Hey, engaging in good faith here:

Yeah, I get that a socially stunted basement dweller ‘elder gamer’ is indeed appealing to and relatable with a younger generation of basically the same.

And I totally get that many, many people are just highly dismissive of and rude toward such socially awkward people, which reinforces the entire dynamic… when what they should be is more appealing to, sympathetic and empathetic to the younger disaffected crowd, that are basically scared and confused and angry kids, many of whom could be easily set toward a better path in life and development of their world view if … just anyone would actually make them feel heard.

I really, really do get that, as I myself come from a right wing family, and genuienly didn’t even realize how fucked up a good deal of my young beliefs were, how self-destructive some of my own behaviors were, untill I actually encountered and got to spend a lot of time with people less shitty than my family, irl… granted this was 20-30 years ago, I think I am roughly the same age as Asmon, so this was… back when computers and video games were actually niche, weirdo nerd things, not the widespread bog standard for children’s socialization.

I have no argument with any of that.

I do however request at least one actual example of Asmon having a take on literally anything that is… lets say, more well thought out and reasoned than a high school sophomore’s 5 page book report.

… And in saying that, I am now remembering that American literacy rates and scores have plummeted since I got out of high school, I think within +/- 2 ish years of myself graduating from college, that was the actual high point for average American literacy levels…

Maybe my standard of ‘well reasoned and thoughtful’ just objectively is higher than the modern standard.

Hrm.