Fake Geek was around well before her. Felicia Day was already well established due to her pathetically cringe Guild garbage, while Big Bang was already making bank and the MCU underway.
Honestly, Day gets off super lightly for her role in all of this. She was basically the patient zero for a lot of this. Including helping her buttbuddy Wil Wheaton jump to general nerdom from being just a Trek thing and bring his angry Leftism into all geekery. As well as literally pulling a "I cross the street when I see a gamer" cry.
Wil Wheaton is at fault for giving her any attention. Who happens to be another fake geeks clasping on to the little bit of celebrity power he had from Star Trek TNG.
I don't know about "always" since I always thought of it more like a tabloid. But their hitpiece on Sam Hyde was in 2016, so it's been so for a long time.
We called her Literally Who next to the other 2 for a reason.
Her closing down on her pet project has nothing to do with us and more to do with the fact that decepticons are in the spotlight and if she tried to inject herself into anything she'd be labeled a TERF.
Think it's entirely a coincidence she stayed mostly silent for so long?
Let's be honest, that was destined to happen the moment geeky stiff broke through.
Sadly the majority of geeks were just fine with not getting looks of disgust or mockery when discussing their hobbies so they welcomed these people with open arms. As far as gatekeeping goes, in the end it was pretty much left off the hinges.
Od like to believe we could pick up the pieces them but I've been through this cycle before with wrestling. When the mainstream loses interest, the companies will triple down to try and draw them back, with kotaku and their ilk blaming us all the while.
Think any good will come of this? Maybe I’m being too harsh but I blame her for the rise of the fake geek.
She also always struck me as someone who made fun of nerds when she was in high school but jumped on the train when nerdy stuff became trendy.
Fake Geek was around well before her. Felicia Day was already well established due to her pathetically cringe Guild garbage, while Big Bang was already making bank and the MCU underway.
Honestly, Day gets off super lightly for her role in all of this. She was basically the patient zero for a lot of this. Including helping her buttbuddy Wil Wheaton jump to general nerdom from being just a Trek thing and bring his angry Leftism into all geekery. As well as literally pulling a "I cross the street when I see a gamer" cry.
Wil Wheaton is at fault for giving her any attention. Who happens to be another fake geeks clasping on to the little bit of celebrity power he had from Star Trek TNG.
Far too late for it to matter either way. The damage she inflicted has already been done, and her grifting stopped making any new splashes years ago.
Seems akin to Buzzfeed closing its doors because now you can get the same sort of reporting from the New York Times.
Was buzzfeed always a leftist rag?
I don't know about "always" since I always thought of it more like a tabloid. But their hitpiece on Sam Hyde was in 2016, so it's been so for a long time.
We called her Literally Who next to the other 2 for a reason.
Her closing down on her pet project has nothing to do with us and more to do with the fact that decepticons are in the spotlight and if she tried to inject herself into anything she'd be labeled a TERF.
Think it's entirely a coincidence she stayed mostly silent for so long?
Let's be honest, that was destined to happen the moment geeky stiff broke through.
Sadly the majority of geeks were just fine with not getting looks of disgust or mockery when discussing their hobbies so they welcomed these people with open arms. As far as gatekeeping goes, in the end it was pretty much left off the hinges.
Absolutely. Now we have to wait for normies to lose interest
Od like to believe we could pick up the pieces them but I've been through this cycle before with wrestling. When the mainstream loses interest, the companies will triple down to try and draw them back, with kotaku and their ilk blaming us all the while.