• FaceDeer
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    -18 months ago

    I most certainly didn’t, I’ve never played it and know nothing about it other than recognizing it as the name of a game that’s quite popular right now.

    It’s kind of funny in a meta way how what I thought was an amusing little comment has blown up into an intense argument about the politicization of games (in an explicitly satire-related community no less). Thank goodness nobody jumped on the ambiguity I put into it as my attempt at humour and thought I was implying that wanting a white ethnostate was the reasonable one instead. Though I suppose seeing the thread fly off the handle in that direction instead would have been even more amusing in an appalling sort of way.

    • @[email protected]
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      08 months ago

      I think on Lemmy it’s pretty common to go really into the weeds with political discussion on every comment.

      “I like boats”

      “Wow, uhm, let’s unpack the problematic bourgeoisie mindset behind your statement and how that reveals you are a racist, hate free software and probably kick dogs.”

      “I just said I like boats…?”

      “Oh you’re backpedaling now are you?!?”

      It’s pretty funny tbh. I’ve had some interesting conversation because of that.

      • FaceDeer
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        28 months ago

        It can be funny, but it’s also kind of exhausting. I often want to just chat about whatever the topic of the thread is, not end up in a verbal fist-fight over whether I’m a misogynist or whatever other imaginary offence that I’ve given through my random comment.

        I guess I simply want the option for non-political discussion. And an ethnostate for deer.