Virtue Signaling in Gaming Megathread, v.2

[avenue94]

And now, thanks to DOGE, now know that the USAID is a giant money-laundering operation, and a portion of that money has gone to gaming publications that have spread Anti-Gamergate propaganda & promoted DEI in game production.

What gaming publications got money from USAID? I'm curious.

 

[KaNesDeath]

As for Asmondgold I do completely agree with him because we, as gamers and productive tax-payers, have had our income confiscated under the threat of imprisonment. We apparently have no right to know what that tax money goes to.

His only real life job was doing temp work at the IRS during tax season. Prior to that he made his money by using Diablo3's auction house and scamming players/RMT'ing in World of Warcraft. Doing all this while he lived off welfare.

 

[Croaker]

Wow.... this guy is totally different from how I remember him. He seems unwell lately. I recall him apologizing for his genocidal remarks and how his family thought he was becoming an asshole. What happened to that? I guess he decided to double down instead. One thing I've noticed is that once people turn to this grift they genuinely seem to suffer from it. Melonie Mac in older clips appears so much more bubbly and happy. I think a large part of this is due to the toxic audience they've built and the media sphere they are in. Who you spend time with really can affect you. It's why I cut off those types and hang with positive people. There's absolutely no reason to get this mad over game devs including black people or gays in video games. He could simply play something else that he enjoys. Gamers need to quit thinking that every single game under the sun has to be tailor made for them. Hope he gets his life together, I was once a fan of his when he was more nuanced.

He points out that USAID paid millions to spread disinformation and your retort to that is he is unwell?

I don't think you're well my dude, in fact, I think you need some serious help.

 

[Zazen]

He points out that USAID paid millions to spread disinformation and your retort to that is he is unwell?

I don't think you're well my dude, in fact, I think you need some serious help.

Watch the video, the full video

 

[Croaker]

Watch the video, the full video

I did, you need help. Genuinely.

 

[Zazen]

I did, you need help. Genuinely.

if you’ve still got a beef with me keep it to PMs dude. You’re not making any sense

 

[HereticBD]

Everything. No different to those who called Ninja a misogynist when he refused to play with women during his Fortnite peak, or the current day drama of people saying Tyler1 is "crashing out" over Onlyfangs. Your knowledge of this space is through hyper partisan osmosis on a narrow topic. Not understanding that entertainers like Asmongold have for over the past decade created, expanded and maintained their audience primarily through generating internet/gaming drama.

I'm well aware of what his brand is. He's not exactly unique. It doesn't change the fact that he all of sudden started getting hate from you fairies, once he started weighing into politics and spit on your pussy hats. It's clear as day that that is what people have taken issue with. The whole "I used to watch him all the time, but now I don't know", is directly related to when he started revealing himself to hate woke bullshit.

Oh', but I'm sure it was the redditors he associates with in your mind. Absolutely can't be the anti-woke stuff he's been leaning into as of late. No Sir!

 

[Croaker]

if you’ve still got a beef with me keep it to PMs dude. You’re not making any sense

I am making plenty of sense. He feels like he was unjustly ridiculed for his positions and there is proof USAID was paying politico to spread disinformation. If you don't think it's disinformation there wouldn't be a reason to spend millions of dollars for a counter narrative. This is the same company that claims they don't take political sides, when they clearly do. There is proof, in that very video, you can go and verify it yourself.

 

[Dizzy]

To that original tweet, I'd say "If it's 'just video games' then why does it matter... to you?"

Edit - Disparu says it better than I.
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As for Asmondgold I do completely agree with him because we, as gamers and productive tax-payers, have had our income confiscated under the threat of imprisonment. We apparently have no right to know what that tax money goes to.

And now, thanks to DOGE, now know that the USAID is a giant money-laundering operation, and a portion of that money has gone to gaming publications that have spread Anti-Gamergate propaganda & promoted DEI in game production.

They're infecting games with their toxic leftist ideology, and when gamers point that out gaming publications call us '____ists' & '____phobes.'... all funded by money stolen out of my paycheck and given to those leftists.

So yeah, fuck them. I hope they suffer.

You are so fucking far gone there is literally no chance of saving you.

The tide will swing back eventually, and you’ll be much older, likely not smarter but maybe finally realizing that the billionaire swindled you and shockingly wasn’t acting in your best interest, the prospect of a family long in the rearview and reflecting on how you spent your “prime years” being a hate filled mongrel because you were too blind to see that you were just a customer to these people exploiting your rage and insecurities.

That’s going to be crushing.

 

[Zazen]

I am making plenty of sense. He feels like he was unjustly ridiculed for his positions and there is proof USAID was paying politico to spread disinformation. If you don't think it's disinformation there wouldn't be a reason to spend millions of dollars for a counter narrative. This is the same company that claims they don't take political sides, when they clearly do. There is proof, in that very video, you can go and verify it yourself.

He has every right to feel that those involved should not be involved and lose their jobs. That's not a grift. If someone knowingly spreads libel or disinfo about you, and are paid to do it where you can lose your way to make a living, the repercussions should be equal.

If you think he's deranged or changed, that's just called justice. You can not have people writing propaganda and ruining peoples lives. If it's true, then by all means it should be published. Having a hate boner for someone is not justification for ruining their life. If you can't see why it’s a problem you need help. It has nothing to do with a beef. Either you are incapable of critical thinking or are trolling. I'm going to go with the former, because it would go along with being brainwashed.

Politico didn’t get 8 million dollars from USAID. They took 44,000 for subscriptions. This was already debunked, look it up or follow the usaid thread in the war room. Same with the shrimp on a treadmill experiment costing millions of dollars. The research over a decade was 3 mil but the experiment itself was 1000. It helps keep us safe in a 8 billion dollar industry. Elon posted that Samantha Power earned a salary of 23 million dollars. Her salary is public and it’s only 183,000 dollars. Elon just lies dude. He does this so he can distract us while he dismantles entire agencies like CFPB. Asmongold is no better. He knows this is bullshit but angry gamers keep him wealthy so it’s beneficial to continue the lie. Don’t call me brainwashed. I may be wrong from time to time but I genuinely try my best to stay informed.

 

[Croaker]

Politico didn’t get 8 million dollars from USAID. They took 44,000 for subscriptions. This was already debunked, look it up or follow the usaid thread in the war room. Same with the shrimp on a treadmill experiment costing millions of dollars. The research over a decade was 3 mil but the experiment itself was 1000. It helps keep us safe in a 8 billion dollar industry. Elon posted that Samantha Power earned a salary of 23 million dollars. Her salary is public and it’s only 183,000 dollars. Elon just lies dude. He does this so he can distract us while he dismantles entire agencies like CFPB. Asmongold is no better. He knows this is bullshit but angry gamers keep him wealthy so it’s beneficial to continue the lie. Don’t call me brainwashed. I may be wrong from time to time but I genuinely try my best to stay informed.

Yes, 44,000 for subscriptions, there is no way USAID has used alternative modes of moving money or labeling for funding ideological projects. This is some serious cope. It's making the donations look legitimate, its pedaling influence.


I don't know where the rest of your rant is going, you need help.

It's like someone is fucking your girlfriend in front of you but they say they're just pretending and you believe it. I don't know how you got to this state, but I also know that nothing I say will drag you out of it. So idk what I'm doing here at this juncture.

 

[Zazen]

Yes, 44,000 for subscriptions, there is no way USAID has used alternative modes of moving money or labeling for funding ideological projects. This is some serious cope. It's making the donations look legitimate, its pedaling influence.


I don't know where the rest of your rant is going, you need

Translation: I’ve already decided this must be true regardless of the facts because I need my worldview reaffirmed. Who is brainwashed again??

 

[Croaker]

Translation: I’ve already decided this must be true regardless of the facts because I need my worldview reaffirmed. Who is brainwashed again??

The facts are out there, how you allow someone else to interpret them for you is another thing entirely.

You're in a cult bro, its time to leave.

 

[Madmick]

Politico didn’t get 8 million dollars from USAID. They took 44,000 for subscriptions. This was already debunked, look it up or follow the usaid thread in the war room. Same with the shrimp on a treadmill experiment costing millions of dollars. The research over a decade was 3 mil but the experiment itself was 1000. It helps keep us safe in a 8 billion dollar industry. Elon posted that Samantha Power earned a salary of 23 million dollars. Her salary is public and it’s only 183,000 dollars. Elon just lies dude. He does this so he can distract us while he dismantles entire agencies like CFPB. Asmongold is no better. He knows this is bullshit but angry gamers keep him wealthy so it’s beneficial to continue the lie. Don’t call me brainwashed. I may be wrong from time to time but I genuinely try my best to stay informed.

Elon didn't post that she earned $23m. He reacted to a post about Mario Nawfal (an insight likely gained through public disclosures) about her net worth, and later wondered aloud about how she gained that net worth in the 2020-2024 period when it was so radically disproportionate to her after-tax salary of $180K/yr for those years.



She has some investments, but the top reply to that original post speculates that she made that money through the "speaking circuit" tour similar to many ex-politicians and high-ranking former bureaucrats. However, it's still eyebrow-raising.

If you're going to play the fact checker, try not sucking at it.

 

[Zazen]

The facts are out there, how you allow someone else to interpret them for you is another thing entirely.

You're in a cult bro, it’s time to leave.

Then show me the facts. I posted three stories that were spread by people like yourself that have already been debunked. Post several sources regarding each story that prove I’m wrong.

 

[Zazen]

Elon didn't post that she earned $23m. He reacted to a post about Mario Nawfal (an insight likely gained through public disclosures) about her net worth, and later wondered aloud about how she gained that net worth in the 2020-2024 period when it was so radically disproportionate to her after-tax salary of $180K/yr for those years.



She has some investments, but the top reply to that original post speculates that she made that money through the "speaking circuit" tour similar to many ex-politicians and high-ranking former bureaucrats. However, it's still eyebrow-raising.

If you're going to play the fact checker, try not sucking at it.

Thanks for proving me correct. She did not earn that

 

[Madmick]

Elon posted that Samantha Power earned a salary of 23 million dollars. Her salary is public and it’s only 183,000 dollars.

Elon: "How did she accumulate wealth that is 100x her after-tax salary"?

Thanks for proving me correct.

 

[Zazen]

Elon: "How did she accumulate wealth that is 100x her after-tax salary"?

Okay I do deserve that for not reading carefully.

 

[HereticBD]

You are so fucking far gone there is literally no chance of saving you.

The tide will swing back eventually, and you’ll be much older, likely not smarter but maybe finally realizing that the billionaire swindled you and shockingly wasn’t acting in your best interest, the prospect of a family long in the rearview and reflecting on how you spent your “prime years” being a hate filled mongrel because you were too blind to see that you were just a customer to these people exploiting your rage and insecurities.

That’s going to be crushing.

That's some serious cope.

 

[WhiteMousse]

That's some serious cope.