I legit just do not, do NOT like video games anymore and that's really strange to me. The mix of toxic culture and mediocrity in the majority of titles finally just drove me away from the whole thing. This shit ain't fun to deal with like this. Also I think I'm starting to feel the same way about ttrpgs? That one is more of a matter of just feeling like I've gotten all I wanted out of the game, at least I think x_x idk all this stuff is still hard to understand so far.

@ambyrb I mean, I understand this. Fandumb often makes whole works or media seem unappealing. I guess you just have to figure out for yourself what it is you want out of a particular media form, especially as you move to a more "post-conventional fandom" stage of appreciating media. Figuring out what the "highlight reel" is is also important lest you find yourself wading through a bunch of garbage media.

@lucianlutrae Also what do you mean by postconventionalist?

@ambyrb just some wordsmithing based off the psychological concept of "stages of morality." I think self-identity in a fandom could be seen as tracking a similar pattern. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development

@ambyrb Like I think what we are talking about right now is a "universal ethical principles" stage of fandom, where ultimately we realize what the majority of the fandom thinks about media and codifies as appropriate behaviour among members may not be so great after all, so we seek to move past this narrow view of media and gain a broader perspective of it all.

@lucianlutrae Maybe, the desire is very clearly there. I think I simply dislike all of these games nowadays because I make myself play them despite not liking them at all