No worries, bud. I’m not offended in the least. I didn’t take it personally or anything, and like I said, I respect their right to do so. I don’t want to say too much and get another comment deleted again, but I will say that I’ve seen nothing but unwavering support for Ukraine–even among Republican circles. Perhaps it’s more divisive than I’m giving it credit for, but from my perspective, I’ve seen very little discourse about it.
I’m actually glad you tagged me in a reply, as I don’t think I ever got around to responding when you asked why I felt the need to say I “can’t stand” ASMR in another article a while back. I guess it was a bit of a social experiment to see how people would respond. You were upset by it–as I figured someone would be–but it gave me the opportunity to express from my personal experience why “toxic positivity” can be as damaging to one’s mental health as negativity. So, I knew I was stirring the pot, and though I don’t like to cause beef (that’s two unintentional stew metaphors in one sentence), I thought it would be a worthwhile learning experience.
I think you and I both gained a little insight from it and maybe let go of some pre-conceived notions; you probably thought I sounded like a jerk from my initial comment, and I thought similarly from your sarcastic reply, haha. But now, I quite like you–I think you’re a pretty cool dude! I don’t know if you had a chance to see my comment before it got deleted, but that’s a lot of what I was talking about in it–how censorship, cancel culture, etc. causes people to keep their feelings bottled up when they cannot freely express their viewpoints. This, I think, leads to a lot of animosity and misunderstandings; if we hadn’t talked things out, we’d both still be harboring negative perceptions of each other. So to me, open and honest discussion about sensitive and polarizing subjects is like growing pains–uncomfortable, but ultimately a necessary part of life that is incredibly worthwhile.
(Plz, for the love of Iwata in heaven, Nintendo Life, don’t delete this one, I’m begging you.)