I say the word intolerant. What pops up to you in recent history?Context matters. Of all the contexts one could use that in, why joke about how people speak out against homophobia and racism specifically?
Most people dont know everything there is to know. Especially when it comes to something as insignificant as the origins of a stupid internet meme.
All memes are cringey and bad."Did you just assume my _____" memes or whatever are so cringey and bad.
Ok. I'd like to pretend I know what you just said. But...
Among the other problems with this thread, that's Eric Neigher not Fenstermaker.
Fenstermaker isn't an Obsidian employee anymore but is doing freelance work for them on PoE2.
That's it?
Slow day huh
Glad I don't buy Obsidian games
Same. However I can't really blame anyone for being sensitive to transphobia in relation to the wrpg community of all things.That title change. This joke is a bit insensitive if you don't know the origins, but I don't believe they were trying to make fun of or hurt anyone.
Because it's the hot topic nowadays?Context matters. Of all the contexts one could use that in, why joke about how people speak out against homophobia and racism specifically?
How can you be ignorant to the memes origins? It's hardly complicated. Fuckwit.
Among the other problems with this thread, that's Eric Neigher not Fenstermaker.
Fenstermaker isn't an Obsidian employee anymore but is doing freelance work for them on PoE2.
Wow OP, you didn't even take the time to research this before posting. We almost were about to lync...I mean go after the wrong person. I feel the terrible person here is the OP calling out an innocent bystander
"Did you just assume my gender" is a transphobic/anti-LGBTQ meme, though. This is apparently the origin of it back in 2016.Man, we live in a "Gotcha!" society.
He made a dumb comment without being aware of the context and sure, he deserves to be criticized for that. However, jumping on his case with "transphobic memes" and calling out where he works is a bit much.
I am inclined to give this guy the benefit of the doubt in this particular case.
That title change. This joke is a bit insensitive if you don't know the origins, but I don't believe they were trying to make fun of or hurt anyone.
Ignorance is bliss i suppose. You know it's funny you look up the meme and it basically states that the origins came from cesspools in order to mock discussions in the LBGT community about gender identity. The normalisation of it is incredibly shitty.I say the word intolerant. What pops up to you in recent history?
(Racism and homophobia will probably pop up) he made a joke. You can say it was a dumb joke, but there seems to be no malicious thought behind it.
Because it being assumed innocent by people it's not targeting is usually part of the problem. It's how that stuff gets more normalized.Because it's the hot topic nowadays?
Why are you trying to put a more sinister meaning behind an assumedly innocent joke?
There are ten bazillion memes out there, I sure as hell don't know the origin of all of them. Guess I'm a "fuckwit".How can you be ignorant to the memes origins? It's hardly complicated. Fuckwit.
If you use this meme you're transphobic I guess?Why the fuck should I care of "its origin"? Geeeeezzzz
It's definitely transphobic. It bothers me that it's such a popular meme joke.You folks really think the "did you assume my ___" isn't transphobic?
Attacking the ignorant dev might be worthless. But at the very least there's a conversation to be had about how this kind of shit turns into popular memes.
Why does Eric hate me?