Post #2467121

2026-05-03 00:33 UTC

> *also, wtf is this new “larping” business?* I fucking *hate* how people throw this word larping around. Like there's only 'real gamers' who can be 'true gamers', and if someone doesn't use a device like them...they're role-playing? So weird. SO weird. And cringe, too.

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@U7826391786239@piefed.zip 2026-05-03 00:57

oh yes they love dividing people into "real/true" gamers and "not" lol these miserable children have nothing to offer the world except bitterness and drama. let them fellate each other to the end of time. i'll be literally anyplace else, doing literally anything else

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@NostraDavid@programming.dev 2026-05-03 17:44

There are sex differences in social behaviour, and gaming has historically been a male-coded status space. So when women enter that space, especially visibly, some men interpret it through suspicion: attention-seeking, trend-following, or identity performance.

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@Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2026-05-03 10:22

Maybe by 'true gamer' they mean someone whose identity is defined by gaming? Not for me to say whether or not that's healthy, but it's certainly extreme. And then going further to link this identity to gender is just weird. I mean, who cares? We're all just text on the internet to each other, what difference does gender or sexuality or race etc make to gaming? Unless it's a game that explores those themes, it shouldn't, but here we are.

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