ylaitoGaming@lemmy.mlEnglish·4 months agoCasper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value(www.pcgamer.com)external-linkarrow-up1365arrow-down13message-square84fedilink
arrow-up1362arrow-down1external-linkCasper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value(www.pcgamer.com)ylaitoGaming@lemmy.mlEnglish·4 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareNOT_RICKEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·4 months agolinkfedilinkI’ve seen this a few times, ca you explain this to me? Is it a way of talking about people that consider themselves capital G gamers without having them come in and ruin the conversation with whining or gamergate bs?
minus-squareTrousersMcPantsarrow-up27arrow-down1·4 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s a joke about writing slurs and censoring them with an asterisk, implying Gamer is a slur
minus-squareNOT_RICKEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months agolinkfedilinkAh gotcha, thanks. I will say, I don’t like being called a gamer because I don’t want to get lumped in with the whiny chuds so I get it
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]arrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s just pretending Gamer is a slur, that’s it.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyerarrow-up14arrow-down2·4 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s not a slur, but I’m doing everything in my power to turn it into one
Gam*rs
I’ve seen this a few times, ca you explain this to me? Is it a way of talking about people that consider themselves capital G gamers without having them come in and ruin the conversation with whining or gamergate bs?
It’s a joke about writing slurs and censoring them with an asterisk, implying Gamer is a slur
Ah gotcha, thanks. I will say, I don’t like being called a gamer because I don’t want to get lumped in with the whiny chuds so I get it
It’s just pretending Gamer is a slur, that’s it.
It’s not a slur, but I’m doing everything in my power to turn it into one
Godspeed o7
I support this movement
Gotcha, thanks!