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This is so silly but I'm watching a short video essay on sincerity in cinema and the creator is talking about how he watched Lord of the Rings for the first time at 17. He explains that he'd grown so used to the 'ironic' meta style commentary in the movies of the 2010's that as he was watching the opening narration of LotR, he spent the entire time waiting for the joke to come. For someone to take it all back with a zinger line. He listened to Blanchett describe and explain the backstory, and he waited for the other comedic shoe to drop.

And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.

He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.

Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.

People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.

That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!

You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.

Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.

Bleed yourself into the work you create. Live. Don't fucking let anyone tell you different.

askagamedev

You mentioned how only focusing on the good tends to be bad for game actually being sold. What are other “toxic positivity” traits you’ve see. in game development?

There are two core issues with toxic positivity in the workplace.

First, it's setting a bad set of expectations and a false sense of security for those who believe it. This can cause significant mental trauma when the rug gets pulled out from under us. To a true believer, it becomes a huge betrayal of trust. The ensuing guilt and shame of "I can't believe I didn't see it before" hindsight can haunt someone for a really long time. Trauma like this is a major contributing factor to burnout and the exodus of talent from the industry.

Second, it breaks trust in the leadership for those who can see the truth. It's very much the manifestation of "Who are you going to believe, us or your own eyes?" - we see that the emperor has no clothes, but we must bottle it up inside because we don't want to rock the boat or be seen as disloyal. This affects team morale and the craftsmanship of the development - it's difficult to feel good about the work when I know my bosses are lying to me about how well things are going. This also contributes to burnout, except it is more gradual. Turnover tends to increase among devs like us, because we know that the rug pull is coming and we don't want to be standing on it when it happens.

This has far-reaching effects in the workplace - morale affects just about everything. When morale tanks, it takes just about everything with it. Innovation and problem-solving decreases, engagement and productivity decreases, mental health worsens, we feel more isolated because we can't talk about it, and turnover rises sharply as more of us come to see the writing on the wall.

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