We need to talk about your kitsch problem... - General Tiki

E EnchantedTikiGoth Member Calgary, Canada Joined: Dec 31, 2003 Posts: 355	E EnchantedTikiGoth Posted posted on Fri, May 26, 2017 8:19 AM On 2017-05-26 07:46, Prikli Pear wrote: I don't believe potential criticism of inherited tiki culture is remotely comparable to Gamergate. It's not even an apples and oranges comparison, more like apples and hockey pucks. Granted, there has yet to be a touchstone issue like the media suppressing discussion of a controversial issue and then mass vilifying those who want to discuss it, but that was sort of the Franz Ferdinand of the problem. That word salad about gender, sexuality, masculinity, etc. was exactly the thing gamers were being criticized about by characters from outside gaming communities. I'm trying to read the actual paper the excerpt came from, and it has all the hallmarks of an external prescriptivist wagging their finger about what they think other people ought to be doing. I've seen that over and over again as a Goth, then in Steampunk, then to gamers (I don't even consider myself a gamer and it was pretty self-evident), and now this.

On 2017-05-26 07:46, Prikli Pear wrote:
I don't believe potential criticism of inherited tiki culture is remotely comparable to Gamergate. It's not even an apples and oranges comparison, more like apples and hockey pucks.

Granted, there has yet to be a touchstone issue like the media suppressing discussion of a controversial issue and then mass vilifying those who want to discuss it, but that was sort of the Franz Ferdinand of the problem. That word salad about gender, sexuality, masculinity, etc. was exactly the thing gamers were being criticized about by characters from outside gaming communities. I'm trying to read the actual paper the excerpt came from, and it has all the hallmarks of an external prescriptivist wagging their finger about what they think other people ought to be doing. I've seen that over and over again as a Goth, then in Steampunk, then to gamers (I don't even consider myself a gamer and it was pretty self-evident), and now this.

Post #776310 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Fri, May 26, 2017 8:19 AM