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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (12 children)

they're pretty damned evil, dude. "but other companies are worse" doesn't take away from their shittiness.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Well yeah but they are not sexual harassment evil or driving people to kill themselves evil are they?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Adding to what Kolanaki said, these kinds of abuses are unfortunately pretty commonly unreported in Japan because of social pressure against the victim.

    In particular there's a practice of mentally abusing workers until they resign to avoid firing them.

    Sexism and homophobia are alive and well because they're rooted in a culture of conformity to social norms which punishes those who stand out.

    And I don't mean to be xenophiobic about this; it's just information I've gotten from LGBT manga authors and the news. I in no way think there's anything inherently wrong with Japanese people or that their culture is without value. I don't really trust any large corporations to begin with.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's fair. But that just makes them a standard evil corporation. I just mean to say that calling nintendo a supervillain is a hyperbole compared to companies actually doing crimes against humanity.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    They're a Japanese company, so chances are pretty high they do that, too. Especially the drive to suicide part.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Hey if they are I will definitely put them up there with the most evil gaming companies. It's not why they are getting called a "supervillain" for that now though. I'm not defending them, just heard a lot worse from ubisoft or activision is all. Nintendo is definitely annoying the shit out of me though.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I can't tell if you're defending nintendo or not, man. I am weirded out by consumers defending multibillion dollar corporations.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Nah my point was that nintendo is just your standard evil corporation. I think the super villain part is a bit of a hyperbole compared to say, amazon or nestle.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I think theyre all shitty and adjectives to describe them being literal or figurative don't matter.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's fine. Fuck nintendo and all that. Just trying to put whatever evil things nintendo is doing in perspective to actual problems.

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