r/Steam May 30 '26

Fluff Gaben declined my wedding invite

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A bit old, still felt happy he replied.

48.2k Upvotes

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u/Cerberus1252 May 30 '26

Can I come instead?

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u/DarthLarfleeze May 30 '26

Let Cerberus1252 go

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u/Jaysong_stick May 30 '26

This I can support

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u/Top_Freedom3412 May 30 '26

"So let my heart be hardened

And nevermind how high the cost may grow

This Will still be so

I will never let, u/cerberus1252 , go."

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u/ArcadianDelSol May 30 '26

Moses will be there.

He's bringing frogs.

More than you are picturing right now.

118

u/nyannyan_sensei May 30 '26

Prince of Egypt reference gets my upvote!

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u/devioustomfoolery11 May 30 '26

I FUCKING LOVE PRINCE OF EEJET 🗣🗣🗣

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u/DoVestLookGood May 30 '26

Only if DarthLarfleeze can be their plus one of course

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u/Emergency_Problem101 May 30 '26

Lleeeet maaah people gooo

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u/Fireflyholylight May 30 '26

But Larfleeze, shouldn't that invitation be yours?

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u/neXt1991 May 31 '26

🫰you’re in, if you’re able to time travel!

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u/Cerberus1252 May 31 '26

On it!

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u/Outdoors_Pizza May 31 '26

That's the spirit!

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u/FeelingMaybe5137 May 31 '26

Was he there?

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u/ChinhTheHugger Jun 02 '26

this was why nobody attended stephen hawking time travel party

we were all at OP wedding

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u/Lobstertopstar May 30 '26

I marry june 20th next month - would happily invite you

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u/noob_ama_CcC May 30 '26

Congrats bro

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u/Cerberus1252 May 31 '26

I’m in

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u/Lobstertopstar May 31 '26

Nice, where do you live? We marry in Austria

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u/FrequentTown3 May 30 '26

Let Cerbrus1252 in!

118

u/Azuria_4 May 30 '26

Git a time machine?

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u/Reldarino May 30 '26

So nice of OP to make the wedding again just so Cerberus1252 can go

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u/MoistStub May 30 '26

Obviously they cancelled the wedding. OP's plan was clearly to surprise-marry Gaben.

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u/oliveoliverYT May 30 '26

Sorry to break this to you. Your 7 years late........

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u/Lavigator May 30 '26

There's always next time!

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u/Sloth_Devil May 31 '26

Nah 2019 was like, a couple years ago, right?

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u/WorldWarrior428 May 30 '26

This guy deserves an inv

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u/Icy_Grass5354 May 30 '26

Cerberus1252 HAS to be there.

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u/HingedxHooligan May 30 '26

well if you're going i've GOT to go now

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u/Depoka_YT May 31 '26

Email was sent 5+ years ago

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u/fuerzadetorsion May 30 '26

Invite Cerberus1252 to the wedding

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u/realjmk May 30 '26

'hell yeah this is cool I think I'll wait 7 years to post it' lmao

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u/Gooooomi May 30 '26

my internal clock thought 2019 was only 4 years ago

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u/[deleted] May 30 '26

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u/mith00birb May 30 '26

The pandemic felt like a day or two

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u/fecalreceptacle May 30 '26

i honestly dont remember anything from 2019-2022, except for all the misery haha

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u/mith00birb May 30 '26

2019 was good

But the rest?

School children probably loved it, 24-7 gaming with online classes in which you can just easily cheat

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u/FishGuyIsMe May 30 '26

I started a YouTube channel and filmed videos between classes. I propped my phone on my Chromebook, and pointed it at the Xbox screen and uploaded that footage immediately with no editing. Pair it with 6th graders voice…. I got 14 views, which is 14 more than I deserved

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u/ElyxrBlade May 30 '26

It wasn't? 😬

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u/KyuKyuKyuInvader May 30 '26

I'm so old dued

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u/EquivalentPlatform17 May 30 '26

Fr dude, I feel like just yesterday I was 18 and now I'm fucking 27 with some strands of grey hair already 😭

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u/CellularBeing May 30 '26

Wait til your knees hurt. The memes were warnings

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u/GrapeEconomy5192 May 30 '26

Don’t feel too bad man I turned 30 today!

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u/FlameShadow0 May 30 '26

Others were posting their email exchanges with Gaben so I believe OP was just chiming in on that.

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u/neXt1991 May 31 '26

Exactly

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u/FeniXLS May 30 '26

repost?

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u/DarkGodRyan May 30 '26

bot

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u/roninshere4eva May 31 '26

looks like a legit account to me

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u/SnooMachines8405 May 30 '26

2019 isn't 7 years ago what is bro on ab.... fuck.

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u/onlyhav May 30 '26

Please, please stop saying 2019 was 7 years ago.

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u/Upset-Strain5908 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Cancel the wedding, what sense does it make now 

Edit: ask for a divorce, you didn't even get to see gaben

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u/aumiced May 30 '26

2019 bro

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u/Bubbay May 30 '26

True, but I think in most jurisdictions this is clear grounds for an annulment.

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u/Smartypantz34 May 30 '26

Statistically theres a big chance they have already divorced

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u/S7zy 32 May 30 '26

Wait really? Do most divorces happen in the first couple years?

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u/McBeefnick May 30 '26

No but they mostly occur by married couples.

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u/Brico18 May 30 '26

"100% of deceased people aren't alive anymore"

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u/Evil_Umbreon May 30 '26

Infertility is partially genetic. If your parents couldn't have kids then you guaranteed can't have them either.

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u/Otherwise_Demand4620 May 30 '26

35%-45% of marriages end in divorce, and since I know of two marriages that ended by death, it is likely that this marriage ended by divorce because I don't know many married people.

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u/Pretend_Sir4084 May 30 '26

How does the other 55%-65% end???

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u/LitTim68 May 30 '26

Death or annulment

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u/CakeTester May 30 '26

Slippery pole pillowfight.

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u/MoistStub May 30 '26

Gabe might just be waiting for the wedding to go on sale to pick it up for 90% off. Bet it's on his wishlist.

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u/qucari May 30 '26

invite gaben to the divorce

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u/ArenjiTheLootGod May 30 '26

Invite him to the divorce after party.

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u/qucari May 30 '26

only if he can handle the tension and awkwardness of sitting through the entire session with both lawyers

then immediately propose to gaben at the after party

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u/MemeArchivariusGodi May 30 '26

Try getting him to attend the divorce. And if it doesn’t work repeat the cycle

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u/Snugrilla May 30 '26

"I won't be able to attend. Congratulations!"

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u/MemeArchivariusGodi May 30 '26

Then we marry again and try again. It’s an easy cycle

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u/hsvgamer199 May 30 '26

Plot twist it was op's third marriage otherwise Gaben would have come. Gaben is extremely allergic to that number.

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u/ghost_tapioca May 30 '26

It's the date. He'd be okay if it was scheduled for the 1st or 2nd of July. Unfortunately, any number above 2 is an outlandish concept for him.

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u/WorldWarrior428 May 30 '26

Numbers above 2 don't really exist, its just a conspiracy put there by multi government conglomerates to make people think their richer than £2

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u/GastricallyStretched May 30 '26

The date was 4 July 2020; Gaben had a premonition that year would be trouble.

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u/stilljustacatinacage May 30 '26

He's not allergic to the number, he just lost faith in /u/neXt1991 after the second marriage. You can only watch the same self destructive habits play out exactly the same way so many times, you know? After #2, Gabe felt it would be best to keep some distance and maybe give OP space to reflect, rather than give any misconstrued sense of approval for charging headlong into a new commitment.

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u/mosaik May 30 '26

Confirmed: Steamdeck price will not come down ever again

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u/BasteinOrbclaw09 May 30 '26

No point in getting married anymore

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u/DoTortoisesHop May 30 '26

Not when they can go for a "no reason" divorce

Lol. I remember that "prove me wrong" youtuber bitching about that endlessly. He wanted like a servant.

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u/Neo_Artista May 30 '26

ask him again... he declined it back in 2019, who knows he might accept this time

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u/SubArcticTundra May 31 '26

Make sure to start a new email thread tho or else he'll notice he already refused

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u/SillyRecover May 30 '26

Bro, this sub. I can't tell if people are just trolling or if they think this dude genuinely cares about them enough to go to a random wedding.

137

u/SiomarTehBeefalo May 30 '26

It's fairly common for people to invite random well known figures to their weddings because there's no real risk involved. Worst case, and most likely case, they ignore it. Best case they show up, maybe with a wedding present, and you have a fun story to tell others years down the line.

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u/FreshCause2566 May 30 '26

apparently Queen Elizabeth II actually attended someone's wedding after they invited her not expecting her to show up.

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u/SippieCup May 30 '26

Like every other celebrity with a good media grasp, if they are there already they make a 10 minute appearance. But she did not ever go out of her way.

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u/JenovaJireh May 30 '26

The couple who got married during Bad Bunny's SuperBowl performance sent him a random wedding invite, imagine that leading to him inviting you to get married during the halftime show lol

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u/neXt1991 May 31 '26

Yes. I also invited the German chancellor and got an autographed photo and a nice letter back lol

Edit: back then it was Angela merkel

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u/Steamed_Memes24 May 30 '26

Someone once invited Keanu Reeves who was filming a movie near by for their wedding and he actually showed up. You would be surprised even though something like that is rare.

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u/juijaislayer May 30 '26

Lets just hope its jokes 🙏

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u/RedditNotFreeSpeech May 30 '26

The poor guy doesn't want to be treated like some deity. He just wants to be Gabe but constantly he gets all these stupid emails which get immediately posted for the lulz.

If people had any respect for him they wouldn't waste his time with this stuff.

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u/kuru_eucharist ^^ May 31 '26

im pretty sure he welcomes the emails, which is why he takes the time to reply

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u/Sinaju_Duck May 30 '26

Well by seeing your steam play list I see why jk jk 😆

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u/LousyDevil May 30 '26

He refused to cosign for my car loan. I can't believe it.

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u/PatSajaksDick May 30 '26

This is perfect Reddit cringe

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u/MonkeyDLikesBugs May 30 '26

Fucking weird parasocial relationship with a billionaire.

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u/ghost_tapioca May 30 '26

I mean yeah, but also it's definitely a joke. And a harmless one at that.

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u/MonkeyDLikesBugs May 30 '26

Of course I can tell that it’s not serious. But there is definitely a weird thing going on with people and Gabe newell. Trying to get a reply from him so you can post it on reddit and be like senpai replied to me is just weird. I bet people joking about messaging Gabe and defending him think swifties are cooked but it’s the same shit

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u/randomstranger76 May 30 '26

Idk why this subreddit gets off so hard to Gabe replying to emails

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u/AugieKS May 31 '26

People just like to see that he takes the time to, even if they are just short one word answers. I mean, can you think of any other billionaire you could email out of the blue and stand any chance in hell at getting a response?

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u/Hilanite May 30 '26

Its very common for people to jokingly invite a famous person they love on the off chance they show up or thinking they may send a gift

ive seen tons of videos before of celebrities showing up and surprising said person

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u/vrijheidsfrietje May 30 '26

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u/abdurahmondev May 30 '26

damn lucky bastard he is

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u/Orfeu_Blue May 30 '26

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Keanu just was present and happened to see the couple getting married. He didn't show up from an invitation.

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u/abdurahmondev May 30 '26

yeah he is still really lucky with that

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u/Orfeu_Blue May 30 '26

Agreed, Keanu is a legend

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u/Promant May 30 '26

This makes no sense to me, a wedding is supposed to be YOUR special day, YOU should get all the attention, not some random-ass celebrity.

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u/RiimeHiime May 30 '26

If you're a big fan of someone, them showing up to your wedding could be more special to you than being the center of attention.

That being said, most of the weddings I've been to have been lower-key affairs to begin with.

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u/Kaleidoscope-360 May 30 '26

Also if I was a celebrity who wanted to make a random couple's day who invited me, I would show up to the reception to take pictures and let the couple have their fun asking questions or whatever, then leave. So as not to draw attention during the ceremony and derail the reception for the whole evening.

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u/Dravarden May 30 '26

I would bet most people wouldn't recognize Gaben anyway

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u/Far_Inspection4706 May 30 '26

It was funny back when it was still kind of a new idea/joke but nowadays famous people especially on Gabens level probably get a thousand emails a day asking them to come to random shit. It's probably just annoying to them at this point more than it is funny.

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u/adeliakasie May 30 '26

I mean ngl if I were a famous celebrity and a random person invited me I would show up cuz it would be funny. But for like once or twice cuz after that a lot of ppl would ask probably.

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u/PandorasBoxMaker May 30 '26

It’s still really fucking weird

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u/Chipring13 May 30 '26

The Gabe dick riding is the worst part of this sub, and it’s unfortunate that those seem to perform the best so it’s the ones that show up the most on my feed.

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u/halfhere1198 May 30 '26

I found it pretty funny

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u/KaleidoscopePlusPlus May 30 '26

not really. itd be weirder if he invited him on a date

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u/vigouge May 30 '26

This is so creepy.

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u/lowth3r May 30 '26

I truly don't mean to disparage OP, but why do people feel the need to immediately screen grab and post all communication with Gabe? If I'm him, I'm never communicating with the public again. Seems like a betrayal of good faith and his openness to respond to people. Can't it be cool enough that he responded to you, and leave it at that?

Again no shade on OP, I'm talking more about the hundreds of posts like this and the, as i see it, societal cancer that compels people to do this.

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u/amathyx May 30 '26

Again no shade on OP, I'm talking more about the hundreds of posts like this and the, as i see it, societal cancer that compels people to do this.

OP is societal cancer, they're a bot reposting an image from 7 years ago

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u/Kavirell May 30 '26

immediately screen grab and post all communication with Gabe?

I mean the date on the email says its from 2019. So its not immediately, its been 7 years lol

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u/yaranzo1 May 30 '26

he clearly knows people are going to do this when he replies. idk what you're on about.

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u/Sanguineyote May 30 '26

I doubt Gabe minds the good PR. Thats likely partially part of why he takes the time to respond courteously.

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u/SippieCup May 30 '26

Partially why he has a pa respond to these messages.

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u/KneeReaper420 May 30 '26

parasocial relationships are weird ngl

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u/Kat_Box_Suicide May 30 '26

As he should.

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u/kingp43x May 31 '26

30k people upvoted a post about an email from 7 years ago.

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u/phillymorris May 30 '26

Insanely cringe

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u/ZubatCountry May 30 '26

These are the posts I think of when I get replies insisting Valve needed to jack their hardware prices up so much

Presidents would kill for the cult of personality Gabe has built over the last 20 years lol

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u/dirtyitalianguy May 30 '26

Agreed - I don't understand the fascination with bothering this dude constantly and sharing countless email replies on the Internet. He's a billionaire living his own life. Leave him alone.

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u/StartwithT May 30 '26

You people need to set boundary.

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u/Vivid_Web2823 May 30 '26

Lol at thinking this was actually Gabe 🤣 parasocial fans are delulus, I swear.

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u/humble-chocolate5544 May 30 '26

He said he was unable to attend… maybe he was working on HL3?

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u/Dingaling015 May 30 '26

Parasocial ass sub

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u/masteroftheinternet7 May 30 '26

This is getting really cringe

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u/TheMightyArsenal May 30 '26

this subreddit is really fucking weird lmao

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u/FondantLow6212 May 30 '26

This is actually pathetic lmao

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u/Loxias26 May 30 '26

“Thanks, but no”

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u/Koolide May 30 '26

Need to wait for wedding 3 maybe he will show up for that one

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u/TekThunder May 30 '26

Y’all are weird

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u/DeltaAlpha0 May 30 '26

If it had to be done on the 2nd, then he would accept. How could you forget that any number from 3 upwards scares Gabe?

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u/Kotanan May 30 '26

July 4th 2020?

He knew!

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u/sp2861 May 30 '26

This is the definition of a parasocial relationship

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u/gokurakumaru May 31 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I don't know how Gabe maintains such good temperament with a constant deluge of Internet-memeing retards spamming his email with nonsense. He must be paying some PR firm to deal with all these surely.

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u/Kellashnikov Member since July 2, 2004 May 31 '26

The fact that he replied is awesome

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u/[deleted] May 31 '26

He gave you the time of day though, and was polite, that's a positive.

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u/yosman88 May 31 '26

This is like Santa Clause replying to your letter. Wild.

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u/Hiti3 Jun 03 '26

Leave the pure greatness of a man alone, so he keeps respecting us peasants. Go retard someone else, cmon man.

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u/sukull May 30 '26

Yall fucking embarrassing doing this shit and then posting it. When they stop replying to anyone it's because of people like you.

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u/LightIsntFastEnough May 30 '26

An international wedding invite during 2019 is wild.

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u/you_no_know_me May 30 '26

Gaben, in his infinite wisdom knew Covid would hit and international travel wouldn’t be possible in 2020.

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u/RelaxPrime May 30 '26

Y'all really going to annoy this man into deleting his email account

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u/Firewalk89 May 31 '26

Tbf you asked him to travel across the freaking planet on one of the biggest holidays in the US. Not sure what you expected lol

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u/BombbaFett May 30 '26

Technically he didn't decline he just wasn't able to make it. Don't think of it as he didn't want to but as he was really torn up about the fact he couldn't attend.

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u/DeithWX May 30 '26

Can you people just like, stop bothering the guy? Dunno, you're weird. Imagine if you had to deal with this everyday.

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u/Kayzokun May 30 '26

And now you’re creating a trend of sending Gabe invites for everything because the lols. 😆

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u/ArmoredAnkha May 30 '26

Can I go instead? I promise I'll only drink water

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u/hauntedglory May 30 '26

He didn’t decline, ask for his next availability and postpone the wedding!

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u/Spacepickle89 May 30 '26

“We’re flexible just let me know when you’re free.”

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u/Gr144 May 30 '26

With Covid, he probably wouldn’t have been able to go anyway.

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u/Sure-Canary1303 May 30 '26

Gabe was the bride.

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u/laz10 May 30 '26

at least send a proper invite

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u/Xiij May 30 '26

Should have offered him a 60% discount

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u/CryptographerDry6167 May 30 '26

First the Steam Decks now this.

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u/Woshua1234 May 30 '26

2020 wedding ? That wedding did not happen

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u/L3GlT_GAM3R May 30 '26

So did it happen? Cause there was a certain event that may have caused you to reschedule

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u/Snugrilla May 30 '26

I love how he just takes every email completely seriously.

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u/Atratzu May 30 '26

Poor Gaben probably gets thousands of emails trying to get an interaction. Lol

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u/TedTedford May 30 '26

Heyo, that’s my wedding anniversary too! But 2018. Cheers!

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u/TheIhsaan7 May 30 '26

He is a stand up guy at least he responded

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u/Average_Glee420 May 30 '26

He won’t be able to attend because he is helping releasing Half-Life 3 the same day

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u/MediumDefinition2480 May 30 '26

Those where times where we used ‘Fuck you Gaben’ a lot

That might be the reason he didnt come

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u/NebNay May 30 '26

I'm very angry at the fact that i didnt think to do this

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u/One-Development1332 May 30 '26

must be insufferable to deal with

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u/eternalyeti May 30 '26

I love how people are now asking to go in his stead... and it was years ago

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u/gbraide May 30 '26

I will also not attend. Therefore there is a non zero chance I may be on the same super yacht as gabe

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u/Clairvoidance May 30 '26

not the covid wedding mannn

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u/psychoacer May 30 '26

Why didn't you post this sooner? I can no longer use Steam. Epic Games is my new best friend

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u/brosono May 30 '26

Emailing Gaben, so hot right now

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u/rr3no May 30 '26

your 10 year long plan of marrying someone to meet gaben failed, whats the point anymore just get a divorce.

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u/ThatGuyYouMightNo May 30 '26

"We'd like to invite you to our wedding!"

"Is it taking place on one of my yachts?"

"Uhh... No?"

"Then I'm not coming."

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u/Derpderpderpderpde May 30 '26

I had my account stolen like 15 years ago and support did nothing, so I found his email on some random website and sent him an email asking for his help. My account was unlocked the next day. He never responded but I always assumed it was because of that email.

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u/neXt1991 May 31 '26

Lord Gaben please come to my 10y anniversary if possible

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u/nightryder21 May 31 '26

You guys are weird.

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u/Mountiebank May 31 '26

Why is this 28k people? Is this a PC cult?

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u/MoodyCitizen May 31 '26

Should've asked him what date/time he is available and change the wedding accordingly.

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u/Luca158 May 31 '26

you should have specified that the cake at ceremony is not a lie