CodexesEverywhere
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CodexesEverywhere
1mo ago
Hepler is a writer so probably doesn't need to play videogames to do her job (seems her thing was more TTRPG's).
Strong disagree. It's like saying a script-writer doesn't need to watch movies to do their job. Specialization is good and all, but I think it helps a lot to have familiarity with, and appreciation for, the greater whole. Doesn't justify personal attacks especially about something as irrelevant as her weight. It's not like it's her fault bioware hr thought she was a good fit for the company.
Can the pro-GG side say they won? They got to write the history books, so they can say that they won, and for good reason. In some sense anti-GG also got what they wanted, games journalism is obsolete. Everyone takes steam reviews over metacritic, and interacts directly with the games' companies (pr departments) or via influencers.
CodexesEverywhere
1mo ago
I've seen some right-leaning people dismiss the video because the author is a known leftist and assuming that it's going to be a hackjob, but so far it leans heavily towards showing gamers having legitimate grievances. It does seem pretty weird to make a 6 hour video about gamergate without mentioning the part where events spiraled all the way to the UN though.
6 hours is way too long as well, it's really nice that he dug up so many primary sources, but it's really long-winded and feels like it could have been cut to half-length.
CodexesEverywhere
3mo ago
Good post. Has anyone looked into the causes of the massive dips? Industrialization seems like an obvious explanation of the 1800s decline, but I am not sure if it would actually hold up to scrutiny. The dip after the 60s is also very interesting.
The smartphone dip is probably real, but spending resources to fix it seems like poor optimization when there's much bigger fish to fry.
CodexesEverywhere
4mo ago
Most of the parents I talk to in Sweden seem to spend a lot (but not literally all) of their free time on their kids. Driving them to and from friends, sports, hobbies, helping with homework, cooking, etc. Many who have 2 kids have noted that they would have absolutely no clue how they would find time for a 3rd, even if they wanted one.
CodexesEverywhere
5mo ago
Same ick factor for me, I've noticed it growing in popularity with some small distress.
CodexesEverywhere
9mo ago
Wholesale refactoring of filial duty and the taxation model used to achieve it. This is of special interest to men, whose earthly contributions to the human union lean more heavily in the direction of provisioning.
Is this actually true, for a period of time in history long enough to be considered stable? I am increasingly unsure the idea of "men as the sole or noticeably primary breadwinners" being a historical constant as opposed to a brief (but recent enough to be remembered) anomaly.
It is my understanding that during the industrialization era both men and women would work in the factories. Before that, when the vast majority of the population was a peasant, men and women both contributed greatly to the household economy (just in different ways).
We can of course go further back than that, and consider hunter gatherers but even there I am told that women provide the majority of the calories for the family.
So I think the idea of retvrning to the brief housewife era is not the way to go. It was brief and does not seem to have been stable, nor do women seem to have enjoyed it. The core of the issue, I suspect, is that historically it took more than a single adult working together (both in terms of time but also skillset) to have a good life and this is no longer true for a majority. All relevant skills are commoditized on the cheap (food, shelter, security, clothing), or solved by cheap technology (washing machines, stoves, vacuum cleaners). What actual need have men for women and vice versa in modern society, except for sexual thrills which are largely proving to be insufficient for long term bonding.
The solution has to involve mutual need, it can't be one-directional or the other gender will defect.
xpz is absolutely amazing, but probably not worth recommending to someone who hasn't played the original (I would say real) x-com.
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