Skip to content
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • Moments Moments Moments, current page.

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
fozmeadows's profile
Foz Meadows
Foz Meadows
Foz Meadows
@fozmeadows

Tweets

Foz Meadows

@fozmeadows

Author, fanwriter, trash bandit, queer geek feminist, dork. Jack of all pronouns, mxtress of none. Yells about hockey. Aussie in the US.

Irvine, CA
fozmeadows.wordpress.com
Joined February 2009

Tweets

  • © 2021 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

      The Venn diagram of shitty gamer dudes who think it’s “weak” to play a game on easy mode and shitty gamer dudes who scream about it being “too hard” to learn consent and boundaries around women is a circle.

      6 replies 296 retweets 1,041 likes
      Show this thread
    2. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

      Guys who beat their chests and preen about how hardcore they are for playing games on the hardest setting but who can’t hack the very simple real-life challenge of learning how not to be a shitbird are the epitome of dogs barking loudest when they’re on the leash.

      1 reply 24 retweets 187 likes
      Show this thread
    3. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

      As someone who is currently teaching a 6yo boy how not to throw a tantrum every time he loses at a video game, I’m also gonna go out on a limb and say that grown dudes who screech when asked to lean good manners have never learned resilience from playing their games on hard mode.

      1 reply 16 retweets 165 likes
      Show this thread
    4. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

      Rather, they’ve trained themselves to throw controllers, scream into headsets, punch their possessions and otherwise throw big boy tantrums when confronted with adversity - but having done this largely in *private,* they can’t handle being mocked for doing the same in public.

      1 reply 14 retweets 141 likes
      Show this thread
    5. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

      Which, sidebar, I could write an entire essay about how the technological age gap led to a generation of parents not teaching their kids how to control their emotional responses to video game losses like they would sport losses or other such, instead dismissing the entire form -

      2 replies 17 retweets 140 likes
      Show this thread
    6. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

      - so that now we have a generation of adult gamers overflowing with dudes who unintentionally built and learned from a culture of rage around losing at games, which tied into feeling persecuted for liking them in the first place, and. Well. We all know how that’s worked out. 🙄

      2 replies 15 retweets 125 likes
      Show this thread
      Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

      The irony is, there’s nothing inherent to video games themselves, as a medium, that made this culture inevitable. It’s just a digital Lord of the Flies situation, where the island was an unmoderated Internet populated by kids whose parents didn’t know what was happening.

      3:51 PM - 28 Aug 2019
      • 18 Retweets
      • 145 Likes
      • Erin O'Mallow ᴩᴀɴ•ᴅᴀɪ•ᴋᴏɴ Arduinna ~ #AnarchieDéco Tyler Barnum Wes Craven Kristen Maloney BadNerdCreating (she/her) GMS Lisa J. Ellwood
      2 replies 18 retweets 145 likes
        1. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 28 Aug 2019

          The point being, dudes who pride themselves on playing games on hard mode but who throw tantrums if asked to grow as people IRL don’t actually like the challenge of hard work; they just like taking risks without consequences and feeling entitled to scream when it goes wrong.

          2 replies 35 retweets 203 likes
          Show this thread
          Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
          Undo
        1. New conversation
        2. Django Wexler‏ @DjangoWexler 28 Aug 2019
          Replying to @fozmeadows

          And made vastly worse by the first generation of online games and their associated chats, utterly unmoderated and unfiltered. The awfulness of XBL chat used to be a joke until it escaped.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. Django Wexler‏ @DjangoWexler 28 Aug 2019
          Replying to @DjangoWexler @fozmeadows

          Since its easy for toxic voices in a forum to drive out the rest, those open mikes taught a whole generation of gamers that this is what being a gamer meant -- screaming, racial slurs, etc.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        4. Show replies

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2021 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info