L + Ratio + Grow up and stop gatekeeping

this isnt gatekeeping by the definition of the word because i never said anybody should be excluded from palaeontological spaces nor that these people arent "real palaeontology people"

I'd be genuinely shocked if actual palaeontologists themselves didnt make these kinds of inside jokes either or hell act the same as some people do in the 'paleontology fandom' they probably also recognise the absurdity of Spinosaurus for example lmao

you've completely misunderstood her point, she has never implied or directly mentioned once that people who treat fossil taxa as game characters shouldn't practice or enjoy the science and now you're just openly being sore about it

Fandoms are literally ruining real and important scientific spaces

They're right

you're just being rude to someone setting boundaries? They're not excluding people they're saying to block THEM because they personally find it upsetting, plus even explaining themselves multiple times in the replies

It's not though?

Dude it isnt gatekeeping

I can finally use these

There was a paper just released about the issues that treating Paleo like a damn Fandom actively keeps some science back because they're afraid of pissing off folks who treat these animals as game characters. It isn't gate keeping to say treat these dead animals as animals