Today's PSA:
The people who are in the streams you enjoy—or don't enjoy—are still PEOPLE. I've recently had high-level performers confide in me how bummed out they'd gotten over fan toxicity lately, and that's really a drag. 1/
So many times I've gotten 'oh, I didn't know the cast would see this;' well, if you wouldn't say something to a person's face, maybe don't say it at all. And it's fine if something isn't your jam. I don't watch some HUGE shows/streams. I also find no joy in ragging on them 2/
Which is an odd staple of geek culture: Trashing something to show how much you love it. You can spot a Star Wars fan by the venom they spew at the movies they don't like. Sports fans don't get off on trashing 'their' team, I've never understood why geeks seem to. 3/
@cypheroftyr brought a problematic thread to my attention, which I won't bother retweeting here because I'm not trying to signal boost haterization. Nor am I interested in y'all dogpiling on someone who's opinion you don't and quite frankly shouldn't care about. But, here we go 1
D&D has been a part of my life for nearly 30 years, and I love it. I LOVE IT. I've been blessed to come to know the people behind the scenes, and while they have made mistakes-as ALL people do-I've seen the lengths they go to to clean them up and do better. What else is there 2
It's sad to see this BULLSHIT cottage industry of purity tests rising up, almost always from people who believe criticism is in and of itself a form of creation.
It isn't.
People make mistakes. I myself make plenty, all the time. This 1 strike you're out mentality is toxic 3