• Ech@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Rping in a game is one thing. Bringing it into the world with memes and more is just…icky.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t understand how the game mocking it and a meme mocking it are different. Care to explain?

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        7 months ago

        If you were to go into a bar today and shout out “Join the army! All bugs must die!” or something, do you think everyone would know exactly what you were talking about? Or would they maybe think you were promoting some fascist, hateful action among the many others taking place currently? Satire is a very thin line, and without context (which most people aren’t going to have regarding this), role-playing this stuff just comes off as the exact thing that is being satirized.

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          7 months ago

          If you were to go into a bar today and shout out “Join the army! All bugs must die!” or something, do you think everyone would know exactly what you were talking about? Or would they maybe think you were promoting some fascist, hateful action among the many others taking place currently?

          First, this isn’t a bar. This is Lemmy, a community on the internet mostly filled with nerds. This is one of the most popular games at the moment. Also, even if they didn’t know the game, odds are they know Starship troopers, and this is just an expanded meme of that.

          Second, no I don’t think anyone hearing you say to kill all the bugs will think you’re a fascist. They might think you’re crazy, but, as far as I’m aware, there aren’t giant bugs we’re at war with in real life.

          I think there’s almost zero chance of this being mistaken as a sincere fascist post, and it’s pretty much harmless.

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            7 months ago

            Dude - you asked me to explain and I did. Not sure what you’re really looking for here, but you’re not gonna find it with me.