That's mainly where this opinion comes from. Living in New England my whole life has scarred me with regards to people taking undue pride and putting misplaced emotionality into shit that has nothing to do with them.
Also 'national pride' from people who didn't serve in the military or have a parent or child serving in the military, or volunteer to serve their country in any way, or make some other kind of sacrifice to the country of their birth or to become a citizen of that country. Otherwise, you were just lucky and popped out of a vagina in the right country.
Now, tabletop things like D&D, MTG, Warhammer, etc are different because they require active participation from the community to function. But video games? You buy it, download it, plug in your headset and yell all at the other 13 year olds shouting "Wakandan dick" and "ew, girls" in the lobby and call yourself a 'gamer.' Pride in your accomplishments in a video game is different than just pride in participating in 'gamer culture' but still the kind of thing you should age out of.
I'm sure these weirdo fucking autist-tranny-chairsniffers have a ton of pride in the freakshow speedrunning community they've built.
Okay, I've said my piece, gotta get back to taking pride in seeing number go up in my bank account as a substitute for having a meaningful existence.