Indeed, that’s why I was asking for a non-offensive version of the term to apply when people actually give you something and take it back.

Wow… fuck…

Is there a term for this? Giving someone something and then taking it back? I mean, there’s “Indian Giving”, but I want one that isn’t racist, outdated, and based on a poor understanding of US History?

Is Reddit dead yet?

I don’t think I’ve ever said the phrase “Go back to Africa” unironically (as in outside of making fun of racists) in my life, but here we are.

Go back to Africa Elon…

At least I said it to a white guy.

Concidence? Obviously… Elon The Musky Husky is a champion of Free Speech afterall. /s

God that brings my blood to a boil, I sadly have seen plenty of neo-liberal nonsense, it doesn’t do people like me favors, it just radicalizes people into thinking my existence is a “distraction”

Fuck Rainbow Capitalism

I had heard they were DEI mandates, if they weren’t then I am mistaken and apologize. But as far as I’m aware, this was mandated.

So if you have proof it was a decision of the devs themselves, I’d love to see it.

45% Hitler 12% Harris and the rest “No Comment”

I can’t take credit, it’s a joke I stole from Civvie11 (Amazing game review show, I highly recommend it, especially if you like Boomer Shooters)

The show has the attitude of “If you fail to provide a way to legally obtain your product, you have no right to gain angry when someone pirates it.” and constantly brings this up when it reviews games like Nintendo’s Geist or Activision’s Wolfenstein remake (Which since Activision and ID Software are owned by the same company now could be re-released without issue, but for some reason they’re just not)

Honestly these “Diversity Bandaids” seem to be more common when DEI is applied than not, it really feels more like a pro-censorship initiative more than actually trying to elevate women and minorities in the workplace.

Remasters that remove characters or stages because they’re “problematic content”, redesigns of familiar characters that remove their sex appeal because feminity in and of itself is somehow misogynistic (seriously I’m a lady just wants to play a beautiful woman in my escapist fantasies, ya know cause it’s MY fantasy and we all wanna be more attractive?), risque humor no longer being allowed, localizations that remove or change dialogue seen as sexist (Even if it’s villain dialogue, or done to show that a specific character has flaws that include outdated views), the terms “Male and Female” are now “Body Type A” and “Body Type B” (Look I’m trans, non-binary identity is more common, I get it… but… this feels more patronizing than inclusive…)

Lots of shit like that… and as a gamer it is quite frankly embarrassing. Games are a form of art, and we should not apologize for art.

Btw, I know the Body Type A/B thing sounds pedantic, but it really just feels like trying too hard yet not hard enough… If it’s really too offensive to just have a drop down menu that says “MALE or FEMALE” in current year, just have a character creator that lets me pick masculine/feminine/androgynous traits from menus and ask for my pronouns at the end. That’d be a much better solution (and was fucking awesome when Cyberpunk 2077 did it)

A lot of games are very lazy and have two body types, an overly masculine buff guy (A) and a curvaceous lady (B), then ask if you want to be referred to as “He, She, or They”, while I understand They (Non-Binary individuals exist), can someone tell me who the fuck outside of a Right Wing troll trying (and failing) to be funny is going to pick the buff guy + the “she/her” pronouns?

It’s just one of those situations where I just wanna say “Your attempt at inclusion is so poor, I’d rather you just call me a slur at this point.”

Try to appeal to everyone and you’ll end up pleasing no one…

Kinda glad, as a gamer I’m tired of DEI telling me I can’t have a steak because a baby can’t chew it.

I’m all for more diversity and inclusion, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it, how DEI was being used in the gaming industry was definitely the wrong way.

Can we stop having AI do… anything?

And that’s why I have a VPN, so I can yo-ho-ho with a bottle of fuck you!

Could they have picked a rapier looking Ken for this pic?

“No see the joke is that I unironically believe that you are inferior and should be treated worse than the dog I abuse because of my feelings of inadequacy, based solely on the fact that you are a homosexual” - Worst Sonic Character, Boomer The MAGA Hat

But it’s not a cult guys

Oh no, I wasn’t having mixed feelings, I was disappointed that someone took a shot at the king and missed.

Yeah… Surviving that basically won him the election.