ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoCasper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face valuewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down12
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkCasper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face valuewww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoI’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-squareTrousersMcPants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoIt’s a joke about writing slurs and censoring them with an asterisk, implying Gamer is a slur
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoAh 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]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s just pretending Gamer is a slur, that’s it.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIt’s not a slur, but I’m doing everything in my power to turn it into one
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