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Mia Wong

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
6381 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

And this sort of just, like, baffles Michael Lewis, right? Because he just, like, doesn't understand someone who just has ADHD and plays video games all the time and doesn't give a shit, so he plays video games during meetings. Like, no one has ever been like this. I have no idea what you mean. I actually don't play video games during meetings because it is too obvious.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

And this sort of just, like, baffles Michael Lewis, right? Because he just, like, doesn't understand someone who just has ADHD and plays video games all the time and doesn't give a shit, so he plays video games during meetings. Like, no one has ever been like this. I have no idea what you mean. I actually don't play video games during meetings because it is too obvious.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

And this sort of just, like, baffles Michael Lewis, right? Because he just, like, doesn't understand someone who just has ADHD and plays video games all the time and doesn't give a shit, so he plays video games during meetings. Like, no one has ever been like this. I have no idea what you mean. I actually don't play video games during meetings because it is too obvious.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

This is the one part about Sam Bacon Free that's relatable to me. I play so many video games. It is my, like, anti-depression strategy, basically. Like, when I need to not think for a while, there's just me playing. Actually, Path of Exile 2, one of the games that we're going to be fucking talking about today. Something that I play a lot of. I've done so much fucking gaming, like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

This is the one part about Sam Bacon Free that's relatable to me. I play so many video games. It is my, like, anti-depression strategy, basically. Like, when I need to not think for a while, there's just me playing. Actually, Path of Exile 2, one of the games that we're going to be fucking talking about today. Something that I play a lot of. I've done so much fucking gaming, like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

This is the one part about Sam Bacon Free that's relatable to me. I play so many video games. It is my, like, anti-depression strategy, basically. Like, when I need to not think for a while, there's just me playing. Actually, Path of Exile 2, one of the games that we're going to be fucking talking about today. Something that I play a lot of. I've done so much fucking gaming, like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

God, I used to play this game called Smite, which is like a, it's like a MOBA, like League of Legends, but like third person. And I played so much Smite that there were pros showing up at my casual games. When the Zuma revolution comes and they execute the gamers and they execute me, I'm going to be like, yeah, you know, that's reasonable. Like, can't argue with that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

God, I used to play this game called Smite, which is like a, it's like a MOBA, like League of Legends, but like third person. And I played so much Smite that there were pros showing up at my casual games. When the Zuma revolution comes and they execute the gamers and they execute me, I'm going to be like, yeah, you know, that's reasonable. Like, can't argue with that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

God, I used to play this game called Smite, which is like a, it's like a MOBA, like League of Legends, but like third person. And I played so much Smite that there were pros showing up at my casual games. When the Zuma revolution comes and they execute the gamers and they execute me, I'm going to be like, yeah, you know, that's reasonable. Like, can't argue with that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

But, you know, so what happens with this sort of thing is that Michael Lewis's image of SPF becomes, as this gamer who's doing these completely incomprehensible things, whose mind must be so unbelievably brilliant. Yeah, totally. Because he's just, like, playing fucking video games all the time. And this gets to one of the aspects of why these people do...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

But, you know, so what happens with this sort of thing is that Michael Lewis's image of SPF becomes, as this gamer who's doing these completely incomprehensible things, whose mind must be so unbelievably brilliant. Yeah, totally. Because he's just, like, playing fucking video games all the time. And this gets to one of the aspects of why these people do...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

But, you know, so what happens with this sort of thing is that Michael Lewis's image of SPF becomes, as this gamer who's doing these completely incomprehensible things, whose mind must be so unbelievably brilliant. Yeah, totally. Because he's just, like, playing fucking video games all the time. And this gets to one of the aspects of why these people do...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

this sort of, like, pretending to be a gamer thing. And, like, SPF, like, is a gamer, right? But, like, why they make us part of their cultural image, which is that a lot of the traditional media people, even though gaming is an enormous industry, it's extremely profitable, and is enormously culturally powerful, it doesn't have...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

this sort of, like, pretending to be a gamer thing. And, like, SPF, like, is a gamer, right? But, like, why they make us part of their cultural image, which is that a lot of the traditional media people, even though gaming is an enormous industry, it's extremely profitable, and is enormously culturally powerful, it doesn't have...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

this sort of, like, pretending to be a gamer thing. And, like, SPF, like, is a gamer, right? But, like, why they make us part of their cultural image, which is that a lot of the traditional media people, even though gaming is an enormous industry, it's extremely profitable, and is enormously culturally powerful, it doesn't have...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

the same kind of critical culture around it doesn't exist that you would see for something like movies.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

the same kind of critical culture around it doesn't exist that you would see for something like movies.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

the same kind of critical culture around it doesn't exist that you would see for something like movies.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

Because like part of it not being respectable is that someone like Michael Lewis, right, who was like as establishment of a journalist as there's ever been. These people don't play video games. They're one of the few groups of people who just like don't game are these like traditional mainstream sort of access journalists. Right.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

Because like part of it not being respectable is that someone like Michael Lewis, right, who was like as establishment of a journalist as there's ever been. These people don't play video games. They're one of the few groups of people who just like don't game are these like traditional mainstream sort of access journalists. Right.