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Quit Gaming 8 Months Ago

Quit Gaming 8 Months Ago

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Added Sep 23, 2019 at 01:18PM EDT by Adam.

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Quit Gaming 6 Months Ago refers to a copypasta spawned from a post in which a person said that after they quit playing video games, their life improved in numerous ways, before saying people should stop trying to make a career out of gaming because it's "cringe as fuck."

Origin

On February 3rd, 2019 Twitter user @Eekozilla tweeted, "Quit gaming 6 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing new girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor. Stop trying to make gaming a career. It's cringe as fuck." The tweet, since deleted, was screenshot by user Ravers.[1]


Eeko @Eekozilla Quit gaming 6 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor. Stop trying to make gaming a career. It's cringe as f---. 5:30 PM 2/3/19 Twitter for iPhone 3 Retweets 15 Likes

Spread

Over the following months, the copypasta saw some spread on Twitter. It was posted by user @macawcaw123 on February 4th, gaining over 100 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, left). User @JojoroleinIRL tweeted July 12th, gaining over 60 retweets and 1,000 likes (shown below, right).


kaywuh @macawcaw123 Quit gaming 6 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor. Stop trying to make gaming a career. It's cringe as f--- 9:19 PM Feb 4, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Joro @JorolelinRL Quit gaming 6 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor. Stop trying to make gaming a career. It's cringe as f--- 2:00 PM Jul 12, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

On September 19th, Twitter user @AJA_Cortes made a similar post about video games, writing, "Video games are the absolute worst Loser Habit you could have. Hours & hours spent on an ultimately useless skill. Sitting and getting fatter and weaker and skinnier and paler. Completely impaired social skills. Video games make you a bottom tier subhuman."[2] This led to users replying to him with the copypasta. For example, user hitchariide responded to the copypasta and was retweeted by AJA_Cortes (shown below, left). As the copypasta spread, @AJA_Cortes erroneously took credit for inspiring the copypasta, saying "I caused a copypasta phenomenon" (shown below, right). The copypasta led to a question on /r/OutOfTheLoop[3] about its origin.


t Alexander J.A Cortes Retweeted davis. @hitchariide Replying to @AJA_Cortes Quit gaming 8 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing new girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor. Stop trying to make gaming a career. It's cringe as f--- 8:39 PM Sep 19, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Alexander J.A Cortes @AJA_Cortes I caused a copypasta phenomenon I know you be lying Seth Seth Abner @OpTic_Scumper Sep 20 Quit gaming 8 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing new girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor. Stop trying to make gaming a career. It's cringe as f--- 4:11 PM Sep 21, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Various Examples


@bxnardb Replying to @Takiimon Quit gaming 8 months ago. I go to the gym as my main job. I now have 6 pack abs. I meet women at bars and make them fall in love with me. I now have herpes 1:48 PM Aug 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Rod Breslau @Slasher Quit gaming 8 months ago. Lost my job, my friends, and my girl to my chad esports neighbor. Totaled my Ford Pinto. Spent all my money on premium snaps and onlyfans. Now Ppl text me 'you really gotta win those' about my life choices Stop trying to quit gaming. It's cringe as f--- 3:48 PM Sep 18, 2019 from Manhattan, NY Twitter for Android KFC Gaming @kfcgaming Quit gaming 8 months ago. Bought a new car, I have an amazing new girlfriend, I make a shitload of money and I'm buying a house this spring. I party every weekend, I'm never home. I'm enjoying life. Do yourselves a favor. Stop trying to make gaming a career. It's cringe as f*ck 1:00 PM Sep 20, 2019 Tweet Deck kryptik @apexkryptik Didn't quit Fortnite 8 months ago. No car, Im still single, I work minimum wage and I'm in my parents basement. I watch anime 24/7, I'm always home. I hate life. Do yourselves a favor. Try to make gaming a career. It's not cringe as f--- Twitter for iPhone 2:48 PM Sep 17, 2019 VENG SOtwichcon @VengLoL soON Replying to @TLDoublelift Quit gaming 8 months ago. My car got repossessed, my girlfriend left me, I lost my job, and my house was foreclosed this spring. I stay home alone and cry every weekend. I'm severely depressed and suicidal. Do yourself a favor. Don't stop gaming. It's pog as f--- 12:42 AM Sep 20, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Dyre SnM @TheGreatLordPig Quit gaming 8 months ago. Still depressed and poor. You guys lied... Twitter Web App 11:20 AM Sep 23, 2019

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External References

[1] Twitter – Ravers

[2] Twitter – @AJA_Cortes

[3] Reddit – What’s the deal with this “quit gaming 8 months ago” copypasta, and where is it from?

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Nedhitis

If all it takes for someone to:

- Not have a car;
- Not have a girlfriend;
- Not have money, and;
- Not have a house.

…is being into gaming… then that is a You problem, dude. Literally every popular game developer has all of those and more, and their gaming careers actually helped obtain them.

Sounds to me like someone is blaming videogames for their own personal lack of competence… again.

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