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Gabe Graziani

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I'm Gabe Graziani, former community management manager guy at some videogame companies. Opinions = mine, he/him

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · Oct 18

Welcome cool kids! I'm Gabe Graziani, currently Senior Lead of Community for EA Games (everything but Sports, Mobile and Apex), but you might know me from my near decade as the Assassin's Creed CM.

I am glad you are here!

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 22m

Oh dear... I started playing BALL x PIT and this could have a catastrophic effect on every other activity in my life. Initial reports suggest 'sleep' being the worst impacted.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 26m

I mean, they're not wrong with the "breaking" ... it just holds more meaning in a different sense.

Social media brain status: breaking.

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 36m

He made it.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 38m

Playing as Jesus and every time you die, the game is just all "HE IS RISEN!" and you get to go again.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 40m

"Is it a mess in there, Kari? Is it like that scene in the Neverending Story when the horse gets sucked into the mud? It's like that scene, isn't it, Kari? C'mon, you can tell us... I mean, I'm worried for your safety, tbh. That's not hygienic... that's a hostile work environment."

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1h

It's such a terrible shame, y'know? He thought he'd make a funny video, and they've called him lots of bad, rude names for a long time. But now they're worse, possibly, than any names anyone has ever seen... They're calling him President Shitpants, can you believe that?

President Shitpants.

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 4h

GIFs you can hear...

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 4h

Trophies, flowers, flashbulbs... even wine. Nothing's too good for our unproblematic 90s alternative darlings!

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 5h

Right, but Harding didn't have AI... he had to have them draft him a flip book.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 5h

IT'S GOOD ACTUALLY

I MEANT TO DO IT

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 5h

I don't understand why they felt they needed cuffs... Like, get your shit together guys.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 6h

Holy shit, this is incredible... Never been prouder to be from (near) the Bay!

Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 6h

I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

The image is taken from an angle, and you can see the ocean tilting 30 degrees in the distance, with a huge crowd in front of it. In the foreground, you can see the giant American flag that is being held up by hundreds of protesters clustered around its edges.

This is the human banner from the air. It's sign made from masses of people standing together to form letters. It reads "No Kings Yes on 50." There is an American flag in the middle and a thick border around the banner. (Prop 50 is a California state proposition to gerrymander the state to create more blue districts, in order to combat the Texas law that gerrymanders their state to create more red districts.)

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 10h

It is more politically and psychologically damaging to enact zero violence while ensuring they fully understand that we do not think their ideas on governing are very good.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 11h

I know, I'm sorry this is so cryptic!

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 13h

No but he also posts his in-progress model painting projects, which are extraordinary, so he's just a crafty li'l guy posting his fun li'l projects like the rest of us.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

I've never had a game so thoroughly bum me out with disappointment. I don't think I really want to mention what game it is, because I don't like speaking ill of devs' hard work, but I am completely baffled by how totally wrong I was thinking that this game was for me.

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

Where are those who wield a trident and net?

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

Not a single person voted for Bill Ackman in this or any other election, so literally nobody should care what he has to say any more than any other voter. If he wants to make his voice heard, he can vote or attend a city council meeting like everyone else.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds so cool! I gotta get back into SWTOR!!

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

But also, and I don't want to speak for anyone else, but I'm pretty sure most lefty/libs are on the same page here:

YOU CAN HAVE BILL CLINTON! TAKE HIM TOO, WE DON'T CARE! ALL CREEPS FACE JUSTICE.

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

His supporters just can't be listening to any of this. It's the only explanation for how they can still be supporters.

Complete ignorance of this daily word salad.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

According to Trump, while he's "solved eight wars," we "have never had a president that solved one war, not one war."

He then credits himself for having "saved tens of millions of lives" with his actions.

"I love stopping people from being killed. I have saved millions of lives."

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

This is how I learned that there are multiple Biggest Loser trainers who have become right wing crank media personalities.

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great plan and I heartily support it!

Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

Ahahahaha, my son got one of these last year and we are still working through it!

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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 1d

Public speakers control the self consciousness and self awareness that gets us stuck in our own heads and preoccupied with the performance element of communication.

We can appreciate Mamdani's ability to do that without needing to speculate on its origin.

(I don't think it's lying though.)