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Pour one out for a real one

It's probably a good thing she's retiring on her own terms tho

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's pure do-gooder derogation.

Materially, we have set up a system where being right is what gets you punished, and people will hate you for doing something they agree with deep down. Because of the implications it makes about them. In the words of David Graeber, who calls the phenomenon 'Moral Envy', they're saying "How dare you act as if you are morally superior to me (although I do agree that your actions are morally superior to my own.)"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's one of the most time-honored sources of moral envy, that's for sure. yea

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've learned over time that almost nothing gets people on the internet enraged more than just the uncomfortable thought that maybe they're consuming something that might be bad in some way, be it how it's made, how it's distributed, who is hurt in its production, or just the damaging propaganda built into it. wojak-nooo

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But we’re not talking about some major lifestyle change, playing some video games where the lead character is a woman whose personality doesn’t revolve around her being spankbank material isn’t a huge ask.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She didnt even REALLY say "hey play different games" she moreso was just asking to be critically aware of the content of what you're playing which is some incredibly basic shit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

he moreso was just asking to be critically aware of the content of what you're playing which is some incredibly basic shit

One of her mantras was something like "it's possible to enjoy something while also accepting criticism of it" and I've learned firsthand how impossible that is for some people. frothingfash

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I re-read Lord of the Rings recently. And you know what? It’s definitely got racist elements in it. It sucks. But I can still enjoy the books. It’s just whenever I talk about them now (or even think about them), I do talk about how I like them but the racist parts cannot and should not be ignored.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I re-read Lord of the Rings recently. And you know what? It’s definitely got racist elements in it.

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