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GOG Fighting the Good Fight
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It's not a nitpick, but also that newsletter is not indicative of GOG being a Nazi organization. The idea that they specifically decided to advertise a new game based on Slavic mythology specifically so that they could send a mass advertisement to half their user base intentionally using Nazi symbolism is wild. It is much more likely that some marketing dimwit Googled "Slavic runes," and copied some random ones from the first site they found.
Screenshot of the first result for "slavic emoji" on google
It's one data point, not a pattern. Definitely something to watch out for, but there's literally nothing else in the history of the company to suggest that they have any white supremacist tendencies
Almost like "slavic emoji" means something... Why does my dog keep crying?
Given it was an advertisement for a game inspired by Slavic mythology, "Slavic emoji" means "advertisement for a game inspired by Slavic mythology" in this case. Do you think the developers of The End Of The Sun are nazis?
The Slav's use the same emoji's as the rest of the world.
I think some idiot was trying to be edgy (👀) and GOG's PR dept obviously sucks, they put the shit out to begin.
btw, that's not a special slavic emoji
It's literally the first result when searching the phrase "Slavic emoji" on google. Hanlon's razor applies. Most normal people are not aware of any nazi symbols other than the swastika
That's why I'm trying to be patient.
Why do suppose that would rank so highly in a search result?
Because most people who search for that are looking for the nazi stuff, not advertising fluff for a Slavic-inspired video game
Yeah I agree with most of what you said. It's concerning though, they could have easily responded with a responding “Nazi shit has no place here, super sorry we let that slip through”
That's the part I find doubtful, this sequence can only be found on a site by or about Nazis. I feel like even the dumbest idiot would clock that, but I've underestimated idiots before
I mean, that exact sequence is in the header of the first result for an ostensibly innocent google search. Spend some time where normal people hang out, and you'll find that a lot of them can't clock Nazi dogwhistles. I've personally had to explain the significance of "14/88" to people who thought I was nuts for calling the My Pillow guy a nazi
Oof, yeah that'll do it. Seems like emojidb needs a report button.