https://twitter.com/the_nerd_skull/status/1760261533555372265

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    9 months ago

    Consider for a moment that literal children are currently playing Helldivers 2 and then going on to imitate it and absorb it into their personalities.

    90s/00s kids played with their Starship Troopers action figures and watched the Starship Troopers animated series on syndicated TV, and people wonder why Starship Troopers 1 is taken sincerely by many people. Surely being able to buy the action figures of the satirized characters does much to undermine the satire.

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      That's a good point. You don't satirise the Nazis, then make collectibles out of the characters. Well, you and I don't. Some people would. And libs will not object so long as the characters are a step removed.