Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agoTo appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish buckswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down129cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkTo appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish buckswww.pcgamer.comPrince Aster [He/They/Zir]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square87linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·6 months agoit serves the purpose to mock the request and make people think about the absurdity in the same way that a request for a “white history month” should also be mocked - it’s just straight up trivialising the whole concept
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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months agoThe purpose is, as the other commenter said, to mock the request and to highlight its absurdity.
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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·6 months agoSome people need to be poked fun at so they can get over themselves. This is literally punching up at ~80% of the population. This isn’t bullying. Anybody even marginally emotionally mature would laugh or roll their eyes and move on.
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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·6 months agoAre you saying that you think less of “left people” and LGBT because of this joke?
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoit sounds like you don’t understand protest
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.socialBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-25 months agoRemoved by mod
it serves the purpose to mock the request and make people think about the absurdity
in the same way that a request for a “white history month” should also be mocked - it’s just straight up trivialising the whole concept
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The purpose is, as the other commenter said, to mock the request and to highlight its absurdity.
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Some people need to be poked fun at so they can get over themselves.
This is literally punching up at ~80% of the population. This isn’t bullying. Anybody even marginally emotionally mature would laugh or roll their eyes and move on.
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Are you saying that you think less of “left people” and LGBT because of this joke?
it sounds like you don’t understand protest
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