this is a fast-forward of the oddness, but if you want to read over my ramble here, and see some shittiness, the link will help:
https://gardinerbryant.com/you-dont-look-like-a-gamer/
I see this shit all the time, and it is not only exhausting, but something no one should see (no matter their identity) should be subjected to. Anyway, read on if you’d like!
I think the root of the problem is a pathological need for social control. Excessive wealth accumulation, sexism, racism.
The piece of information that makes me choose not to engage in this behavior is understanding the value of my own life and by extension the lives of others.
Psychology doesn’t consider a lot of this a mental illness because the behavior confers benefits to the person performing them. But if I assume abusing women online is irrational.
Then this is a child development problem.