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It all goes back to the BS "vaccines cause autism" thing.
I was in a somewhat similar situation after the pandemic too. I used to be part of a local fighting game community in my region before COVID, even volunteering as staff for years. There were some great people in that group and I still have a couple really good friends from there.
But when the pandemic hit and all the "enlightened centrists" and people with the shittiest takes you've ever heard started crawling out of the woodwork like roaches, I felt more and more ill at ease being around them. People I'd known for years started spewing out the same gross attack helicopter jokes and edgy 4chan memes you mentioned.
A couple years back after one antisemitic joke too far (just to clarify, actually antisemitic, not anti-Israel), I decided I had enough and left the group discord and the game cold turkey. Instantly I felt my mental health improve. I searched around on Meetup and after a few months found another regional gaming group that was much more open and friendly, and I haven't looked back since.
I'm also past the age of easily going out and making friends (early 30s), so I just want to say that it's never too late to cut out people from your life who aren't worth wasting your increasingly precious time with. I'm sure you've been through all the arguments trying to convince your friend to act reasonable to no avail, and if they continue to stick their fingers in their ears and live in a fantasy world, then let them. As much as it sucks to watch, it's not worth your time, patience, or sanity to deprogram people once they've become radicalized.
Sorry, but if you were born in the early 90s, you're not Gen Z, you're a millennial. The general cutoff for Gen Z is usually agreed to be about 1997.
This is probably true for most casual use, but after a couple months of constant weekly Smash tournaments, my stick eventually wore down and started drifting. The D-pad is also notoriously mushy and often picks up ghost inputs when moving quickly back and forth.
Both of these issues are fixable with some not so difficult controller modding, but I wasn't willing to make the effort.
I ended up with the 8bitdo Pro 2 for general use like someone else in this thread suggested and the Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller with an adapter for Smash that has been with me for years now. The only difference is that the Wii U controller doesn't have the built in accelerometers that the Switch controller and Pro 2 have.
Just so you never make this mistake again, gametes are sperm and eggs. You probably meant "run the gamut".
Don't fuck with Big Clock.