On July 3, 2025, YouTuber and streamer Pirate Software, also known as Thor, officially announced that he would be stepping away from Offbrand Games following th
I’m pretty sure this is the same guy who was ranting about Godot “being woke” last year lol
Yeah, this is the sucky part about the modern internet. It used to be that the internet was a place for discussion and we’ve twisted it to a place to enforce conformity.
I don’t know anything about this guy, so maybe there’s a more established pattern here, but ideally we don’t jump down someone’s throat when they do one or two unpopular things, but instead wait for a pattern to emerge before getting out the pitchforks. But everyone needs to be first, because the first one gets the eyeballs and there’s not much downside to ruining someone’s reputation unnecessarily.
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Yeah, this is the sucky part about the modern internet. It used to be that the internet was a place for discussion and we’ve twisted it to a place to enforce conformity.
I don’t know anything about this guy, so maybe there’s a more established pattern here, but ideally we don’t jump down someone’s throat when they do one or two unpopular things, but instead wait for a pattern to emerge before getting out the pitchforks. But everyone needs to be first, because the first one gets the eyeballs and there’s not much downside to ruining someone’s reputation unnecessarily.
It’s stupid and I hate it.
I think I’m just tired of being handed a pitchfork whenever I browse YouTube or read about Stop Killing Games.
Yeah, that’s why I generally avoid the more popular channels. I just don’t care about internet drama and just want to watch some decent content.