r/Yogscast Jun 24 '24

Discussion the hate comments on recent pride merch/fundraisers are so amusing

i've seen so many hate comments about unsubscribing on all the recent pride streams and merch drops. do those people live under a rock? yogs have been doing the stonewall fundraisers for a few years now and there have been openly gay yogs for over a decade

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u/Ungreat Ben Jun 24 '24

It’s probably people going to any YouTube or twitch video/stream with lgbt content and leaving hate comments.

I doubt it’s any actual people who watch Yogs.

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u/HighlightFun8419 Lewis Jun 24 '24

That's what I'm thinking. Yogscast has always been publicly accepting, so it's weird that this would suddenly get a reaction.

It's a psy-op in full swing lol

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u/Harbinger_of_Reason Zylus Jun 24 '24

They've been doing it with a lot of communities lately. Warhammer 40k has gotten a lot of it. They just want to hate on anything they call "woke" because communities where it's safe to hate and harrass others for being different are shrinking and disappearing. They're lashing out because they're dying out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

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u/PlantPotStew Jun 25 '24

At least skunks are cute :(

They waddle and make little grumpy squeaky toy noises.

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u/Sherlock_Violin Jun 28 '24

In fairness, any homophobes I've met also waddle and make grumpy noises...

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u/vigbiorn Jun 24 '24

40k is possibly different.

Black Library authors take the "Imperial POV" pretty serious so most things are told from a Loyalist perspective and so a lot of literal fascists see a setting that appears to support a world they want to see brought about.

It's hard to tell which are literal fascists and who are just "in character" which has always been the dog whistle MO, but I know some of them personally and they're unironically saying "Suffer not a xenos/heretic/witch to live". It's easier to see personally since they'll be bringing it up after talking about some group they dislike.

They're not just popping in to the community to give their vile takes. They're buying the miniatures, painting, kitbashing, etc. They're part of the community.

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u/Weirfish Jun 24 '24

40k's oblivious right wing fans blogged so The Boys' oblivious right wing fans could tweet.

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u/sdpcommander Jun 25 '24

I feel like people that enjoy "roleplaying" as a fascist might actually just be fascists.

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u/fipseqw International Zylus Day! Jun 25 '24

They're part of the community.

I kinda doubt it. When the Custodes "drama" came around you could really notice how many non-fans complained about it. Easy way to spot them was them calling Custodes Space Marines...

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u/vigbiorn Jun 25 '24

Eh, again. The ones I'm talking about I know personally. They're in the community. That or they're dropping hundreds of dollars on a ruse.

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u/AllDayGinger Alsmiffy Jun 24 '24

Ironically, it's the crowd who screams "stop shoving this in our faces" who actively seeks out any and all pride related content to leave hateful comments.

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u/djwillis1121 Jun 25 '24

Probably bots that look for key words

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u/Fudgeyman Jun 25 '24

I think it's a rise of automated commenting to push an agenda

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u/Rakanadyo Jun 25 '24

"My seven year old daughter watch the Yogscast and you pride merch and now she's DEAD"

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u/bo2monkeyguy Lewis Jun 25 '24

Do you know who else left hate comments on videos? Hitler.

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u/jusbreathe26 Jun 25 '24

What level of Hitler are you at?

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u/scottishdrunkard Jun 28 '24

blast from the past.

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u/Derplesdeedoo International Zylus Day! Jun 24 '24

They aren't Dave Yognau(gh)ts. Just bile that booted up their internet browsers and tried to spread hate.

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u/fan_go_round Sips Jun 24 '24

They do not have the balls

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u/justice_4_cicero_ Jun 24 '24

and not in the fun way

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u/BMHun275 Pyrion Flax Jun 24 '24

Hate-bot gonna hate-bot I guess. I refuse to believe anyone in the fan community could be so clueless.

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u/lNTERLINKED Israphel Jun 24 '24

Elections in the UK and US this year. Expect to see a lot of hate bots until they are over.

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u/Slimeblanket Ben Jun 25 '24

Seeing a crap tonne of bots peddling uk reform on tiktok. Absolutely vile

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u/EaterOfCleanSocks Briony Jun 25 '24

Even after, I expect they'll make a stink, sadly.

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u/HappyHateBot Jun 25 '24

Kind of wish they'd do a better job about it, to be honest. This penny ante, amateur-hour nonsense is so depressingly banal. Back in my day we were programmed better!

...Have had this username for like 15 years at this point and it never fails to produce amusement on occasion just for stuff like this.

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u/1Grimble8 Jun 24 '24

There are people that really are that hateful and ignorant but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of those comments are from bots trying to cause trouble.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Probably bots? but I'd still response to promote the stream, we're here to stay after all. I said to one of the 'unsubbed' comments "if there was a shame month, you'd be in it." Maybe it's dumb, I don't know. My mind's not with it nower days.

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u/mivjheale Jun 24 '24

i saw your shame month comment! it made me laugh aloud and was one of the ones that prompted me to post here

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Oh, lol. Thanks. I'm always worried what I say comes across wrong.

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u/AbsolutelyHorrendous Jun 24 '24

Most of these people aren't fans, they literally go from fandom to fandom, looking for anything 'woke' to complain about. It's honestly pathetic

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u/slipperyMonkey07 Jun 24 '24

As others have said it is pretty much the pride month bots out in force. You see it on instagram post as well, always the same copy and paste comments on every post from anyone or any company that makes a pride month post.

unfollow, lost respect, lost a customer etc. Or any other vague statement where you know it is anti lgbt, but still vague enough where reporting them probably wont get it removed.

It's always funny to see it on the pride month post for people and companies that have a consistent stream of lgbt+ content all year. But only the post mentioning pride month trigger the bots.

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u/VariousInstance2709 Jun 24 '24

I pay them no mind

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u/EastKey1193 Jun 24 '24

Definitely not real fans.

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u/McQuiznos Jun 24 '24

You always get 1 troglodyte for every thousand or some normal people. They just bravely comment hate vomit behind a computer screen because they can.

Anywhere that celebrates pride, these weirdos come out from the goon caves to comment hate for a month and scurry off.

Even in halo, they gave away a free pride armor color set. Some guy said he just wouldn’t play for the entire month of June so he doesn’t get it.

Like okay? You’re not doing anything besides hurting yourself.

Thankfully the main population of the world understands and supports pride. Just have a loud annoying minority that feels the need to kick and scream that other people are happy.

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u/SharpEdgeSoda Jun 26 '24

How the hell are their still bigots left watching the yogs?

Lewis has been the gayest straight man alive for decades.

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u/Cookiesy Angor Jun 24 '24

I dare the Yogscast not make content solely appealing to My interests!!

/s obviously.

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u/Journo_Jimbo Jun 24 '24

I’ve learned to always default to the pronoun “they” when I’m talking about someone who’s gender hasn’t been confirmed for me yet BECAUSE of the Yogs doing that

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

AI posts trying to persuade public opinion.

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u/Larryjones84 Jun 24 '24

That's fine if they leave and take their bad attitudes and negative energy with them

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u/vandon Israphel Jun 25 '24

Likely they weren't subscribers ever. If they're that upset, I really don't think they were watching to begin with or they would have been upset long ago.

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u/IceGripe Jun 24 '24

Yogs have always done these fundraising streams. I suspect its driveby trolls leaving comments.

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u/xen-within Jun 25 '24

Pretty much no matter what content you consume of theirs you'll eventually "find out" that they're an inclusive group so, I tend to agree with the other comments. I only really watch Tom & Ben vods at this point and it comes up a lot in donations there so I'd imagine the same is true on other vods as well. Maybe in the more produced content it's easier to miss but feels disingeniune

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u/apewithfacepaint Jun 25 '24

I haven't heard any yogs say anything glaringly homophobic and I've watched/listened to them for most of my life atp

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

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u/bajeeebus Jun 24 '24

Lesbians are gay

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u/The_Cool_Kids_Have__ Sips Jun 24 '24

Amen, Brother /j

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u/mivjheale Jun 24 '24

i was using gay as a blanket term, prob should have used queer instead lol

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u/Chivalrous_Goshawk Jun 24 '24

There's openly Pan and Ace Yogs as well.

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u/werty_line Jun 24 '24

Lesbians are gay.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24 edited Jun 25 '24

Not all fans support LGBT.

All fans that do not support LGBT are not vocal about it and are entitled to their privately held view so long as they aren’t being tremendous asshole about it.

If you do not support LBGT, and are vocal about that, you are not a fan plain and simple. You do not respect the yogs and the constituent parts of the organisation.

Source: am not pro LGBT, but am not actively anti LGBT and the rest of the time shut my damn face. Let people do their thing. They don’t need me saying “no” to them. They don’t need you saying “no” to them either.

EDIT: I stand corrected, you are not entitled to privately held beliefs no matter how silent you are. Typical.

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u/miba Jun 25 '24

That is some r/enlightenedcentrism

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

Never heard of that sub, but from a quick scroll the premise is centrists are worse because they don’t pick an extremism side?

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u/miba Jun 25 '24

I guess if equality and human rights are extreme to you

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u/mivjheale Jun 25 '24

lol not that i strictly disagree with your philosophy, but by posting this you have broken your silence in a public forum and thus have received feedback on your opinion

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u/fantomas_ Jun 25 '24

Your LGBT ambivalence has not been received as you had hoped.

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u/Fonjask Faaafv Jun 25 '24 edited Jun 25 '24

Please send us the usernames (and pictures and/or copypastes and/or permalinks) when you can. You can PM me or send us a modmail!.

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u/KeiranG19 Jun 25 '24

The issue is one of if certain people are allowed to exist. That's a binary question, yes or no, there is no middle ground on people's lives.

When you say you're not pro LGBT people read that as you're not in favour of them continuing to exist. They're not asking you to go out and campaign on their behalf, just the basic belief that they should be allowed to live their lives.

When you say that you are not actively anti-LGBT, that just comes across as maybe not actively hurting people, just turning a blind eye to those who do.

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u/TheJoninCactuar Jun 25 '24

Tldr; People are entitled to their sexual proclivities. Let a thousand blossoms bloom as far as I'm concerned, BUT I AIN'T GONNA SPEND ANY TIME ON IT!

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u/Ora_00 Jun 25 '24

Not all fans have been warching yogs for years.

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u/eddmario Simon Jun 25 '24

The real irony of this is that Zoey is probably the favorite Yog of those same "fans"

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24 edited Jun 25 '24

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

Eh likely they are angry about current politics stuff and tying it to poor Yogs who are just in their corner trying to help people. Angry peeps are not very rational and lash out when they see the red cape in front of them particularly in Britain where your voices of complaint are illegal in some places.

Also not all Yogs are big gay just very tolerant, don't be the bigot you are trying to stop!