Gayming in 2024
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I know a straight, white, married father who used to have a decent gig working on a F2P game that shut down. He was out of work for almost a year.
So he changed all of his social media/work profiles, changed his ethnicity to Latinx, changed his genders to non-binary and "other", and changed all of his profile photos to a him with a trans
fagflag background, and removed mentions of his children and wife.Dude ended up with multiple offers since he had a really good resume and now gets to work from home (in a different state entirely) and only has to attend virtual meetings a few times a week.
Absolutely crazy.
He got a better gig, less demanding work environment, better work schedule, more money... Just had to pretend to be a member of the alphabet mafia.
Ridiculous he had to do that but glad he found a good job. Honestly someone needs to have the guts and point out that straight people make up the vast majority of gamers so catering to them would be much smarter
They know that but there are two main groups:
So I guess number 2 would be people who use “heteronormative” unironically not understanding that heterosexual people are the norm
I suggested he write an anonymous editorial about the experience but he laughed it off and said he's not going to be the one making waves because his old job was very specific and his new job is as well.
But his last few months out of work were rough, him and his wife were eating ramen trying to save their house. They quit drinking coffee too. Idk if it was multiple daily trips to starbucks that they gave up or just folgers, but either way it was enough that it helped them stay afloat.