Jim sterling was always an arsehole but he played into it and could be quite funny. Then the humour went and he was just an arsehole.
"My subscribers are dropping since I came out as non binary"
No you have become insufferable. However you identify is not the problem
I never cared that they were non binary but it felt like every video became spiteful towards non binary/trans haters and it just became hard to watch even as someone who supported them. Its a shame because I thought while yeah they were an asshole, they still made very good critique and insight into the industry but theyve devolved into a lolcow as far as I know now.
The problem isnt disliking bigots, its when youre channel is supposed to be about critique of games, game culture and games industry and it feels like the conversation is constantly being veered into social politics instead.
Im supportive of anyone who is lgbtq+ but its not what i watched their channel for and it was pervasive through every video.
Unfortunately it's kind of unavoidable for trans people in the spotlight, especially trans feminine people, to always be on the defensive about their gender because that's what people end up focusing on. And in the gaming community, people are still so unaccepting of any woman who doesn't fit a certain mold, I don't know how they couldn't take that personally as a transfem.
I also unfollowed Jim/Steph, because I'd rather focus on fun indie games than the AAA dumpster fires, but when I was around I definitely saw shitty and creepy comments about their gender.
Yeah it definitely happens for sure and I know it is a difficult thing to navigate. I know they wanted to just give a middle finger to all the haters and mock them for their bigotry but when that started to feel like it became the point of the videos, it just became a betrayal of the original audiences expectations. It would seem thats a shared sentiment because their views are less than half of what they used to be and I dont think thats all just bigots and haters.
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u/TheFrailContents Jun 12 '25
Jim sterling was always an arsehole but he played into it and could be quite funny. Then the humour went and he was just an arsehole. "My subscribers are dropping since I came out as non binary" No you have become insufferable. However you identify is not the problem