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!

  • baines@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    3 days ago

    which point?

    I’m sympathetic about her complaint over reddit but nothing with mastadon had anything to do with her being a woman

    • NostraDavid@programming.devBanned from communityEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      “Calling women fake gamers, larpers, attention-seekers, or outsiders for visibly enjoying games is gatekeeping. It turns a hobby into a status boundary and makes gaming spaces worse.”

      That’s the point I got from GPT-5.5.

      I disagree with the conclusion - I don’t think gate-keeping is bad. I used to think it wasn’t, but I see a lack of gate-keeping spaces, on both a local and national level, as the cause of certain issues. Go create your own damn hobbies with sparkle-ponies and hot-Antonio-Banderas lookalikes. Just leave mine alone.

      • baines@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        gate keeping on controllable things that are bad is fine

        see Elon Musk lying about being a top Path of Exile player, when he payed some farmer for his account

        shitting on women gamers because they don’t play game exactly like you do is shit behavior (not saying you are doing this)

        it does suck though when your favorite gaming space no longer cares about your demographic though when you were there first

        fuck the fallout series post 2 except nv

        (tactics was a guilty pleasure)

        i think there should be space to complain about the changes without attacking people genuinely enjoying a game in their own way (not aholes trying to make money off of it)