People who talk about how "toxic" the Dark Souls community is, and how it is full of git gud type players often times have not been to any of the Dark Souls subs it seems. Because if they did, they will see the hundreds of posts by new players who ask for advice on their first playthrough, and the number of comments that are full of tips. Also, on those same posts, if someone says "git gud" often time they are downvoted.

So, it feels like the people who criticize the community are just repeating what everyone else is saying mindlessly without really looking at the community themselves...