Calling Saba an indie vtuber feels as wrong as calling Valve an indie developer. Technically correct. But still feels wrong.
Yeah... so much for the theories that she left cause she was overwhelmed by how much attention she had on her, or issues with the model being too child-like. You don't show your bellybutton on the first stream if you don't want the attention.
I was right though. She'll never be able to escape her fans. If she does want less pressure, fewer fans, a smaller community... she won't ever get it. Especially not like this.
Here's a thought: what if the current queer/trans obsession with identify, self-ID, your chosen identity being recognized and respected, also has something to do with internet naming culture.
At some point, we've started seeing trans people being a lot more violent about their pronouns being respected and all of that. So I wonder if the way how they interacted with online culture, and how they transitioned while participating in online communities, influenced things.
Ever since early internet days, we're all used to assuming an online ID, an online name, an online persona, that often has nothing to do with your IRL name, with who you actually are. It's something considered normal and people generally respect these names people chose for themselves (aside from the occasional doxxing). That's how you get someone with a boring name like Carl Benjamin to be called after an historical figure like Sargon of Akkad.
Now mix this internet culture with the trans movement. They're essentially doing the same thing when they transition. They assume new names, new personas. And they get used from how this is treated in the online space, that their personas get recognized and respected as who they are. But somewhere along the way, they forget that when we normal people go IRL, we don't use our online names. They expect their chosen names to continue being respected IRL... which doesn't really go as planned, because you can't hide behind an avatar IRL.
Normal people usually segregate their online selves from their real life selves. But maybe the modern batch of internet raised trans people didn't get the memo. My theory is that a lot of people formed their trans persona while on Tumblr. Then they started emigrating their new trans persona, first in other online spaces (Twitter, Reddit), and finally in real life. So at every step of the way, they expect to be treated like when they first formed their trans identity on Tumblr.
Since Twitter, Reddit, mostly function by the same internet culture regarding naming, they probably didn't get much opposition. After all, you wouldn't know that behind the anime avatar named Sally, is a fat Matt Dillahunty looking guy. So the "respect my pronouns!" mostly works. They got validation in most internet spaces, because the culture simply allows anyone to assume any name they want.
So when they meet real life... of course they'll act like spoiled brats, because the internet essentially did spoil them regarding their self-ID. Of course they react violently to even the smallest accidental misgendering. In their minds, they simply do not even comprehend that their appearance simply doesn't match a "Sally". Internet gave them a skewed view of reality, that they are indeed a "Sally". After all, all the online spaces they participated in called them Sally.
So what do you think? Is my idea a "yay" or a "nay"?
Still funny.
Imagine being the person that legitimately thinks that the extremist Islamic regime, that funded multiple terrorist organizations, doesn't lie.
I just.... sigh... It's my fault tbh. When I talk to people, I generally assume everyone involved is on my level of just average 100 IQ. Every once in a while, I'll see someone who I'll even think is way smarter than me, but maybe they lack a specific context or niche information. Honestly, even when I call someone stupid, I do actually think they're average IQ. And I usually blame ideology, misinterpretation of information, or general ignorance of information, for the big disagreements.
My mistake is that I forget 50% of humanity is below average IQ, by definition. Two figures IQ is a real thing. And I should actually take that possibility into consideration.
A new height in antisemite stupidity: Iran was definitely not making a nuke, because Iran said they don't want nukes.
Antisemites are an one of a kind breed... of stupid.
>Islam and Muslims openly state out loud that they want to conquer the world
Antisemite: Muslims are peaceful, they don't care about America
>small piece of poorly worded phrase, in some ancient book that nobody actually cares about, that nobody but them ever cite or talk about
Antisemite: IT'S THE JEWS! THEY WANT TO DESTROY YOU!!!! IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE!!!
なんで君はこれを読んでいるかよ
Just another random person passing by.
Oh hi.
The Alyx Vance must go this way anyway.
Gordon Freeman dies in All Dogs Go To Heaven 2.
I wasn't designed to be carried.
En Taro Igel!
Lift me up, let me go...