If you define yourself purely in opposition to something else, do you truly exist at all? 1/6
For decades we have suggested that if your identity is defined by what you're not, you don't really have an identity. Something else has an identity and you are a pale shadow.
I'm not talking about gender. I'm talking about philosophy, morality, ethics, physics, and logic. 2/6
If you define your position as "not X" then your location is everywhere X is not. It's meaningless as a descriptor outside of a purely mathematical construct. 3/6
If all you have to say politically is "I'm not Republican", what does that mean that you actually believe and pursue? Can you truly be said to believe anything? 4/6
So, in trying to define "female" counter-assertively to "males," according to Merriam-Webster, the only thing you can know for sure is what a male is.
Ironically, that doesn't solve their problem; it just compounds it. 5/6
Which is the entire woke religion in a nutshell, isn't it? 6/6
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You know, the sad thing is that this would be damn cool if it was a description of an alien species in fiction. Scalar multi-sexed creatures? Neat! I'm sure it'll lead to massive interpersonal conflicts!
Part of the problem is they've never developed the skill and understanding to compartmentalize fantasy from reality, which seems to be a broad-spectrum issue in modern society, and not just in Millineals.
> Gender is the way we socialize biological sex. The way you present, act, and speak can all be tied to your gender identity, but it doesn’t necessarily have to have anything to do with your reproductive anatomy. 3/23
For the record, and I would like to be clear about this, I have been a writer, creator, and consultant for products since the early 90s. You can find early things I wrote on USENET. #writing#criticism#art#SocialMedia
If you happen to read, watch, or otherwise consume something that I have created and you have criticisms, however sharp and/or pointed – tell me.
Publicly! 2/35
Write bad reviews on GoodReads. Write scathing analyses on Amazon (because yes, some of my work has been published and is available on Amazon). Send nasty letters to my publishers and link to copies on Twitter. 3/35
I'm the anti-shill. I am aggressively destroying any potential grift I might be able to leverage.
I tell people that you shouldn't listen to me or anyone else, you should just go and do stuff. 1/11
As long as you use half a brain, and I trust you to have half a brain.
I get in the way of people who are obviously bigger than me. And I do it with a dismissive, cynical, even combative attitude. 2/11
I aggressively counsel against Chasing the Dragon, trying to jump on trends to make a fast buck. Everybody else is trying to tell you how to at least grab its tail. 3/11
And just so we're clear, pitching a game to a potential player isn't that much different from pitching a script, pitching a book, or pitching a story. #marketing#gamedev#trailers#pitching
Figure out who you're talking to. 1/24
It should be someone you imagine having some sort of personal connection to. Someone you're excited to talk to.
How would you tell them about this cool new thing that you want them to share with you? You want them to play it with you? You want them to watch it with you? 2/24
Now you're in a car with them on the way to the local fast food joint. You don't have a lot of time. You're driving, but you can talk. They have your cell phone and can flip through your script/footage as you go.