• Soggy@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    “My position is so tenuous yet so important to my identity that I will not tolerate the slightest challenge.”

    Alternatively, “That’s why my favorite book is Moby Dick, no frou-frou symbolism. Just a good simple tale about a man who hates an animal.”

    Psychonauts is about trauma. Fallout is anti-war. FFVII is environmentalist. Samus as a woman was an intentionally subversive choice. Video games have had socual commentary for as long as it’s been able to be expressed.

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      8 days ago

      I’ve heard this before but “a man who hates an animal” makes me laugh so hard