i guess it can be an intellectual signal in circles who respect the genre. when part of your identity (to whatever extent) gets coopted by outsiders it can sting.

i also googled and it seems like it is way more popular in the west than i assumed, haha. not in my corner of the world!

oh nooo

i do get that ick at times too, tho. when i think about it, it seems like it comes from intuition to status signal, which does feel lowly to care about (esp if you're aware of it). and also a loss of the narrative control over it?

waking up to this must be ptsd inducing

maybe graythorn. she made like 4 videos and stopped a few years ago, but those are somewhat insightful into game design stuff

органические, rather. declensions!

as we know wearing a dress also helps