I know we haven't had played amogus in a while but even so I hope you always feel free to hop in a call and hang out anytime the group is together on discord.

After having struggles with depression and anxiety for some time, I've learned that the the two things which consistently bring me the most joy are building things and spending time with friends, and by a profound amount.

I think another problem is that this belief can also lead you to reverse the logic. "I don't like this thing, so the creator must be a bad person," or, "I like this thing, so the creator must be a good person," are both pretty dangerous beliefs.

Anyway, just to clarify, I'm just saying that you should be true to yourself. You don't need to lie to yourself about what you enjoyed, or put on a performative show of hating things you know you loved.

Life is complicated, messy & painful enough without short-circuiting your own internal wiring.

This does not mean you should shovel money into the pockets of bigots. That's obviously bad.

But knowing the artist is a bad person does not suddenly disrupt the timestream. What was once good does not magically become bad. You don't need to pretend you never enjoyed things, or performatively deny.