"R U TRIGGERED" and all its subvariants were radioactive toxic waste and turned a valid and important psychological concept into bullying vector that for a time had nearly universal acceptance.

I still see vestiges of "le epic bacon" out there but it's mostly confined to aging :grillman: types and some :up-yours-woke-moralists: cultists and a few contrarian carninist edgelords that want to "trigger the vegans." Yes I know all of the above have a lot of overlap.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I forgot all about that one. It was around when "gay" was an adjective to describe things that were bad. :cringe:

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        That was when the game industry and game journalism were ethical. (CW: SV)

        https://res.cloudinary.com/lmn/image/upload/fl_lossy,q_80/f_auto/v1/gameskinny/0d82b6a7a2d8eecd968803ade768c324.jpg

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          I rented Daikatana from Blockbuster and oh my God, was that a mistake

          That game sucked so hard it created a singularity in my N64 that absorbed my ability to find joy in the world

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Weird thing is the Daikatana game for Game Boy Color had almost nothing to do with that disaster and was a Zelda-style top down adventure game. It was actually pretty good, especially compared to the main product.