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dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠agoa subset of people are pieces of shit. Lots of people are gamers. Grandmas are gamers. Grandpas are gamers. School teachers are gamers. Doctors are gamers. CEOs call themselves gamers too.
Zachariah@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
perhaps thereâs a difference between
people who play games
and
those with the identity of gamer
BassTurd@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thereâs not. Iâve never heard of gamergate before this thread and I know Iâm not alone. Iâve probably referred to myself as a gamer before as itâs shorter than saying I play video games.
Zachariah@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I can see where youâre coming from, but I donât think using the word for the sake of convenience doesnât necessarily show itâs not a useful distinction.
I draw, built, paint, and craft almost daily. But itâs just something I do. Itâs not my identity. I donât see myself as an artistâeven though I may spend as much time on art as some who do see themselves as an artist. Iâd feel weird using the word artist to describe who I am just because itâs shorter than saying I like creating artwork.
steelplatedmech@piefed.ca â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
That sounds to me like theorizing if perhaps there is a difference between people who play football and people who identity as a footballer.
What does that really mean?
Both enjoy their hobby with the only difference being if they choose to introduce themselves by the hobby, but still doesnât really tell us much about them.
Other than I guess other than some anecdotal assumptions that are going to widely vary on peoples personal interactions and which social media they choose to interact with.