Anatoly Shashkin💾
Many years ago an American teenager made a DOS game about shooting brown people in the wake of 9/11. 3D Realms gave him permission to distribute his game (a simple stand alone Duke 3D total conversion) for free. He then went on to make essentially the same game about Saddam. I always wanted to make a video about that, but never knew how to approach the subject.
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Show threadAnatoly Shashkin💾Jul 6, 2023

(2/2) And every time I considered it over the years, something else would happen:
- He would erect a noose in front of a mosque
- He served in the army
- He became an elected Republican politician
- He wrote for Bertbort
- He sued to get schools open during the first year of Covid

And now the guy... started a retro PC youtube channel, and just followed me on Twitter.
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?!

Show threadre_chiefJul 6, 2023
@dosnostalgic Wow. This is wild
Show threadRobert Petersen Jul 6, 2023

@dosnostalgic hmm. I’d tread quite carefully. The line between general shitposting to true believer and stalking can happen real dang quick.

Probably best not to attract that kind of attention?

Show threadAnatoly Shashkin💾Jul 6, 2023
@Sonikku That's been my solution for over a decade now. Probably for the best.
Show threadZorin =^o.o^=Jul 6, 2023
@dosnostalgic it's mind boggling how some people just keep doubling down on being terrible through their lives. Like at no point do they learn or care that they just suck.
Show threadOscar Zeta GundamJul 7, 2023
@zorinlynx @dosnostalgic that's why all that is for. They have built something where their feelings are constantly being rewarded and reinforced to prevent any sort of "are we the baddies" realisation. Over here the easiest grift is being under 23 and a massive reactionary willing to say anything that will please who's holding the purse. It's interviews, op-eds, maybe even TV appearances, then it's no show jobs, etc. How can they be wrong when they're constantly being rewarded?
Show threadbizzl / fourteen bitJul 6, 2023
@dosnostalgic
My condolences. I'd probably at least mute him, if downright blocking might arouse to much of his ire, and remove his follow, as long as twitter still allows you to do that.
Show threadDigee The GenieJul 6, 2023
@dosnostalgic Well if you ignore him Twitter will go away and the problem will solve itself.
Show threadMichael CoorlimJul 6, 2023
@DigeeTheGenie @dosnostalgic funny how many problems Twitter's self destruction will fix
Show threadFoxhackJul 6, 2023
@dosnostalgic An instant block is what's happening, jfc
Show threadAdemanJul 6, 2023
bertbort?
Show threadHenrik PauliJul 6, 2023
@ademan @dosnostalgic wide beard, but German