Are gamers today, as a group, really this homophobic?
I can't claim to speak with any authority on this as I tend to game with people who are reasonably mature (even those who are fairly young), and those who start using hate speech are the ones I start ignoring proto or make at least a token attempt to point out they are being fuckwits before ignoring them. I think much of it has to do with the baseline maturity level of internet users - which is greatly influenced by the mean average age and social experience level of internet users (which scales low). Do I think that gamers are largely homophobic? Ehhh... not specifically, but I think that gamers as a population are largely unexperienced youths who are ignorant about what it is like to be an "outsider" member of society. Also, take into consideration the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, which is explodes expotentially in forums and environments where competitiveness and "trash talk" are not discouraged.
On the other hand it is because of this pheonomenon that I have a bigot-hunting pistol fighter on CoX known as "The Gunsel".
I think much of it has to do with the baseline maturity level of internet users - which is greatly influenced by the mean average age and social experience level of internet users (which scales low). Do I think that gamers are largely homophobic? Ehhh... not specifically, but I think that gamers as a population are largely unexperienced youths who are ignorant about what it is like to be an "outsider" member of society. Also, take into consideration the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, which is explodes expotentially in forums and environments where competitiveness and "trash talk" are not discouraged.
I can't claim to speak with any authority on this as I tend to game with people who are reasonably mature (even those who are fairly young), and those who start using hate speech are the ones I start ignoring proto or make at least a token attempt to point out they are being fuckwits before ignoring them. I think much of it has to do with the baseline maturity level of internet users - which is greatly influenced by the mean average age and social experience level of internet users (which scales low). Do I think that gamers are largely homophobic? Ehhh... not specifically, but I think that gamers as a population are largely unexperienced youths who are ignorant about what it is like to be an "outsider" member of society. Also, take into consideration the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, which is explodes expotentially in forums and environments where competitiveness and "trash talk" are not discouraged.
On the other hand it is because of this pheonomenon that I have a bigot-hunting pistol fighter on CoX known as "The Gunsel".
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I think much of it has to do with the baseline maturity level of internet users - which is greatly influenced by the mean average age and social experience level of internet users (which scales low). Do I think that gamers are largely homophobic? Ehhh... not specifically, but I think that gamers as a population are largely unexperienced youths who are ignorant about what it is like to be an "outsider" member of society. Also, take into consideration the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, which is explodes expotentially in forums and environments where competitiveness and "trash talk" are not discouraged.
Very thoughtful reply. Thank you.
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