Isn't it ironic that you used anecdotal data as a rebuttal to anecdotal data?

Nope! That's just how a normal conversation works.

to some degree that is the whole point

IMHO there isn't a realistic "typical gamer stereotype" anymore

sure you can pick any of the past stereotypes and will find people like that, even many, but it's not "most" or even "a slim majority"

Games, and with that Steam, have spread through all of society and Steam is the most wide spread platform for it.

So whatever anecdotal data you have based on your local environments selection bias is probably not "overall representative", just a slice of one of the many many different kinds of people playing games bought from steam.

>typical young nerd from Seattle

Unfortunately I usually meet gopnik and niño rata in Dota and CSGO and not typical young nerds from Seattle

Tangential but I would not want to play CSGO from a couch with a controller, it's already sweaty enough with a mouse and keyboard.

I used to play the PS3 version lol, good times. I've actually just downloaded it last week to run it in an emulator. So nostalgic with the old menu, old weapons, old maps etc. (only works offline against but but still fun)

No, it's the children who are wrong!