Holy Christ, man. This following bit is from Squidi…and really I just can’t be bothered to explain who he is or why I care. I’m quoting this because he’s learned not to keep his text archived for long, because it’d be too easy to find previous writings where he’s contradicted himself, or had such mind-bogglingly self-absorbed comments like the ones following that they’re fun to link to and point at him.

Here, he’s talking about scalpers who resold the Wii for tremendous profits. If you don’t have the context to know who Squidi is, then just appreciate that there are people in the world who actually think like this.

Sometimes, I’m ashamed to be a gamer. It honestly seems like I’m the only one who deserves to play videogames. When I do it, it is for righteous and intellectual reasons - to study, to understand, to appreciate. It seems like other people just fuck around until they get bored. It’s why I won’t buy used games (above and beyond being a hypocrite). How can anybody who deserves to play videogames lose the cases and manuals, or have discs with more scratches than a hard wood floor after a roller derby? There’s no respect there. No honesty. Just use and abuse.

I don’t tend to hang out with typical gamers all that much. Frankly, I try to avoid them for exactly this reason. It’s hard to not feel superior to them when they pride themselves on being shallow and ugly. So, occasionally, I forget the ugliness that is out there. I don’t play online. I don’t get cursed out by 12 year olds, or see people’s butts through their Xbox Live camera, or deal with spawn campers, or any of that behavior that only makes sense if you are selfish and stupid.

Scalpers are a problem beyond just being selfish and stupid, but it’s the same cause. It’s not just greed, but also low self esteem. To need to exploit someone just so that there is someone out there that you are superior to. A lot of people say I’m arrogant, and I do not even remotely disagree, but I’ll say it again. My arrogance is better than that. It’s like super arrogance. It’s got so much pride, it won’t even be associated with the pride of idiots and losers.

Oh, and P.S.: as you know by now, the OJ book was cancelled, along with the FOX interview. I wonder if he’ll have an interview on the CW called If I Still Had An Interview On FOX, Here’s How I Would’ve Done It.