@boundesumo It wasn't Westly that said it, but Inigo Montoya. He said it Vizzini. I may have that entire movie memorized from my childhood lol It was my favorite.
I was called a grifter because I "acknowledged" there is woke in the game industry. I replied to that person "So you want me to deny that woke does exist?" That guy stopped replying after that
They always stop responding! I've genuinely tried to explore their thoughts process so many times, but they just say something like "Stop harrassing me" and escape. How are they going to spread their ideology if they fold the moment someone questions them?
"I'm not going to explain my thought process and beliefs. You either blindly believe what I say as if they're the commandments of a god or you're wrong."
They stopped replying because if a woke cultist hears anything they don't want to hear or something that makes them uncomfortable, they always run for the hills and mountains.
The term “grifter” has lost any and all meaning in today’s society. It’s only used as an insult when we don’t like someone and what they said on the internet and I’m sick of hearing it being misused like that
It’s kinda like the word “sus”. It used to be cringey whenever someone said it outside the context of playing “Among Us”. Then everyone starting to say it regularly until it became more cringey to say it.
we live in a time and age where you are allowed to disagree and to have your own opinion - as long as your opinion is the same that everybody else has and as long as you disagree with all those people who might still have another opinion on a topic.
@@lancethefilmguy9392 I know. I once ran into a crazy vegan who told me that farmers owning cattle in a farm was the same as slavers owning slaves and had a weird rage boner about race.
I knew there was a reason why I liked her. Reminds me of my friend.😊 It’s what some people only have going for them. They know on some level their lives are unsatisfactory but don’t do the proper reflecting they need to do to actually fix that. So we have this issue. It’s better to not engage and say a prayer for them.
No, Projection would be their exclusive ability and it'd cause recoil damage to them every time they attacked. "Insult" and "Bully" would be their attacks, kinda like in Dustborn. And being toxic people, they'd all, of course, be Poison types who's weak to effective mental attacks against them.
Honestly Alteori the biggest problem today is people werent taught how to discuss an opposing viewpoint with respect. They see any criticism on something they believe or like as an actual attack on themselves and any faults makes them feel like too less of a person. Like they arent heard or respected but in reality theyre doing exactly that to the other party. We need to have a serious meeting with everyone on Earth on how to discuss something based on its own merits. Not insulting but explaining faults or weaknesses and that its fine to do.
Exactly. The same with supporting whichever politician or politics, too. You can support it without then making anyone who doesn't some sort of vile human being. I'm tired of the over used girlboss characters, even when they're done right. That doesn't make me a woman hater. Or the overly chill, joke cracking ones. Like, take something seriously or stfu . You're taking all the tension and drama out of whatever scene/game you're in. Doesn't mean i hate humor, just means it needs to be used properly and not a clutch for the poor writing.
It kind of pretends as though the likes of Grummz, Endymion, and other the suite of others don't exist, though. It's incredibly disingenuous to devalue a word over bad actors. When you hear the same pattern of argument, especially when it comes from a lack of knowledge on the topic, you tend to roll your eyes and assume a grift. In my eyes, the idea of grift has simply become someone who wants to capitalize on bad faith arguments while it's hot. I.e; Stellar Blade in Prime, DA Veilguard, Avowed, and now Witcher 4. All different games, but one focal point of argument
When someone uses a word like grifter or incel, it tells me this person hears buzzwords and labels people they don't understand with those same buzzwords while doing no critical thinking of their own . it's lazy and disingenuous, speaking volumes about the people using the label, more so than the person they are trying to attack with it. Even when the word is being used in the correct context it's better to avoid doing so, because it's been tainted by the constant misuse of the word and it's meaning to the point of being worthless.
Exactly 💯 The best way to dismantle their buzzwords is to ask them the definition of such words. For example, if someone calls you a "Nazi," you can ask them, "So I am a National Socialist?" They'll then freak out and say, "THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS!!!!!" They can't stand to admit when they are wrong about something.
I think dismissing anyone for the words they use is disingenuous, slurs aside obviously. If you want to debate someone, you need to listen and deconstruct their actual points. It's like in the past when people dismiss my points because I used Hitler an an analogy, reguardless of the context or how good my point actually was. It's possible to draw comparrisons with elements of Hitler's regime without actually saying something is like Hitler. Just like you can use those words correctly and in valuable ways. None of that to say they can't be used disingenuously, but it must be judged on a case-by-case basis.
Whenever I hear someone say "incel" as an insult, I immediately lose any respect I had for them and permanently ignore them. This includes real life, as well. A co-worker's sister did this, thinking she was still in Portland, and I never said anything else to her. Same with pronouns in your bio. I legit cannot respect anyone that childish and mentally weak, and rather than hurt their feelings, I just dismiss them entirely, especially since these people want attention so badly, but they're legitimately not worth losing brain cells over. The only problem is when they won't leave you alone, online or otherwise. THEN you can be rude to them.
I once was on a facebook Disney parks group where someone actually said there were too many incels in the parks. 😳😳😳😳🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ . First I responded with “ wow what an insult!” Many people supported that but also many criticized me. So a lone man is nit allowed to live his single life as he sees fit? That’s somehow counter culture and pathetic?! The implication was that so called “incels” were perverts and pdf files.
clicked for the thumbnail stayed for alteori Love your channel Alteori, dont listen to any comments calling you a grifter, that word has lost its meaning
i could care less what witcher 4 fans think as they are tourists. These same fans never bought any of the witcher games AND there isnt enough of them to support their fan fiction which is why the Netflix tv show got cancelled. So i dont care about tourists who hate this franchise and only like it when it disespects the fans and tailors to tourists who dont give any money to the product they love which again is why the netflix tv show was cancelled so witcher 4 opinions matter to me as much as asking an ant its opinion. Nothing they say or do matters and they do not contribute at all to society or anything.
also a grifter is like CosmonautVArietyHour whos paid to shill for and cheerlead for HBO WAtchmen - Cancelled Disney Star Wars Rebels - Cancelled Disney Acoalyte - Cancelled Netflix Witcher - Cancelled and attack people for not liking these far left products. GameRanx is another grifter who does all of this. Also YongYea is one of the biggest cheerleaders of CDPR including the Netflix Witcher and is always attacking fans for criticizing CDPR
I could quote that movie line for line growing up lol My mom had recorded it on a VHS tape with Willow right after it, so we would always watch both movies back to back. (And yes you aren't actually supposed to dub tapes like that, shhh, don't tell the FBI lol)
Around 2015 small TH-cam channels were called sell-outs for putting a sponsor in their video. Now having a sponsored product in a video is very common.
Yeah, sell-out got way over used back in the day. I could see maybe calling someone that if they changed everything about their stuff just to make it more marketable but I most often saw it applied to those simply for achieving a high level of success. Like geez, sorry your fave obscure indie band no one had ever heard of before actually had a song everyone liked and became popular but that's not "selling out".
My old teacher laugh at me for not being informed on what GRIFTER means, i literally thought it was "the act of rejecting change", since game Journalists and game developers seem to use a lot when you hate their DEI games that scould you for misgender someone. But apparently it has to do with what CONCORD did, its "the act of swindling people out of money through fraud". I was flabbergasted when she told me, and then i Google'd it, i feel só dumb right now, but i believe the MoDeRn AuDiEnCe also has no idea of what that means, if you go on Twitter, its full of people uso g that word against gamers for enjoying beautiful women.
I think what the game journalists and developers mean here is, "ok you've complained enough, isn't it time you fall in line? look, we dialed it down, how are you still noticing?" Then there's the rightwing use of it, which is, "you keep regurgitating the same thing and yet you offer no other resistance."
The way I always saw it it was about “People joining spaces hey don’t like just to leech money of it” which both meanings while different effectively has the same message, people trying to get money disingenuously.
People say grifter has lost all meaning while I'm over here learning what it means at the same time it lost its meaning. This word truly feels like it came out of nowhere and instantly become something I ignored. It truly did a speedrun.
It's like I got swindled in how they're trying to convince me others are conning people. They're not using the word the way it is goriously intended to be. And it's not even a good con.
Thanks to this comment now I know what grifter is, though it's kinda meaningless with the speedrun I guess. Heard con artist, fraud, and scam a lot but grifter is indeed rarely used in normal conversation.
Oh please you imbeciles like throw the word "woke" around a lot. You guys are just as stupid. Now you're not sexist racist, or homophobic. You're just a bunch of Insufferable retards like "woke" crowd you hate, so much.
I think the misuse of "grifter" roots in someone believing that their take/beliefs are moral or objectively correct, and anyone who expresses disagreement can only be doing that because they're paid off
Problem is that is shill. Grifter is when you swindle someone out of money or items for your own con game. It's not even fraud that they're trying to say when they're using grifter. They're just using the word badly and trying to make a point how trendy it is!
@@joshuacr Shill is more that they're getting directly paid by a big money bags. Grifter is a "shill" that is getting paid by taking it from the commonfolk.
Anyone who now uses grifter unironically is like anyone who uses incel unironically. Their opinions aren’t worth anything and their “opinions” belong in the trash.
I have a feeling most of the people that accuse others of being 'grifters' are tourists themselves. And to clear something up, people are using the term 'grifter' outside of the original definition, which unfortunately is common these days. Best definition I can give for how the term is being used these days is 'a person who speaks with authority about a subject they know little about' or 'a person being dishonest about a subject they know little about to promote an opinion'. Which, ironically, means a lot of people who throw the term 'grifter' about as an insult tend to be grifters themselves.
That tutorial mini rant in the middle is so freaking real. Whenever I look up guides for something on TH-cam, I'll see an 8-10 minute video with an obnoxious intro where the dude just yaps for 3 minutes, tells you to subscribe, and then overcomplicates the process. The 1-2 minute videos that just show you where to go or what to do from a guy who doesn't even use a microphone are infinitely more helpful.
You know… a Witcher spinoff where you design your own character, go through Witcher training, and then go hunt monsters Skyrim style would be fun as heck.
This kind of concept would have been Amazing! With Gerald, Ciri and Vesemir as the Instructors training the New Generation of Witchers. Vesemir would cover Magic n potions, Ciri Swordplay n Combat, with Gerald on Monsters types and Tactics! Except again, by lore, there could NOT be any female characters, which you’d Think would be fine, as No one says Sh@t about ONLY female groups like oh I dunno, the Wakanda Royal Guard, Black Widows, Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit in Dune, ect! No one got their panties in a bunch asking “Where’s the Male representation?!?” So a Game based off the Rebuilding of the Witcher school of Wolf, would of been Epic as you, a Fresh survivor of the trials, with most others from your group Not surviving, gives players that sense of being unique, then the tutorial being the training with the 3 Icons, before you go off on your Own adventure to slay monsters for a ungrateful world. But no, we get another Girl Boss gunna Girl boss and be Better than the male counter part 🥱
@ exactly! It would be so much fun! Though, maybe it’s because I haven’t gotten that far into the lore yet, but why are there no female witchers? I get that all of the characters that we are introduced to are male, but I was just curious if they explain that somewhere and I just missed it or haven’t gotten there yet.
@ same reason a ALL female group gives like the examples above, because Males and Females are DIFFERENT, yet it only seems to be a issue now by “modern audiences” when there’s All male groups, like the Astadies from 40k or in this case The Witches, whom from the lore of the books Only Young boys were even able to Survive the trials of Grass, which they Still had a Low survivability rate, which was why Witchers were so rare and in small numbers, because Adults and young girls had a 100% mortality rate. So yea, it’s Very lore breaking that Adult Female Ciri could pass a test of which Every other adult and girl had died from, all so CDR woke can say “Look Look, Girl Boss”
As if being in the middle automatically means unbiased. From what I’ve seen, Alteori likes what she likes and dislikes what she dislikes even when everyone else disagrees. I don’t always agree, but I respect that she has her own opinion and often has a take that I’ve not heard from other creators I watch.
What I find funny with the comment of Grifter, it usually used on people that are not grifter to say that their belief and option are not valid but not with people who are clearly are grifter.
Same reason people use Nazi and racist and hater when they're the ones actually doing those things. Besides the projection, they're trying to discredit any potential opposition instead of factually prove they have a point. They don't. It's gotten to the point it wins presidencies in this country. I'll leave it there.
Usually it’s the grifters who are the ones calling others grifters. They get called out as such, and then simply call their critics grifters. They’re like 5 year olds being called a name and then saying “no, you’re a name!”.
@enmanuelrondon9700 this isn't Russia. Just because some people (or amoral country) have bad habits doesn't mean you have to convince others that everyone else has your bad habits. Some of us try to be sincere; and some of us try to hide stuff we don't want to talk about. That doesn't mean we're all bsing or lying about stuff 24/7.
I don't get people they complain that we shouldn't get excited about a trailer but also get upset when we don't like a trailer. I don't really care I read the books I know how the story goes but with what cd project red has become I would rather sit and wait for actual gameplay before I get excited over a trailer.
I'm a fan of The Witcher video games but not a huge fan of the TV show; I could care less if someone loves or hates a trailer. It is not how everything must be and always will be. It's a freaking trailer, people, get over it!
@@Badboy25251 The way i see it it's more about what i would call a generational change. It's not just the tourists, it's the new gen creators behind it, with their lack of general interest in the product, they don't create within the lines of the already set universe, they bend said universe around what they create showing their complete lack of knowledge about it, and then dismiss criticism to personal taste, much like the commenter over you. Their mentality is mostly "this is popular, so this makes money, so i'm in" and this mentality covers almost all the levels of any franchise existing nowadays In my case 40k is a highly malleable franchise, the general non written rule has always been "it could happen" because the universe is so humongous that it let's you explore tons of "what if's", but there's lines that, if crossed, makes the universe look phony, the Custodes drama being one of them. In the same line a Custodes, lore wise, cannot ever fall to Chaos, Eldars cannot ever adore Slaanesh or Tyranids cannot ever actively ally with anyone
People who usually call others “Grifters” are the ones who have their heads up their rear. Before nobody would use that word except those of the older generations or somebody that actually knows the definition of the word. Yet people who ignorantly don’t know the meaning behind it are throwing it around like candy or something. Also I like your videos and keep up the great work. So I can have more cool videos from you to watch. Peace, love, and chicken grease.
Also, when it comes to people misusing a word like “grifter”. I can’t help but think of that meme- “you keep using that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means”
The cycle of people constantly using words giving it less meaning continues to play, and still act shocked or appalled when people stop caring. Many such cases.
i have two things to say 1. Thank god somebody knows what their talking about and can argue a case without making it all about them when its not needed 2. You Slay Queen 😻
It is always interesting so see that you are 'objective', 'middle ground', etc. as long as they share an opinion with you. As soon as you leave their bubble, you are 'on the other side'. Too many of these come here only for confirmation, not for inspiration or out of interest. And using terms they didn't look into has gone rampant in the last years. The easier it has become to look up dictionaries or wikipedia on the device everyone uses, the more lazy people became to not do it. I still tend to look up names to get the spelling right...
That word means nothing it’s just a bunch a shills that will do anything to defend something that’s a huge downgrade and yet we always end up being right for example that shitty saints row reboot and of course the studio got shut down because that game was obviously NOT saints row
The thing is, when we talk about stuff or make fun of stuff for being silly, stuff that we care about, that's when we get attacked, but it's ok when they do it.
Let's not forget about grifts like Cyberpunk and Baldur's Gate being Woke games. I'll always say this: bad actors don't have any business when you make the judgement to devalue a word. Grifters, Anti-Woke, Woke, and so on are legitimate claims. People just can't form a coherent argument, so they default to an "easy" claim.
"Look at how the character is framed when crying, clearly anime" *proceeds to show characters crying from every angle* Conclusion: If the character cries, it's anime.
I kind of confused Grifter for a gamer term which was someone in a pvp match and does nothing and thanks to a good group, wins the match and they were standing idol in the spawn room or hiding in a hidden spot of the match. I do find it rather annoying how much our geek and pop culture has devolved into politics or the narcissistic need to be right. Like what happen to live and let live instead of trading morals for propaganda and living in an echo chamber. If your a fan of Pink Floyd you'll get this; they treat everyone like another brick in their walls, hide in their own bunkers and become a big butt while trying to feel comfortably numb to their own ideologies.
Yeah, its sad but when most of the franchises you love become political then its time, we gotta move on. Now indie games are our shining diamond of hope crazy as it seems. I’d add in a bad dark side of the moon pun but that’s just cause brain damage.
I never thought I'd live to see the day where others didn't actually need education and demand "thought control," but here we are folks! (Apologies to that iconic song.)
Don't people understand how stupid they seem when they choose a word to insult you and they use a word they don't know the meaning to.. It is one of my pet hates..... But I also find it hysterical!
I swear people have gotten really stupid. They come to watch your channel and get pissed off when you do your job and give your opinion. I'm sorry this is what your channel is. I think your channel is great I get to hear different opinions or stuff I didn't think about. People need to take their heads out of their own asses. Keep up the good work Alteori love your channel.
Well, this all comes back to what the word "fan" is really short for: fanatic. Fanatics, by definition, are massively devoted to something, whether it's ideology (religion, secular concepts, or politics) sports, or in this case, specific intellectual property. Anything they perceive as a slight on whatever it is they enjoy or worship is seen not just as a knock against that property, idea, or activity, but as an attack against them as an individual and the group they identify with. This really goes way beyond fanaticism and speaks to the heart of human psychology in that more than anything, people WANT to belong. Tribalism is ingrained in humanity and has been a primary cause of conflict throughout history and still remains a problem now. Unfortunately, we'll likely never get past it as a species. The best we can do is try to recognize when we're behaving in an unreasonable manner and make adjustments. That requires a lot of introspection, however, and most people, especially those who're younger (where peer pressure and belonging feels even more important than it does later on), either can't or won't do this for various reasons.
The most over used term on the net often used by people projecting. I wouldn't want to live in a world where everyone agrees with me 100% of the time it would make the world boring and I would learn nothing.
I like your channel alot. I love how you tell it like it is. We need more TH-camrs like you nowadays. To many TH-cam viewers & commenters that can't handle the truth. They don't want to accept or understand that the truth. The truth hurts.
People are using it to mean 'someone who is profiting from sharing ideas that I think are false' For them to be a grifter though, they would have to know that the idea they are spreading is false. Which, doesnt really apply in most cases here
The Grifter Insult comes from the Culture War. It started when the AntiWoke Inluencer finally became the main voice and the ProWoke fraction lost the argument and changed therefore the playgrund.
I was honestly excited for the new witcher but after seeing your video which explained inconsistencies with lore (which I didn't know about and I only played the 3rd one partially) I am now worried and not as excited. I am not a fan of franchises that just throw away old rules and make up new ones. Whats the point of following the new rules when they will probably throw those out too!
I hate the word grifter. I found your channel because I'm a weirdo like you and you let me know about things that I might not be aware of. I disagree with you on Nocturne but you make your excitement on things you love known. It's very genuine.
Funny thing is, saying that something is a FACT doesn’t necessarily hold all that much weight nowadays. I don’t know how that is possible but some reality bending shenanigans are commonplace in this life of ours.
Been watching your content over the years and have enjoyed your reviews on movies and games. And while you say you try to take a middle-ground stance, I always felt it leaned left or liberal (I don't even know anymore, lol). Not that it was a problem or anything, I myself try to keep an open mind, but I also believe in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." philosophy. However, this new generation (God I never thought I'd say that) is so fixated on having 100% validation, that if you disagree with anything; for instance, if the vegetable of the day is green beans. And I hate green beans, well that makes me a bigoted Nazi Republican 😂. I find it funny and sad how no one is allowed to have an opinion with these people. Anyways, I enjoyed the video, keep up the great work, and welcome to the bigoted Nazi Republican grifters society, we have cable tv. 😂😂😂
The knee jerk calling someone a grifter is INSANE! I've heard somebody call Jeremy over at The Quartering a "grifter" and they used his coffee as a example. I was like "Dude! Promoting your own product isn't grifting. It's just capitalism." 🤦
God, this is good thumbnail. To see that first thing in the morning, yeah, there is now way in the universe i aint clicking on that video, content doesn't even matter.
Tbf words change meaning all the time. "Nazi" basically became a replacement term for words like "blasphemer", "heathen", "witch" or "devil worshiper" in Western cultural subconsciousness.
@@Spantzcatdog Words can change their meanings depending on time and place, including "woke". Most humans don't study dictionaries, and they're not a necessary requirement for day-to-day language. As I typed, "nazi" basically became a replacement term for "witch" or "heathen". At least it's used in Western cultures with the same underlying intent as the other two terms were used once. Regardless of the term's original meaning. And that's just one example of countless.
@@Malachit-dl1qw so what. Either sides act like insufferable, sensitive imbeciles that can't give proper valid criticism anymore instead oh that "woke, man-hating, misandrist, anti-white, etc" oh yhat's "misogynistic, racist, homophobic etc" whether it's from reviewers and audience. I've seen it on Twitter and this app. It's annoying. Remember when when pre-2016, people used to properly criticize stuff but nah people focus on minor shit. Even without cheap/forced virtual signaling/lazy pandering stuff we're still going to get some crappy ass entertainment.
One of my brothers in particular chucks word at nearly anyone he disagrees with so often that it makes me wonder if his reading comprehension has decreased.
So the guy can't help but see you as an enemy because you don't have the same point of view he has, and then says he's sad because there's no middle ground anymore ?
What breaks the lore is the studio pushing that Ciri has passed "The Trial Of Grasses" which is how people become Witchers. The lore says no woman has ever been able to do this. So in current political landscape, this is just another girl boss kicking ass and it's boring and people are tired of it.
My problem is why is she fighting like Geralt in the trailer, she had her own power set that was completely different. Did she lose her powers and then became a Witcher (which I don’t think a woman has ever survived doing before)?
The character creation would've been cool and even the jedi outcast did something like this. Where after Kyle katarns story was done he played your teacher and you completed your own story as a custom character. Also lore wise as many said she can't be a real Witcher. It's also wild how the word grifter has lost all meaning. I would even argue calling someone a nazi has begun to lose meaning as people just toss that word around for anything.
This problem happens when a pejorative term is highly subjective or demands a lot of mind-reading. To accuse someone of being a grifter, you have to prove that somehow the opinions they present isn't their authentic opinion. Evidence mostly consist of circumstancial evidence, an accumulation of hints that are again open to interpretation.
Remembering your video about the culture war with gamers and the whole “pick a side or else-ing” in gaming, because of how watered down the term “grifter” is now and I mentioned this in my own comment that there are actual grifters in the gaming community and now that people with legit criticism are being labeled with this, now it means nothing. I’m just here to game and have fun with gaming.
I think it spread from mainly social media influencers that watched the OG redpill and mgtow monks from a decade or two ago (few still going) and didn't fully understand anything they where saying, so they started casually using the words and then those words got heard by teens/kids and then it basically became some generic word that has no meaning most of the time.
All the little sheeple who were told by their other TH-cam red pill individuals how evil our wonderful Fox is came over to post their comments. And then the people who, "If you don't agree with me, I'm going to make you suffer," also posted their comments.
There are words that unintelligent people use to insinuate that the person they disagree with are themselves ignorant, and therefore that opinion is unworthy of engagement and can be ignored outright. "Grifter" is one of the more favorite terms as it hasn't been completely stripped of "bite" like the others; rascismus, sexcismus, fascismus, yahtzee, and all _______phobics. Grifter is just another term soon to be voided of all meaning and relevancy 'cause idiots can't help themselves.
Wait, Yahtzee? Like the 2007 sexual finish in your hand and throw it in your partner's face insult thing? ( *Really tap dancing around the TH-cam auto-censor there* )
I'm excited for TW4, but it's interesting to hear other perspectives. I don't know why people think everything on the internet needs to be black and white. How do people get through life knowing there are people with different opinions? It's weird they talk about the middle, because it seems more like they want your opinion to align with their's. What is the middle of opinion on TW4 trailer? "The trailer was so okay!!"
Just to be clear. I like your content because you have your own opinions. Weather I agree with you or not, it’s nice to hear your thoughts on things. Keep doing you fox 🦊
I have no problem with Ciri as the new protag for witcher 4 Like many other have stated before, Geralts story ended with the trilogy and 3 literally starts with you training ciri ,it always had this underlying tone of passing of the torch... So seeing her as the main character never actually surprised me
The same as how someone speaks can tell you where they’re from. The types of words they use and misuse speaks volumes of people too. Grifter is one of those words people use that automatically makes anything they have to say afterward obsolete.
I always respect people who speak their mind even though they know the opinion is not the majority. We should be able to voice our opinions respectfully, so great job staying strong and staying truth to yourself!
I think grift now includes any sign of "profit/benefit" or something, like views, comments, upvotes, etc. The idea that they are gaining something out of appealing to a specific audience, though slanderously used towards the "anti-woke." Think is, a lot of the woke stuff is also grifting (and failing at it).
I couldn't be more disappointed with the witcher 4 trailer... As we know: Ciri is not a witcher in the witcher 3; witchers must be male; witchers must take the "herbal trials" while they are young (the younger the better) and Ciri drinks a potion that is deadly toxic to non-witchers. So, either they broke the lore by making Ciri a witcher while she is older and a woman; or They broke the lore by making the potions harmless to her for some reason.
I see this with a lot of people who use the word gooner to publicly shun people for liking sexy female characters in sexy outfits invideo games. Yes there are people who would goon to that but this goes beyond that, its anyone who defends it is a gooner, they dont know the individuals they are grouping to together they dont know your life out side of the internet is like.
Funny... iv be doing no fap for 7 plus years now. And even do retention most of the time with my girlfriend. And yes im the opposite of a goooner and would much rather have hot characters in games , not androgynous slobs
I found your Channel about a month ago and all for nothing I genuinely appreciate your real takes and opinions on what's really happening with our entertainment system and all the secret messages behind their marketing and it is so refreshing to see other creators speak on these topics with their own real ideas and opinions and not following the Sheep mentality in fear of offending someone Ps. Banger outro 👍
There’s a smaller content creator called blu lightning that’s working on making a video about the good and bad side of the Jurassic Park fandom. He recently showed a thumbnail showing your logo with devil horns and for a couple days now has been accusing klayton (the largest Jurassic Park content creator for anyone not aware) of being a white supremacist. Figured you’d want to know
Alteori is a grifter because she SUCKS AT MARVELS RIVALS. Source: Trust me bro
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Was not expecting this comment from the sexiest black youtuber.
Yeah, Leon how you doing ? Pink hat uh oh, shite....gonna go down.
Dang bro why you gotta out her like that
Aye Leon! You're here?!😂
Like the old man said once:
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Inconceivable!!!! 😎😁
In the modern day, a lot of words have lost all meaning based on how often they're thrown around in situations that don't fit them
@@captainbirch2.079 labels to be forced upon those considered "enemies"
westley wasnt old in that movie?
@boundesumo It wasn't Westly that said it, but Inigo Montoya. He said it Vizzini.
I may have that entire movie memorized from my childhood lol It was my favorite.
It’s crazy how people change the meaning of a word just to make less of someone’s opinion.
It's because they're stupid and want to sound intelligent
You ain't kidding this is what happens when culture war is allowed to continue
Yeah, that so racist.
@@moonpolarmoonI hear you. Calling people racist is so phobic 👍
Isnt that what anti woke people do with the word “woke”?
Fuck it Imma be shameless, who made that thumbnail art?
Midjourney 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for your sacrifice 🫡
That’s a helluva thumbnail, daaaaaamn
respect the hell out of you. A true sacrifice
What a bro, sacrificing yourself for the rest of us.
I was called a grifter because I "acknowledged" there is woke in the game industry. I replied to that person "So you want me to deny that woke does exist?" That guy stopped replying after that
They always stop responding! I've genuinely tried to explore their thoughts process so many times, but they just say something like "Stop harrassing me" and escape.
How are they going to spread their ideology if they fold the moment someone questions them?
@@TG-ge1ohThe irony of them accusing you of harassment when they were the ones who came for you. 😂
@@lancethefilmguy9392 It's quite lost on them lol 😂
"I'm not going to explain my thought process and beliefs. You either blindly believe what I say as if they're the commandments of a god or you're wrong."
They stopped replying because if a woke cultist hears anything they don't want to hear or something that makes them uncomfortable, they always run for the hills and mountains.
The term “grifter” has lost any and all meaning in today’s society. It’s only used as an insult when we don’t like someone and what they said on the internet and I’m sick of hearing it being misused like that
Lots of words and terms are losing it’s meaning.
It’s kinda like the word “sus”. It used to be cringey whenever someone said it outside the context of playing “Among Us”. Then everyone starting to say it regularly until it became more cringey to say it.
@@ianswinford5570 omg yes! You know who killed it for me? The bald cop guy from Breaking bad lol
@@Alteoriyou SUSSY BAKA
@@Alteori You mean Heisenberg
Basically, it's ok to have disagreements, but some people treat disagreements like if you committed murder.
Welcome to the TH-cam Comment Section
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we live in a time and age where you are allowed to disagree and to have your own opinion - as long as your opinion is the same that everybody else has and as long as you disagree with all those people who might still have another opinion on a topic.
I mean if they’re going to accuse us of…💥😂
@@lancethefilmguy9392 I know. I once ran into a crazy vegan who told me that farmers owning cattle in a farm was the same as slavers owning slaves and had a weird rage boner about race.
I knew there was a reason why I liked her. Reminds me of my friend.😊
It’s what some people only have going for them. They know on some level their lives are unsatisfactory but don’t do the proper reflecting they need to do to actually fix that. So we have this issue. It’s better to not engage and say a prayer for them.
If they were Pokemon, "projection" would be their signature attack
"Your name must be Sylvania because you're projecting" -my go-to comeback
No, Projection would be their exclusive ability and it'd cause recoil damage to them every time they attacked. "Insult" and "Bully" would be their attacks, kinda like in Dustborn. And being toxic people, they'd all, of course, be Poison types who's weak to effective mental attacks against them.
@@MarvinPowell1Feels like Dustborn’s actual attack set-up.
EXCELLENT AITEORI WORK.
Honestly Alteori the biggest problem today is people werent taught how to discuss an opposing viewpoint with respect. They see any criticism on something they believe or like as an actual attack on themselves and any faults makes them feel like too less of a person. Like they arent heard or respected but in reality theyre doing exactly that to the other party.
We need to have a serious meeting with everyone on Earth on how to discuss something based on its own merits. Not insulting but explaining faults or weaknesses and that its fine to do.
Both sides need humility and respect lest things get really bad long term.
@@mrconroy4672 The left does this almost exclusively
@@mrconroy4672I agree because they definitely lack humility
This. When did having a different opinion become a zero-sum game? Oh wait, I've been around long enough, about 1993 I think. *Sighs*
Exactly. The same with supporting whichever politician or politics, too. You can support it without then making anyone who doesn't some sort of vile human being.
I'm tired of the over used girlboss characters, even when they're done right. That doesn't make me a woman hater.
Or the overly chill, joke cracking ones. Like, take something seriously or stfu . You're taking all the tension and drama out of whatever scene/game you're in. Doesn't mean i hate humor, just means it needs to be used properly and not a clutch for the poor writing.
It's The Boy Who Cried Grifter. It doesn't mean anything anymore.
Same thing with Racist, fascist, homophobic, etc....
@@CL053DC45K37you can say that again
@@CL053DC45K37Those as well. 😅
@@CL053DC45K37 Incel, Nazi, bigot, transphobe, white privileged, male privileged, misogynist, sexist, etc.
Cough Cough... I've been waiting for someone to talk about this specific topic, and how overused the word is.
Literally! 😁
It kind of pretends as though the likes of Grummz, Endymion, and other the suite of others don't exist, though. It's incredibly disingenuous to devalue a word over bad actors. When you hear the same pattern of argument, especially when it comes from a lack of knowledge on the topic, you tend to roll your eyes and assume a grift. In my eyes, the idea of grift has simply become someone who wants to capitalize on bad faith arguments while it's hot.
I.e; Stellar Blade in Prime, DA Veilguard, Avowed, and now Witcher 4. All different games, but one focal point of argument
When someone uses a word like grifter or incel, it tells me this person hears buzzwords and labels people they don't understand with those same buzzwords while doing no critical thinking of their own . it's lazy and disingenuous, speaking volumes about the people using the label, more so than the person they are trying to attack with it. Even when the word is being used in the correct context it's better to avoid doing so, because it's been tainted by the constant misuse of the word and it's meaning to the point of being worthless.
Exactly 💯
The best way to dismantle their buzzwords is to ask them the definition of such words. For example, if someone calls you a "Nazi," you can ask them, "So I am a National Socialist?" They'll then freak out and say, "THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS!!!!!"
They can't stand to admit when they are wrong about something.
I think dismissing anyone for the words they use is disingenuous, slurs aside obviously. If you want to debate someone, you need to listen and deconstruct their actual points. It's like in the past when people dismiss my points because I used Hitler an an analogy, reguardless of the context or how good my point actually was. It's possible to draw comparrisons with elements of Hitler's regime without actually saying something is like Hitler. Just like you can use those words correctly and in valuable ways. None of that to say they can't be used disingenuously, but it must be judged on a case-by-case basis.
Whenever I hear someone say "incel" as an insult, I immediately lose any respect I had for them and permanently ignore them. This includes real life, as well. A co-worker's sister did this, thinking she was still in Portland, and I never said anything else to her. Same with pronouns in your bio. I legit cannot respect anyone that childish and mentally weak, and rather than hurt their feelings, I just dismiss them entirely, especially since these people want attention so badly, but they're legitimately not worth losing brain cells over. The only problem is when they won't leave you alone, online or otherwise. THEN you can be rude to them.
I once was on a facebook Disney parks group where someone actually said there were too many incels in the parks. 😳😳😳😳🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ . First I responded with “ wow what an insult!”
Many people supported that but also many criticized me. So a lone man is nit allowed to live his single life as he sees fit? That’s somehow counter culture and pathetic?! The implication was that so called “incels” were perverts and pdf files.
To be fair and look at this point fairly i ALSO feel that way at the people who blindly label somthing as WOKE. Both are now just used to dismiss.
clicked for the thumbnail stayed for alteori
Love your channel Alteori, dont listen to any comments calling you a grifter, that word has lost its meaning
@@ImWobbly same
Who wouldn't
We all do
i could care less what witcher 4 fans think as they are tourists.
These same fans never bought any of the witcher games
AND
there isnt enough of them to support their fan fiction which is why the Netflix tv show got cancelled. So i dont care about tourists who hate this franchise and only like it when it disespects the fans and tailors to tourists who dont give any money to the product they love which again is why the netflix tv show was cancelled
so witcher 4 opinions matter to me as much as asking an ant its opinion.
Nothing they say or do matters and they do not contribute at all to society or anything.
also a grifter is like CosmonautVArietyHour whos paid to shill for and cheerlead for
HBO WAtchmen - Cancelled
Disney Star Wars Rebels - Cancelled
Disney Acoalyte - Cancelled
Netflix Witcher - Cancelled
and attack people for not liking these far left products. GameRanx is another grifter who does all of this. Also YongYea is one of the biggest cheerleaders of CDPR including the Netflix Witcher and is always attacking fans for criticizing CDPR
Alteori: They're using Grifter wrong.
Me: INCONCEIVABLE!
You keep saying that word. I do not think that word means what you think it means.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
One of my favorite movies!
I could quote that movie line for line growing up lol
My mom had recorded it on a VHS tape with Willow right after it, so we would always watch both movies back to back.
(And yes you aren't actually supposed to dub tapes like that, shhh, don't tell the FBI lol)
Princess Bride quotes, Good movie.😉
There's a shortage of perfect quotes in the world. It'd be a shame to lose yours.
They always use it to refer to anyone they disagree with
When you have no valid arguments to argue you resort to baseless personal attacks.
Back in the day it was just 'sell-out"
Around 2015 small TH-cam channels were called sell-outs for putting a sponsor in their video. Now having a sponsored product in a video is very common.
Yeah, sell-out got way over used back in the day.
I could see maybe calling someone that if they changed everything about their stuff just to make it more marketable but I most often saw it applied to those simply for achieving a high level of success.
Like geez, sorry your fave obscure indie band no one had ever heard of before actually had a song everyone liked and became popular but that's not "selling out".
My old teacher laugh at me for not being informed on what GRIFTER means, i literally thought it was "the act of rejecting change", since game Journalists and game developers seem to use a lot when you hate their DEI games that scould you for misgender someone.
But apparently it has to do with what CONCORD did, its "the act of swindling people out of money through fraud".
I was flabbergasted when she told me, and then i Google'd it, i feel só dumb right now, but i believe the MoDeRn AuDiEnCe also has no idea of what that means, if you go on Twitter, its full of people uso g that word against gamers for enjoying beautiful women.
Bunch of goons forcing their words onto other people! Oops, I used that other goon word correctly too!
I thought it meant someone digging dirt 😂😅
I think what the game journalists and developers mean here is, "ok you've complained enough, isn't it time you fall in line? look, we dialed it down, how are you still noticing?" Then there's the rightwing use of it, which is, "you keep regurgitating the same thing and yet you offer no other resistance."
The way I always saw it it was about “People joining spaces hey don’t like just to leech money of it” which both meanings while different effectively has the same message, people trying to get money disingenuously.
People say grifter has lost all meaning while I'm over here learning what it means at the same time it lost its meaning.
This word truly feels like it came out of nowhere and instantly become something I ignored. It truly did a speedrun.
It's like I got swindled in how they're trying to convince me others are conning people. They're not using the word the way it is goriously intended to be. And it's not even a good con.
Really? You didn't know that grifter is the same thing as a con artist? Fraudster?
I find that hard to believe.
@RaifSeverence I mostly hear those people called some variation of con or scammer. Grifter is not something I've ever heard in normal conversation.
Thanks to this comment now I know what grifter is, though it's kinda meaningless with the speedrun I guess. Heard con artist, fraud, and scam a lot but grifter is indeed rarely used in normal conversation.
@@thitharaudiya8033Same here.
It is that time again when a word means nothing anymore. Like racist or nazi.
Or gatekeeper.
Or Sexist
Oh please you imbeciles like throw the word "woke" around a lot. You guys are just as stupid. Now you're not sexist racist, or homophobic. You're just a bunch of Insufferable retards like "woke" crowd you hate, so much.
I think the misuse of "grifter" roots in someone believing that their take/beliefs are moral or objectively correct, and anyone who expresses disagreement can only be doing that because they're paid off
Problem is that is shill. Grifter is when you swindle someone out of money or items for your own con game. It's not even fraud that they're trying to say when they're using grifter. They're just using the word badly and trying to make a point how trendy it is!
@@joshuacr Shill is more that they're getting directly paid by a big money bags. Grifter is a "shill" that is getting paid by taking it from the commonfolk.
Anyone who now uses grifter unironically is like anyone who uses incel unironically.
Their opinions aren’t worth anything and their “opinions” belong in the trash.
same for people using the therm woke or wokies 😏
Or the term "nazi"
@@atlantah5496 Nope. That one was self applied and then simply expanded upon.
Or "literal CP" / PDFile
@@atlantah5496 Nope, you don't get to call yourself woke and then get mad when other people call you the thing you proclaimed to be.
I have a feeling most of the people that accuse others of being 'grifters' are tourists themselves.
And to clear something up, people are using the term 'grifter' outside of the original definition, which unfortunately is common these days. Best definition I can give for how the term is being used these days is 'a person who speaks with authority about a subject they know little about' or 'a person being dishonest about a subject they know little about to promote an opinion'. Which, ironically, means a lot of people who throw the term 'grifter' about as an insult tend to be grifters themselves.
It's the new buzzword that is being overused and in a very hyperbolic sense like calling anyone who disagrees with you a nazi.
Wouldn't being a Nazi Grifter be a double negative? 🤔
Don't forget racist! On second thought, do! 😁
These shilltard grifting Chud NotSees need to shutup and Buy Game
@@lunasakara7306 Or you mean an oxymoron.
@doclouis4236 the word "woke" is also a buzzword but you guys love to throw it around so much. Hypocritical much.
That tutorial mini rant in the middle is so freaking real. Whenever I look up guides for something on TH-cam, I'll see an 8-10 minute video with an obnoxious intro where the dude just yaps for 3 minutes, tells you to subscribe, and then overcomplicates the process. The 1-2 minute videos that just show you where to go or what to do from a guy who doesn't even use a microphone are infinitely more helpful.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESS!!! EXACTLY!!!
You know… a Witcher spinoff where you design your own character, go through Witcher training, and then go hunt monsters Skyrim style would be fun as heck.
This kind of concept would have been Amazing! With Gerald, Ciri and Vesemir as the Instructors training the New Generation of Witchers. Vesemir would cover Magic n potions, Ciri Swordplay n Combat, with Gerald on Monsters types and Tactics! Except again, by lore, there could NOT be any female characters, which you’d Think would be fine, as No one says Sh@t about ONLY female groups like oh I dunno, the Wakanda Royal Guard, Black Widows, Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit in Dune, ect! No one got their panties in a bunch asking “Where’s the Male representation?!?”
So a Game based off the Rebuilding of the Witcher school of Wolf, would of been Epic as you, a Fresh survivor of the trials, with most others from your group Not surviving, gives players that sense of being unique, then the tutorial being the training with the 3 Icons, before you go off on your Own adventure to slay monsters for a ungrateful world. But no, we get another Girl Boss gunna Girl boss and be Better than the male counter part 🥱
@ exactly! It would be so much fun! Though, maybe it’s because I haven’t gotten that far into the lore yet, but why are there no female witchers? I get that all of the characters that we are introduced to are male, but I was just curious if they explain that somewhere and I just missed it or haven’t gotten there yet.
@ same reason a ALL female group gives like the examples above, because Males and Females are DIFFERENT, yet it only seems to be a issue now by “modern audiences” when there’s All male groups, like the Astadies from 40k or in this case The Witches, whom from the lore of the books Only Young boys were even able to Survive the trials of Grass, which they Still had a Low survivability rate, which was why Witchers were so rare and in small numbers, because Adults and young girls had a 100% mortality rate. So yea, it’s Very lore breaking that Adult Female Ciri could pass a test of which Every other adult and girl had died from, all so CDR woke can say “Look Look, Girl Boss”
Don't hold back, Alteori
Take no prisoners!
Let her cook
Grifter is apparently when someone I disagree with talks about something I agree with in a negative way
Aka everyone who disagrees with me is wrong
So just like incels, nazis and ists
As if being in the middle automatically means unbiased. From what I’ve seen, Alteori likes what she likes and dislikes what she dislikes even when everyone else disagrees. I don’t always agree, but I respect that she has her own opinion and often has a take that I’ve not heard from other creators I watch.
I'm independent, and I respect her opinions, regardless if we agree or disagree
What I find funny with the comment of Grifter, it usually used on people that are not grifter to say that their belief and option are not valid but not with people who are clearly are grifter.
Projection is all that is
Same reason people use Nazi and racist and hater when they're the ones actually doing those things. Besides the projection, they're trying to discredit any potential opposition instead of factually prove they have a point. They don't. It's gotten to the point it wins presidencies in this country. I'll leave it there.
Usually it’s the grifters who are the ones calling others grifters. They get called out as such, and then simply call their critics grifters. They’re like 5 year olds being called a name and then saying “no, you’re a name!”.
1 dimensional take, tbh The truth is everyone is grifting AND everyone is projecting 99% of the time.
@enmanuelrondon9700 this isn't Russia. Just because some people (or amoral country) have bad habits doesn't mean you have to convince others that everyone else has your bad habits. Some of us try to be sincere; and some of us try to hide stuff we don't want to talk about. That doesn't mean we're all bsing or lying about stuff 24/7.
I don't get people they complain that we shouldn't get excited about a trailer but also get upset when we don't like a trailer. I don't really care I read the books I know how the story goes but with what cd project red has become I would rather sit and wait for actual gameplay before I get excited over a trailer.
In regards to castlevania they maybe fans of anime but for some reason not actual fans of castlevania.
@@FrostyMts I get that same sensation with 40k
I'm a fan of The Witcher video games but not a huge fan of the TV show; I could care less if someone loves or hates a trailer. It is not how everything must be and always will be. It's a freaking trailer, people, get over it!
@@helekarsargarian6831 i feel tourists are just coming in trying to change everything about the things we like.
@@Badboy25251 The way i see it it's more about what i would call a generational change. It's not just the tourists, it's the new gen creators behind it, with their lack of general interest in the product, they don't create within the lines of the already set universe, they bend said universe around what they create showing their complete lack of knowledge about it, and then dismiss criticism to personal taste, much like the commenter over you. Their mentality is mostly "this is popular, so this makes money, so i'm in" and this mentality covers almost all the levels of any franchise existing nowadays
In my case 40k is a highly malleable franchise, the general non written rule has always been "it could happen" because the universe is so humongous that it let's you explore tons of "what if's", but there's lines that, if crossed, makes the universe look phony, the Custodes drama being one of them. In the same line a Custodes, lore wise, cannot ever fall to Chaos, Eldars cannot ever adore Slaanesh or Tyranids cannot ever actively ally with anyone
People who usually call others “Grifters” are the ones who have their heads up their rear. Before nobody would use that word except those of the older generations or somebody that actually knows the definition of the word. Yet people who ignorantly don’t know the meaning behind it are throwing it around like candy or something. Also I like your videos and keep up the great work. So I can have more cool videos from you to watch. Peace, love, and chicken grease.
Everyone who doesn't agree with my worldview is a grifter. It's impossible to have a different opinion
Also, when it comes to people misusing a word like “grifter”. I can’t help but think of that meme- “you keep using that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means”
I actually miss you uploading those godzilla fanfic vids
The cycle of people constantly using words giving it less meaning continues to play, and still act shocked or appalled when people stop caring.
Many such cases.
Anime is just a Japanese animation style, so nocturne can be a similar animation, the only difference is it’s not japanese
i really like the excitement in your voice when you talked about Castlevania.
"Without passion, we'd be truly dead" Angel
I love how you can't possibly have a bad opinion, it MUST be a grift nowadays😂
Dont ever apologize to Cry Bullies Alteori. They hate until they get a response, then cry victim as soon as they are not the majority opinion.
Snowflakes! 😁
Thst could be applied to you also
i have two things to say
1. Thank god somebody knows what their talking about and can argue a case without making it all about them when its not needed
2. You Slay Queen
😻
Geralt will always be my Witcher. I like Ciri, but this game feels like putting Geralt in a female body and calling it a day.
That's pretty much what they've done. Look at the clothes she's wearing in that trailer, it's basically Geralt with Ciri's head.
Exactly! Nothing to separate her from Geralt! No individuality! No originality!
@@ApolloT-vp5dn True. They could at least try to make Ciri more original. This feels like laziness on the screen
@@ianswinford5570 That's the thing Ciri already had a unique fighting style in the third game. They should have utilised and expanded on that.
It is always interesting so see that you are 'objective', 'middle ground', etc. as long as they share an opinion with you.
As soon as you leave their bubble, you are 'on the other side'.
Too many of these come here only for confirmation, not for inspiration or out of interest.
And using terms they didn't look into has gone rampant in the last years.
The easier it has become to look up dictionaries or wikipedia on the device everyone uses, the more lazy people became to not do it.
I still tend to look up names to get the spelling right...
That word means nothing it’s just a bunch a shills that will do anything to defend something that’s a huge downgrade and yet we always end up being right for example that shitty saints row reboot and of course the studio got shut down because that game was obviously NOT saints row
The thing is, when we talk about stuff or make fun of stuff for being silly, stuff that we care about, that's when we get attacked, but it's ok when they do it.
@ ikr it gets old too.
@@Alteoricareful, you just described Elon Musk!😂
Let's not forget about grifts like Cyberpunk and Baldur's Gate being Woke games. I'll always say this: bad actors don't have any business when you make the judgement to devalue a word. Grifters, Anti-Woke, Woke, and so on are legitimate claims. People just can't form a coherent argument, so they default to an "easy" claim.
@@TheWildArcanine but they literally are lol. just because its subtle doesn't mean its not there and even then its not THAT subtle lol.
"Look at how the character is framed when crying, clearly anime"
*proceeds to show characters crying from every angle*
Conclusion: If the character cries, it's anime.
Just ignore the whiners, they're jealous of you and can't handle someone not thinking like them
Appreciate her support, but why have a TH-cam hyperlink involving the word jealous?
@@joshuacr I didn't? Doesn't come up for me, just comes up as a normal word
I kind of confused Grifter for a gamer term which was someone in a pvp match and does nothing and thanks to a good group, wins the match and they were standing idol in the spawn room or hiding in a hidden spot of the match.
I do find it rather annoying how much our geek and pop culture has devolved into politics or the narcissistic need to be right. Like what happen to live and let live instead of trading morals for propaganda and living in an echo chamber. If your a fan of Pink Floyd you'll get this; they treat everyone like another brick in their walls, hide in their own bunkers and become a big butt while trying to feel comfortably numb to their own ideologies.
Yeah, its sad but when most of the franchises you love become political then its time, we gotta move on. Now indie games are our shining diamond of hope crazy as it seems. I’d add in a bad dark side of the moon pun but that’s just cause brain damage.
I think griefer was the actual term you were thinking of.
I never thought I'd live to see the day where others didn't actually need education and demand "thought control," but here we are folks! (Apologies to that iconic song.)
It's all about ego with some folks
Don't people understand how stupid they seem when they choose a word to insult you and they use a word they don't know the meaning to.. It is one of my pet hates..... But I also find it hysterical!
Seems pretty sus! 😁
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. Good on you Alteori.
I swear people have gotten really stupid. They come to watch your channel and get pissed off when you do your job and give your opinion. I'm sorry this is what your channel is. I think your channel is great I get to hear different opinions or stuff I didn't think about. People need to take their heads out of their own asses. Keep up the good work Alteori love your channel.
Well, this all comes back to what the word "fan" is really short for: fanatic. Fanatics, by definition, are massively devoted to something, whether it's ideology (religion, secular concepts, or politics) sports, or in this case, specific intellectual property. Anything they perceive as a slight on whatever it is they enjoy or worship is seen not just as a knock against that property, idea, or activity, but as an attack against them as an individual and the group they identify with.
This really goes way beyond fanaticism and speaks to the heart of human psychology in that more than anything, people WANT to belong. Tribalism is ingrained in humanity and has been a primary cause of conflict throughout history and still remains a problem now.
Unfortunately, we'll likely never get past it as a species. The best we can do is try to recognize when we're behaving in an unreasonable manner and make adjustments. That requires a lot of introspection, however, and most people, especially those who're younger (where peer pressure and belonging feels even more important than it does later on), either can't or won't do this for various reasons.
The most over used term on the net often used by people projecting. I wouldn't want to live in a world where everyone agrees with me 100% of the time it would make the world boring and I would learn nothing.
People who overuse the currently wrong meaning of grifter are actually the ones who are suffering from imposter syndrome.
@@joshuacryou guys overuse "woke" so much. Are you retarded?
I like your channel alot. I love how you tell it like it is. We need more TH-camrs like you nowadays. To many TH-cam viewers & commenters that can't handle the truth. They don't want to accept or understand that the truth. The truth hurts.
@joshuacr That's the truth. I agree with your comment wholeheartedly.
People are using it to mean 'someone who is profiting from sharing ideas that I think are false'
For them to be a grifter though, they would have to know that the idea they are spreading is false. Which, doesnt really apply in most cases here
LOL, I love this fox. You are 100 percent right. . Whatever happened to just liking or disliking something. and that being it?
Posting and that being it? Sir, you're in TH-cam! 😁
The Grifter Insult comes from the Culture War. It started when the AntiWoke Inluencer finally became the main voice and the ProWoke fraction lost the argument and changed therefore the playgrund.
I was honestly excited for the new witcher but after seeing your video which explained inconsistencies with lore (which I didn't know about and I only played the 3rd one partially) I am now worried and not as excited. I am not a fan of franchises that just throw away old rules and make up new ones. Whats the point of following the new rules when they will probably throw those out too!
I hate the word grifter. I found your channel because I'm a weirdo like you and you let me know about things that I might not be aware of. I disagree with you on Nocturne but you make your excitement on things you love known. It's very genuine.
so glad i'm not the only one who notices how these words get flanderized.
2:39 wait….. you had your own thoughts and opinions? No no no . We don’t do that anymore .
the only "side" Alteori chooses is her own
Funny thing is, saying that something is a FACT doesn’t necessarily hold all that much weight nowadays. I don’t know how that is possible but some reality bending shenanigans are commonplace in this life of ours.
Because humanity is not a species that operates on logic and reason. Some rare few can make use of them as tools, but they do not operate on them.
Why prove that things are true or not when you can assassinate somebody's character and not even bother thinking? *Sarcasm off*
Wait... Are people claiming that the Castlevania cartoon isn't trying to be anime? 😆
And Rick and Morty has nothing to do with Back to the Future.
(Riiiiiight )
Been watching your content over the years and have enjoyed your reviews on movies and games.
And while you say you try to take a middle-ground stance, I always felt it leaned left or liberal (I don't even know anymore, lol). Not that it was a problem or anything, I myself try to keep an open mind, but I also believe in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." philosophy.
However, this new generation (God I never thought I'd say that) is so fixated on having 100% validation, that if you disagree with anything; for instance, if the vegetable of the day is green beans. And I hate green beans, well that makes me a bigoted Nazi Republican 😂.
I find it funny and sad how no one is allowed to have an opinion with these people.
Anyways, I enjoyed the video, keep up the great work, and welcome to the bigoted Nazi Republican grifters society, we have cable tv. 😂😂😂
I tried for years but I hate mushrooms. I think that makes me a grifter, right?
@@joshuacr Oh, right up there with the best of them!
The knee jerk calling someone a grifter is INSANE! I've heard somebody call Jeremy over at The Quartering a "grifter" and they used his coffee as a example. I was like "Dude! Promoting your own product isn't grifting. It's just capitalism." 🤦
Why some people complain when other people have different opinions
Because it's the Internet 😂
God, this is good thumbnail. To see that first thing in the morning, yeah, there is now way in the universe i aint clicking on that video, content doesn't even matter.
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"Grifter" belongs woth all the other words like ""nazi" that have lost all meaning besides "i dont like what this person saying".
Tbf words change meaning all the time. "Nazi" basically became a replacement term for words like "blasphemer", "heathen", "witch" or "devil worshiper" in Western cultural subconsciousness.
The word "woke" also lost its meaning thanks to you guys.
@@Spantzcatdog Words can change their meanings depending on time and place, including "woke". Most humans don't study dictionaries, and they're not a necessary requirement for day-to-day language. As I typed, "nazi" basically became a replacement term for "witch" or "heathen". At least it's used in Western cultures with the same underlying intent as the other two terms were used once. Regardless of the term's original meaning. And that's just one example of countless.
@@Malachit-dl1qw so what. Either sides act like insufferable, sensitive imbeciles that can't give proper valid criticism anymore instead oh that "woke, man-hating, misandrist, anti-white, etc" oh yhat's "misogynistic, racist, homophobic etc" whether it's from reviewers and audience. I've seen it on Twitter and this app. It's annoying. Remember when when pre-2016, people used to properly criticize stuff but nah people focus on minor shit. Even without cheap/forced virtual signaling/lazy pandering stuff we're still going to get some crappy ass entertainment.
@@Malachit-dl1qw both sides are oversensitive and a bunch of imbeciles
One of my brothers in particular chucks word at nearly anyone he disagrees with so often that it makes me wonder if his reading comprehension has decreased.
So the guy can't help but see you as an enemy because you don't have the same point of view he has, and then says he's sad because there's no middle ground anymore ?
Clicked for thumbnail i cant lie, hope youre doing well Alteori
I too got that problem. A ton of idiots that disagree with my opinions
What breaks the lore is the studio pushing that Ciri has passed "The Trial Of Grasses" which is how people become Witchers. The lore says no woman has ever been able to do this. So in current political landscape, this is just another girl boss kicking ass and it's boring and people are tired of it.
My problem is why is she fighting like Geralt in the trailer, she had her own power set that was completely different. Did she lose her powers and then became a Witcher (which I don’t think a woman has ever survived doing before)?
Like the previous game Lore says it's impossible to do... nahhhh!
I mean, the grift is that youtube has not recommended me either the castelvania or the godzila videos. So... youtube is the grifter.
The character creation would've been cool and even the jedi outcast did something like this. Where after Kyle katarns story was done he played your teacher and you completed your own story as a custom character. Also lore wise as many said she can't be a real Witcher. It's also wild how the word grifter has lost all meaning. I would even argue calling someone a nazi has begun to lose meaning as people just toss that word around for anything.
This problem happens when a pejorative term is highly subjective or demands a lot of mind-reading. To accuse someone of being a grifter, you have to prove that somehow the opinions they present isn't their authentic opinion. Evidence mostly consist of circumstancial evidence, an accumulation of hints that are again open to interpretation.
This is what I've said. The burden of proof is on their shoulders. However, they will never do this
I still use the term Grifter as someone who steals money still, not gonna change the meaning for dumb people...Like a certain Swindler in politics
Or someone like Vaush who says "I don't care about principles I just want to win"
Just like it will always be Rich Uncle Pennybags as the mascot of the board game Monopoly.
You know one word that hasn't changed in quite a few decades? Moron. They're all morons when they're using these words wrongly!
That would be theif
Remembering your video about the culture war with gamers and the whole “pick a side or else-ing” in gaming, because of how watered down the term “grifter” is now and I mentioned this in my own comment that there are actual grifters in the gaming community and now that people with legit criticism are being labeled with this, now it means nothing. I’m just here to game and have fun with gaming.
I think it spread from mainly social media influencers that watched the OG redpill and mgtow monks from a decade or two ago (few still going) and didn't fully understand anything they where saying, so they started casually using the words and then those words got heard by teens/kids and then it basically became some generic word that has no meaning most of the time.
All the little sheeple who were told by their other TH-cam red pill individuals how evil our wonderful Fox is came over to post their comments. And then the people who, "If you don't agree with me, I'm going to make you suffer," also posted their comments.
To some people, if you don't agree with them 100%, you are against them, even if you agree with them on most points.
There are words that unintelligent people use to insinuate that the person they disagree with are themselves ignorant, and therefore that opinion is unworthy of engagement and can be ignored outright. "Grifter" is one of the more favorite terms as it hasn't been completely stripped of "bite" like the others; rascismus, sexcismus, fascismus, yahtzee, and all _______phobics. Grifter is just another term soon to be voided of all meaning and relevancy 'cause idiots can't help themselves.
That's just the nature of humanity.
Wait, Yahtzee? Like the 2007 sexual finish in your hand and throw it in your partner's face insult thing? ( *Really tap dancing around the TH-cam auto-censor there* )
Perfect description 👏👏👏👏
It's like what they did to Hitler:
Everyone I don't like is a Grifter!
0:12 many such cases, don't know where to start and TH-cam is more likely to delete
I'm excited for TW4, but it's interesting to hear other perspectives. I don't know why people think everything on the internet needs to be black and white. How do people get through life knowing there are people with different opinions? It's weird they talk about the middle, because it seems more like they want your opinion to align with their's. What is the middle of opinion on TW4 trailer? "The trailer was so okay!!"
Just to be clear. I like your content because you have your own opinions. Weather I agree with you or not, it’s nice to hear your thoughts on things. Keep doing you fox 🦊
As YoungRippa aka Eric July has always said "'Grifter does NOT = Person I Hate', there has to be a SWINDLE!"
We absolutley OWN all their favourite words by now, don't we? They can't use insults so we just take it from them every time 😂😂
I have no problem with Ciri as the new protag for witcher 4
Like many other have stated before, Geralts story ended with the trilogy and 3 literally starts with you training ciri ,it always had this underlying tone of passing of the torch... So seeing her as the main character never actually surprised me
The same as how someone speaks can tell you where they’re from. The types of words they use and misuse speaks volumes of people too.
Grifter is one of those words people use that automatically makes anything they have to say afterward obsolete.
It is the laziness of using the popular trend instead of trying to actually use your own words. Assuming they even know how to think anymore.
I always respect people who speak their mind even though they know the opinion is not the majority. We should be able to voice our opinions respectfully, so great job staying strong and staying truth to yourself!
That thumbnail…
Ikr
I never thought Alteori would make a thumbnail like that.
@@ianswinford5570 I mean, you gotta get people’s attention somehow I guess
@colinward6737 That's true
I think grift now includes any sign of "profit/benefit" or something, like views, comments, upvotes, etc. The idea that they are gaining something out of appealing to a specific audience, though slanderously used towards the "anti-woke." Think is, a lot of the woke stuff is also grifting (and failing at it).
I hate how everything is a political take these days, it's stupid and people can have their own opinions without politics people.
I'm excited about Ciri being the main character, but I respect your opinion.
@@JaysasterGamingthat could apply to both sides
I couldn't be more disappointed with the witcher 4 trailer...
As we know:
Ciri is not a witcher in the witcher 3;
witchers must be male;
witchers must take the "herbal trials" while they are young (the younger the better) and
Ciri drinks a potion that is deadly toxic to non-witchers.
So, either they broke the lore by making Ciri a witcher while she is older and a woman; or
They broke the lore by making the potions harmless to her for some reason.
I enjoyed Castlevania's anime myself. Any idea when we're getting the new season, my lady?
Imagine having a comment that is so bad that you become the catalyst to a new video
I see this with a lot of people who use the word gooner to publicly shun people for liking sexy female characters in sexy outfits invideo games.
Yes there are people who would goon to that but this goes beyond that, its anyone who defends it is a gooner, they dont know the individuals they are grouping to together they dont know your life out side of the internet is like.
Funny... iv be doing no fap for 7 plus years now. And even do retention most of the time with my girlfriend.
And yes im the opposite of a goooner and would much rather have hot characters in games , not androgynous slobs
I thought it was coomer?
I found your Channel about a month ago and all for nothing I genuinely appreciate your real takes and opinions on what's really happening with our entertainment system and all the secret messages behind their marketing and it is so refreshing to see other creators speak on these topics with their own real ideas and opinions and not following the Sheep mentality in fear of offending someone
Ps. Banger outro 👍
There’s a smaller content creator called blu lightning that’s working on making a video about the good and bad side of the Jurassic Park fandom.
He recently showed a thumbnail showing your logo with devil horns and for a couple days now has been accusing klayton (the largest Jurassic Park content creator for anyone not aware) of being a white supremacist.
Figured you’d want to know
You can report users for harassment or cyber bullying which this would fall under
Fs, yes, please report them! If I didn't make a point by not going to these idiots in the first place, I would go there just to do it myself!