This is a regional admonishment. In the SF Bay Area hetero and lgbtq ppl alike refer to the “queer community” and it’s considered a neutral term.

This isn’t accurate. Queer is absolutely a term used by all manner of people in the LGBTQ community. Politely, your anecdotal evidence doesn’t mean much. Also, I’m sensing some bi-erasure with your comment about “actual” gay people, and the insinuation that bi people can somehow avoid being the target of slurs.

I’ve seen both older and younger members of the community embrace it as an umbrella term, reclaim it from its use as a slur, or object to its use because it *has* been a slur. I don’t think there’s any consensus.

Part of the problem lies with Tumblr

This type of bullshit is exactly why I quit Overwatch with only 15-20 hours in. Toxic, awful, shitty community. Video games are supposed to be fun, and being shit on simply for picking whatever character you like, let alone alllllll the myriad other reasons you will get shit on in an Overwatch match is just not fun.

Don’t conflate a video-game with real-life. Most people play games to kill time or have some fun. Then they get on with their real lives. As long people aren’t being directly abusive to other players there is nothing wrong with how one chooses to play a videogame. I’m sick of this “meta” bullshit so many players…

Good, we’re glad you left. If you’re gonna play a team game and then not play for the team then why are you playing the game in the first place?

You can play a team game without being a toxic asshole who rages in the first ten seconds of the game and decides to throw just because someone picks Hanzo lol.

I don’t think you can apply logic to a universe as cartoonish as Overwatch. The player roster stars three robots, a talking gorilla, a cyborg ninja and a time-travelling lesbian. Japanese Hawkeye is probably one of the tamest characters in the game from that perspective.

You’re applying a blanket stereotype. I main Hanzo, but I play a few characters regularly. I’d much rather see a Hanzo (an actual defense character) on defense than a Tracer or a McCree. I also regularly have gold objective time as Hanzo, so that argument is moot. As for support not deserving blame for a loss? …

I don’t think you should direct hate at anyone, ever, in an online game. You’re applying an unbelievably unfair stereotype to a group of people and using that to justify toxicity.

Yep, Overwatch’s community is just toxic, especially in competitive. They’re nearly as bad as League.

People like you are why I quit playing online multiplayer games. You folks take this shit way too seriously.

I feel for people who wanna play Hanzo, this sort of behavior by others is why I quit playing Overwatch despite having 300 hours in it. I would get some of the most vitriolic and hateful speech thrown at me simply because I wanted to play Sombra, and occasionally people would actually throw games because I chose her.…

I am an actual, factual, licensed architect.

I don’t know when Lifehacker turned into a political shit-house, but I’m getting pretty tired of it.

There is no difference between healthcare and health insurance in this country. In order to have access to healthcare, you must have health insurance. You, as an individual, do not have the leverage to negotiate with the oligopoly of healthcare in this country. Unfortunately we use private companies to collectivize…

They were a-ok with not passing any meaningful gun control after kids were killed in Newtown, so I have zero hope they will bend for babies.

What if you are on the no baby plan and suddenly find yourself pregnant?

the individual may decide what type of insurance would be best for their life and lifestyle is somehow evil