welcome back everyone to another discussion with this guy trucks! today I want to discuss people that gatekeep hobbies and try to prevent other people from having fun. sometimes it’s difficult to enjoy a movie or video game or sporting event without someone explaining to you why you don’t have enough knowledge to enjoy a hobby. today we will discuss what ever happened to people just having fun with new hobbies.
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@thisguytrucks I started watching your videos a couple of months ago because I was interested in the trucking industry (I'm on week 2 of trucking school btw), but I mainly watch because you're a great story teller and mention things I've thought about subconsciously but never analyzed well enough to talk about, such as the whole gatekeeping thing and people who speak in acronyms all the time. I know it annoys me anytime I'm forced to partake in these conversations, but I don't know what it is about the conversation that makes me uncomfortable. I have never heard anybody address it before watching your videos, so I thought I was the only one.
Btw there's a super trucker in my class lmao. He's a student too, so he doesn't have his CDL yet and drives like shit but has that super trucker mentality. I was partnered up with him and it takes every ounce of energy in me not to knock him unconscious
Hello Josh . I think the gatekeepers are set in their way & it you don't see it their way then you're wrong . I love your trucking streams . The American truck simulator is great & when you tried Showrunner it was different , but I got interested in it . I found a channel that has snowRunner mp . It's so much fun listening to their cb's and their teasing of each other .. Thank you for your channel .. Sorry for my long comment .. Please keep your videos & steams coming , I missed the live stream yesterday when you bought your lowboy . Then Peter took it . To bad you can't sit the drivers down and have meeting ..
Josh are you able to doll your truck up any ?? Take it to the I – 80 truck shop ..
Don't gatekeep acronyms man, not cool.
Lmao jk
I like turtles..I don't know crap about them…lol
I am laughing so hard at this! My all time favorite YT experiences are the laughs by surprise!
I agree with this 100 percent
I've been digging a bit into shmups. Gatekeepers exist there for sure but there's definitely some very helpful people as well.
Excellent points all around. I managed to get my own head out of that space, because somebody gate-kept ME on something and I realized how shitty it was. The mentality of 'you can't just enjoy a thing, you have to disect it and pull out its viscera and see all the inner workings and nobody can enjoy it who does not fully dive in' is just a form of intellectual snobbery, and as other commenters have said, it sucks the joy from hobbies and interests and all kinds of subjects.
Enjoy life. We only get one and it's too short to be wasted on such frivolities. And I'm not saying DON'T dive in deep. By all means if you enjoy that (and I do, on some topics) then by all means enjoy yourself. But don't SHIT on other people for not wanting to do that while they also enjoy a thing you do.
Mountain biking is this way. In some circles if you don't ride a $5k carbon full squish, or aren't sending big jumps, you aren't a real mountain biker.
Can't just take an entry level hard tail and go enjoy the trails. Nope nope, and God forbid you get a pedal assist ebike…
what is there to talk about? it's fucking weird period
Gate keepers: metaphorically jack off a topic and shit on anyone that has a remote interest in it
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if you crap on people for buying pre built computers but also get you pasta sauce from a jar you're a hypocrite
I never played wow either cause of the graphics. Also the way the characters animate was goofy looking
Love these kinds of rant but to answer that question 16:47 To my knowledge the first truck was by Autocar in 1897 called "No.1" however I am NOT a walking computer so I could be wrong.
There is a line between being a fan and a fanatic
Awe, glad you've enjoyed the positivity in chat on the live streams! Glad to keep pumping it out hahaha
Hobby gatekeepers. The best way to kill your hobby.
If you're a gatekeeper, you're just an asshole!
My main hobby is fishing. Im always willing to give out tips and advice to anyone who asks whether new to the game or an old salt. Hobbys bring joy to people. Anyone who would try to take that from someone is an ass hat.
You paid that car off yet?
Your a fan and they are fanatics in a fanatics mind no one can like it but them or as much as them and anything that comes close to what they like is trash because they think it threatens what they like
Nice to see you in a Challenger.
Gate keeping becomes necessary when others try and destroy your hobby and kick you out of it. Examples comics, movies, several video games, and many more.
It's the same type of dudes who see a chick wearing a band shirt and go "you're a fan? Name 5 of their songs"
How about just being happy somebody likes the same thing you do
Keep up the good work bro
Keep up the gaming streams and YouTube videos 💯
@This Guy Trucks! I am really liking your new category of content. Keep up the good work! 😀
You are so right man… I'm going back to the 70's when times were simple… life was easy & fun ✌😎
Toxic geek culture. Nerd culture. I've seen it since the BBS days. People are a lot more abrasive, rude, and annoying when they have the insulation of the screen between them and others.
I appreciate you going into details about Mr know it all type attitudes. I’ve also notice an increase of this maybe smartphones might have some correlation? I think we are experiencing a breakdown of human interaction on a large scale. Thanks for the video.
It's annoying how folks gatekeep hobbies. I've dealt with assholes like that. For example, I'm not allowed to be a black woman, who likes heavy metal and they act like I have to know a band's entire discography and every band member past and present just to prove how much a fan I am. These folks are the reason why r/gatekeeping exists.
I fall in love with new things all the time! I guess I'm gonna have a very hard time with those people lol.
Good video! Always enjoy the content!