I'm an E-girl Who Plays Video Games

About

I'm an E-girl Who Plays Video Games is a copypasta which spawned on Twitter after a user attempted to make a point about girls who claim to be gamers but only play so-called casual games like Pokémon and Animal Crossing. The copypasta spread as people added their own humorous pictures along with the text.

Origin

On January 2nd, 2019, Twitter user @broken_shroomz^[1] tweeted a starter pack for "I'm an E-girl Who Plays Video Games," using so-called casual games Pokémon, Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and Love Live! School Idol Festival. The tweet gained over 4,300 retweets and 23,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

The tweet was quickly criticized by many Twitter users who thought the point being made was sexist. Twitter user @starswithnames tweeted an obscene rebuttal, gaining over 24 retweets and 890 likes (shown below, left). User @KylePlantEmoji called the original poster a "misogynist gatekeeper," gaining over 340 likes, though this tweet was mocked by those who thought he was White Knighting.

Other Twitter users turned the original tweet into a copypasta and added humorous pictures. User @dcmcfanclub posted a picture of Polybius, gaining 20 retweets and 50 likes (shown below, left). User @YoItsYohane tweeted pictures of a pair of Sonic the Hedgehog games as well as Fortnite and Big Chungus, gaining 17 retweets and 80 likes (shown below, right).

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