• Rojo27 [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    This person has never touched a Zelda game in their lifepaulie-point

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Zelda fans, including the conservative ones, have been asking to play as Zelda for a long time. Because God forbid we explore the character of the titular character.

      • UlyssesT
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      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 months ago

        I'm disapointed it's some weird simple pokemon game instead of part of the core franchise. I want to run around doing cool magic and tranforming in to Sheik.

    • PKMKII [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      A fucking wizard was one of the main protagonists in Lord of the Rings. Forget Zelda, this person hasn’t touched the entire fantasy genre in their life.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Dei woke galadriel is ruing lord of the rings bc... oh wait no that's an actual thing the chuds are doing right now.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            2 months ago

            Chud complaints suck cause it makes it harder for me to complain about things. Rings of Power is trash but not cause of woke

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              2 months ago

              Right? I have so many issues with the show, starting with the elves all having tons of fly aways before moving on to how the director hides the VFX sets when people are talking by putting the entire backdrop out of focus.

              Also, why do half the dwarves not have beards wth?

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    Gamers are just rapidly degenerating into the Christian soccer moms they used to hate 20 years ago, it's kind of incredible

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      18 days ago

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      • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        Honestly yeah that piece of shit is a big part of it. The whole anti-SJW "skeptic" community was nothing but a fascist brainwashing machine.

        • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          And to think it all started because he started crying publicly about boys

          Just a weepy shithead doing the Simpsons "think of the children" bit in real life

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      I've noticed this with the wider counter culture.

      On reddit the r/dankmemes subreddit agrees that smoking pot is deadly, sexuality is shameful and the only cool way to be edgy is to say slurs and support republican politicians.

      We're unitonically at the point of the "counter culture" being Christina conservatism, which fucking sucks more than I have words for.

      Well I've got a few words..... president Xi.... xi-plz

    • vovchik_ilich [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Honest question as a non native speaker: What's a soccer mom, and isn't it a misogynistic term?

      • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        Soccer moms are mothers who take their kids to sports events, whether it's practice or games. They usually drive a large van so they can carpool with other families from the same team as their kids. They are generally stay-at-home moms, doing house chores and taking care of the children. This is only possible because they are affluent, well-to-do, and live in suburbs.

        It can be misogynistic in stereotyping women because stay-at-home moms are often looked down on, despite what they do being intense, full-time labor. Where soccer moms get a bad rap is when they abuse legal drugs (namely alcohol and prescriptions) during the day. Or they get a bit too hyped over their kids' sports. There's always some shit head at a little league baseball game getting drunk and trying to fight other parents/referees/actual, literal children.

        Generally though, "soccer mom" is a neutral term describing people who parent as a job and help other families with transportation, event organizing, and recreational activities.

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    2 months ago

    It's not a joke and you will actually invite bad things into your lives

    In particular, you will invite screeching evangelical wackos, who will endlessly explain how every time you press Down-C to activate Nayru's Love, Jesus cries and a demon bites your soul

    • rubpoll [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      I keep forgetting there are Americans who unironically think that animated skeletons and dark wizards are something you need to worry about.

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Brain poisoned US evangelical whose parents didn't let them read Harry Potter because it's witchcraft?

    • ObamaSama [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Me but even as a ten year old I could see how ridiculous and arbitrary it was, making me completely drop even the slightest belief in religion. Genuinely can’t comprehend the brain that sincerely believes “yeah actually witchcraft is a serious existential threat and even mentioning it in fiction is dangerous”

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    2 months ago

    Arguably the oldest story in Angloid culture revolves around a protagonist who wields magical power, and whose perennial closest advisor is the mightiest wizard in the land.

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  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Gamergate was a psyop to make the suburban soccer moms become the standing authority on what constitutes a “good” game. I see no evidence against this.

    It’s all part of the WASP obsession with the entire world being a boring, sexless mess.

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      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 months ago

        Was thinking about how all these woke dei gamers are probably also masturbation obsessed "porn addict" nofap weirdos. "Girl not hot!" And then "omg how do i stop having erections ever?" In the same hour.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    LINK USES MAGIC

    ALL THE FUCKING TIME

    WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE GREAT FAIRIES ARE DOING, EXTENDING HIS LINE OF CREDIT?

        • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          They're tourists. They will not cease until gaming is gentrified.

          But god forbid you tell them to just go play golf or watch the game or whatever middle-class suburbanites like to do.

          • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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            2 months ago

            I think it's a bad thing to base your hobby on pure consumption

            Like if all you do is play games without ever thinking about them on a deeper level or wanting to actually create new and interesting experiences, then all you're left with is pure distilled slop

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    I don't understand how "Magic is real and even thinking about it summons powerful forces" is an argument AGAINST learning about magic. "Could you cast spells to solve all the problems around you? Of course, but you shouldn't because reasons."

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Pet theory: The reason fundies hate/are scared of witchcraft is that it doesn't need to be sanctioned. I put in time, money, went to Sunday School and I even didn't covet anyone's wives, dammit. You can't just do stuff, it has to go through the proper channels.

      • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        Very true. If magic was real, it would be heavily-regulated and all the high-level secrets would be reserved for the extraction class. Hell, if magic was real, they would probably keep it secret amongst themselves and use it to control us all and take everything from u...

        ...

        Wait a minute... is magic real?

        • heggs_bayer
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          1 month ago

          Reminds me of the Choir from Tactical Breach Wizards.

  • rubpoll [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Princess Zelda's had magical powers since Ocarina of Time, at least.

  • Adkml [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I'm not exactly the world's most positive person bit I am genuinely thankful that I'm not so fucking stupid, gullible, or underestimulated that i give a shit about this kind of stuff.

    Like imagine having a legitimate intense emotional reaction to what gender the cute little character you're playing as in a child's game is.

    What were these people like 100 years ago, having an aneurism because they included the thimble as a playable piece in monopoly?

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      When I was little, I thought Link was Zelda and therefore a girl. Didn't find out he was Link and the title referred to another character until I was like 12 and actually beat a Zelda game.

  • Goblinmancer [any]
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    2 months ago

    Gamer : i hate anita she wants to ban vidya games just like those christiann moms!!!

    2 years later

    Gamer : magic in video games is a sin and should be banned

    Amazing how gamers literally whine about everything in a video game but god forbid if you think theres a certain sexist element in a vidya game.