@exchgr@jalefkowit a16z has NOTHING of value to contribute to the world. Seriously, that's an immensely destructive VC firm and its mere existence is a strong argument for the corporate death penalty.
@cstross@exchgr@jalefkowit I cosplayed it today at DCC and had a blast as always at con, but why are their first two examples VIDEO GAMES??
so first they call it a form of manga and then they mention two games. I didn't read further and I DON'T want to know, but these morons I never heard of have NO clue what they're talking about if they make errors like THAT right?
(Bonus: Genshin is Chinese, and their anime like link click or tgcf are called Donghua but I digress)
@UkeBLCatboy@exchgr@jalefkowit a14z is the biggest venture capital investment fund in California. Silicon Valley techbros, basically. Their ignorance of fandom does not come as any kind of surprise: the only thing they're actually fans of is money.
@cstross@exchgr@jalefkowit I stopped reading after the first paragraph, these must be clowns. Like I'm a massive weeb, have been for 16 years, I go to 20 cons in 5-6 countries a year and cosplay and write gay fanfics massive, fandom is my entire life and all my friends and my home on- and offline, so this just hurts. I get a headache from that first paragraph and couldn't continue.
"Started as a niche ... of manga..." WHAT? Anime started as a form of manga? WHAT?