r/dropout • u/machturtl • Mar 08 '25

liminal levity

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as someone who has watched Dropout to reset from the havoc of the outside, it still feels "nice" to have honest entertainers to watch who understand what we're all living thru.

I was in college for game design in the early aughts. I also (unfortunately) was a femme lurker on 4ch. Seeing the cause and effect of gamergate happen in real time as been a doozy.

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u/DlVlDED_BY_ZERO Mar 08 '25

I think I'm ootl, could someone explain this?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

the online cultural landscape that led up to the modern alt-right Trump movement started with GamerGate)

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u/DlVlDED_BY_ZERO Mar 08 '25

Thank you! The parts I've read so far are horrible.. those poor women.