I just think it’s pretty cool that Felix, who has never really mentioned anything Linux before, chose to go with a Linux distro for the PC he put together.

Link to video : https://youtu.be/tsu0Rw3Nqi8?t=1554

  • hellofriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
    105·
    1 day ago

    Here’s my opinion: You say the N word, even as a joke, that’s on you. And it’ll stick to you like shit on a stick. But it’s on me to give people the benefit of the doubt and think charitably of others. I’m not gonna write a person off because they said a slur. I believe people can change and want to see that change in the world. If I didn’t then there wouldn’t be any incentive for others to change. Fighting bigotry is about building bridges, not tearing them down.

    • Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      11·
      7 hours ago

      Go ahead and build another bridge next to the five that Pewdiepie burned. You are making such an effort to defend this creep that it damages your credibility. Probly not the best hill to die on, but you made the choice, not me. I’d wish you luck, but that would be a lie.

        • Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          11·
          3 hours ago

          A couple ways. First, I personally try to live as an example of the change I want to see.
          Additionally, something beautiful about TTRPGs that I’ve noticed is how they foster a counter culture to the apathy-driven discourse seen on social media.

          Those who can’t imagine two men or women being together don’t stand much of a chance to contribute creatively when people are more concerned with whether snake people have “snitties”

          • hellofriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 hours ago

            I can appreciate that. And I do the same, though likely in a different way. Being open and nonjudgmental encourages others to be so, opening the path to change. Peace and understanding, all that hippy stuff.

            But in the case of snitties, I must take a hardline stance. Snake people are reptiles and so have no need for snitties. Their many young consume eachother and only the strongest survive.

    • Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      83·
      23 hours ago

      Yeah okay, I agree with all that, but once someone has established a pattern of harmful behavior, it becomes dangerous and naive to assume that they’ve changed without any sort of evidence.

      We don’t get to just assume Felix is a changed man just because he has the self-control not to drop hard-Rs on stream anymore, but he has to actually disavow those past actions as something more than just a “heated gamer moment.”
      He has to disavow the members of his fanbase who do believe that sort of thing is okay and that he’s their guy because he’d say and do stuff like that.
      He has to actually do something to show people he’s better.