Greg Miller is the definition of a simp bitch.
Hey, zepblackstar--
Sorry for not making it back yesterday. This is the first time I've sat at a computer since posting Tuesday night.
This is eye-opening for me. "Be better to each other" started and -- 99 percent of the time -- is applied to people bickering about video games. I completely get what you're saying in these instances and how trying to apply that to horrible people doesn't work. I'll be more careful with when I bust that out and what I mean by it. Thanks!
Someone pointed out above that the discussion is anchored to
Era The Bore, so I could probably just leave and never come back. That's not my way. All I have is my authenticity. I don't mind talking and learning.
Thank you for continuing the conversation here. There are a lot of posts here that really help me out, and I think shine a light on what went wrong Monday because, believe it or not, we agree: fuck bigots and racists.
Where we got off track Monday on the show comes down to "privilege." Many of you have echoed the same thought on here that's basically "How the fuck can Greg NOT know all this shit about PDP/Notch." The answer is pretty simple: when you say dumb shit on the Internet and you're just on the peripheral of my world (another influencer/some retired dev), I go "Well, you're dumb" and ignore you.
That's privilege.
I haven't had to fight for my rights, my identity, or my life. I identify my job as keeping Kinda Funny going, critiquing games, and keeping up with gaming news when it comes to titles/developers/etc. As such, it's easy to not click on Julia Alexander's headlines about YouTube personalities fucking up and keep looking for info on Game Pass.
That's privilege, and frankly, it's not one I've had to think about until this week.
If you watch Kinda Funny, you know that I preach "be better to each other," but beyond my one on one interactions, I'm still trying to figure out what that means. 2018 saw me acknowledge that I have a platform and that I need to be better about using it. I brought on smaller creators and tried to highlight minority voices.
To me, everything we're talking about is another aspect of that, and it's one that I need to learn. Monday saw me try to get a handle on two stories that intersected with *my* gaming world and the world I've seen headlines about but haven't focused on. That's not OK. My responsibilities are greater than that.
Always has been so he can keep with the gaming bloggers nice side.
That's the new challenge I was talking about in my second big post. I started all of this to talk about games, that evolved into a platform, and that's evolved into meaning more to people than just games, wings, and cancer. The social issue message has always been "don't be a fucking asshole," but that clearly needs to be more nuanced and pointed at times. Thank you for the input!
I gotta go record the Gamescast, but after that, I'll pop back in to respond to some more comments.
