Any Gender Critical guys here who are also into videos games/anime/etc, geek stuff. And how are you managing in these communities?

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[–]Kai_Decadence[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I find there's still a lot out there, especially on Youtube. A lot of people are normal and don't subscribe to this stuff. Far more than those that do, I suspect.

I guess I just haven't been lucky then on my end. When I came out in support of JK Rowling and then later came out admitting I don't buy into Trans ideology, all my friends left and they were all in the gaming/geek fandom. Granted I didn't have many friends to begin with but still, it definitely did kinda shock me because they didn't even try to ask why I felt the way I did. Then I got banned from a few groups when word got out that I was "transphobic" (aka didn't believe in trans ideology) and it was just a weird ride to say the least.

Also, if the Youtuber you liked recently transitioned but is otherwise still providing you with good gaming related entertainment, I don't see why you shouldn't keep watching him. If he's transitioned and begun to make it a big deal and peppered his channel with nutso SJW woke extreme leftist garbage, then you should find someone else. Like all things, personality is the most important thing, and if the guy isn't an annoying douche about it and you aren't uncomfortable with it, who cares what gender he thinks he is?

The Youtuber in question is actually a woman who thinks she's a man and I have a good feeling as to why she thinks this. I've watched her channel for years and she checks certain check boxes on why women start to believe they're men. But anyway, I think the thing that makes it hard for me to watch her is that she's trying to put on this fake "masc" voice and it sounds so unnatural and not "her" and she usually makes long-form content and I just couldn't sit through her trying this so put on voice.

[–]Flicksener 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I hear you. I lost 90% of my friend group, some of whom I'd known for over a decade, about a year ago because I was really drunk and had had enough of their self righteous, hypocritical preaching, which had been on the uptick since the BLM riots of summer 2020. And I'd just had it with them, and the alcohol in my system destroyed the barriers I'd been putting up to keep the peace. I told them systemic racism hasn't been a thing in this country since the 70s, being an SJW is not "inspirational", and to stop being such whiny, annoying, self-masturbatory douchebags. But I said it in a mostly well meaning, diplomatic way.

Suffice it to say, it didn't go over well, and instead of a rational conversation over an extended period of time like you'd expect between adults who have known each other for many years and have had a disagreement, they labeled me persona non grata (racist! transphobic! Republican!) and cut off (mostly) all contact. These are people who had said and done much worse (not that anything I said was bad in the slightest, or inaccurate) and who I'd defended to one degree or another over the years for all manner of things, including one guy who used to get drunk and grope women at parties and who I chose to stay friends with and defend when he was publicly outed about it by several women. Naturally, when the shoe was on the other foot (to a far, far lesser degree), no discussion, no reaching out, no sympathy, no attempt to meet in the middle, nothing. Just cold, dead silence. And I didn't even get the chance to grope anybody. Lame.

It sucked, and I'm still suffering from it today to some extent, but I learned my lesson. Friendships are fairly untrustworthy and unreliable, even long term ones, and going forward, I will pick and choose the people I surround myself with very carefully, if I bother befriending people at all, which I'm still on the fence about. To hell with people.

Anyway, as far as Youtube gamers who aren't woke douchebags, these are two channels I really like:

https://www.youtube.com/user/gameranxTV

https://www.youtube.com/c/WorthABuyreviews/featured