• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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    15 days ago

    To play devils advocate,

    When Notch was still a normal developer he was pretty progressive. I still remember the blog post where declared Minecraft has no distinct genders, all animals can breed with all of the same species, therefor everyone in Minecraft is gay. As a way to bash homophobes.

    The chain of events as i witnessed it. And he also spoke of a few times is that money destroyed all his authentic friendships, his wife divorced him, everyone he met wanted him just for his money and he got completely isolated, also claimed to living for the most part on potato chips when on a podcast with moistcritical.

    I also high suspicion from experience with other people he developed an alcohol problem which fuel his social media posts.

    It’s no excuse but it is a recipe to make an otherwise decent person act in a monstrous way. Also a recipe to be easily influenceable by the wrong kids of al media.

    Last i checked he took a long break from social media, and eventually came back as more sober person.

    Can’t erase the fact he made some bad comments in the past. Many people seem to trow him on the same pile as Jk Rowling, who is actively and consistently doing harm. Such is far from fair.

    Found the post

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      15 days ago

      Notch is better than Rowling if only that he had the good sense to leave the public eye and separate himself from his work.

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      14 days ago

      The chain of events as i witnessed it. And he also spoke of a few times is that money destroyed all his authentic friendships, his wife divorced him, everyone he met wanted him just for his money and he got completely isolated, also claimed to living for the most part on potato chips when on a podcast with moistcritical.

      this happens a lot. I’ve got three circles of friends i trust and the defining characteristic is they stuck by either me or my wife when one of us was in crisis. fairweather friends are all too common when you’re successful, but it’s the ones who are there when you’re down and out that are [generally] trustworthy.

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        15 days ago

        I have yet to see a billionaire that is not severely mentally ill.

        Might infer that no one should be a billionaire and that capitalism was a mistake.