• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    It means you’re very superficial, and attacking credibility by means of criticizing image and style, a misdirect.

    What, do you want an E3 booth babe from 2004 giving you a 30 minute version?

    Its original reporting.

    They did interviews.

    With tons of people… in the industry.

    Its a double feature length documentary expose.

    There are no alternative sources in this case, because him and his team do original work that no one else does.

    If you think Steve is … being needlessly mean, to other dipshits in the space, whom he meticulously documents his well reasoned grievances with…

    If you finding him generally ‘cringe’ inducing… inspires you, out of the goodness of your heart, to… consider that all people deserve some grace, even this strangely puristambulance chaser

    You have some kind of a parasocial problem, or, you’re just actually one of the people he’s criticized, or you’re in their friend group.

    Frame setting? High School level insults used to present yourself as a reasonable truth seeker? Wildly out of touch taste compared to most people actually in the space?

    Yep, common tactics and traits of corpos and parasocial obsessive fans alike.

    You’re trying to degrade investigative journalism by way of Mean Girls tactics.

    You’re using too many buzzwords to not come across as either an insider or one who seeks their validation via emulation.

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      Eh, call me names all you like. I worked my career in logistics and don’t have the industry ties you credit me with, but kudos.

      Coincidentally 2004 was the only E3 I ever got to attend. I was an LA resident and another student in the grad school where I was an undergrad had a spare media badge.

      Today? I don’t let Newscorp or MSNow into my home, I don’t eat Nestlé product, I don’t let Mr Nexus get my clicks, I don’t know who half the “influencer” personalities are but I don’t call them journalists no matter how many lightning bolts they put in their thumbnails and intro sequences, and I don’t have any qualms about drawing the lines on what I consume.

      I hope you get what you’re looking for. It won’t be with me.

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        Ok, you have a parasocial problem, good for you.

        You’re the one that started with the insults.

        You’re not gonna gaslight anybody into forgetting that.

        I just parodied your level of critique, and hypercharged it.

        You went for the bait.

        It’s called trolling for a reason.

        Anyway yeah, your age isn’t that hard to approximate, you’re an older Gen Xer or younger Boomer, you know, a yuppie.

        I’m so glad that you getting rid of cable TV and Nestle signifies that your’re not a corpo, after a career in logistics.

        It ain’t left your bones or your brain yet, you’re just overcompensating for your guilt.

        … and I’ve already got what I wanted from you.

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          Lol, you’re off by about twenty years! But uh, thanks for at least owning up to being a troll.

          You went for the bait. It’s called trolling for a reason.

          This is a horrible way to try to be in community. Good luck out there, tiger.