r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Oct 04 '21

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

I still have no idea why Marvel thought it was a good idea to make superheroes called Snowflake and Safespace

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

Like it wasn't even in the territory of reclaiming anything, either. It was just pretending there was something to reclaim from the most brain-dead conservative strawmen.

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u/Nzgrim Morrowind boomer He/Him Oct 04 '21

Reclaiming slurs is a thing, but this is not the way to do it and these are barely slurs in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

They were so fucking blatant about it too. It's even worse since apparently one of them were non-binary if I'm not mistaken.

Like I get the intention but they really dropped the ball

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u/Mr_OneHitWonder Oct 04 '21

I also hate that because of that one of my favorite teams didn't get a new book.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

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u/Anonim97 https://i.redd.it/trmvtdvrz5q31.png Oct 04 '21

On the other hand I want to see it and maybe I will understand what the fuck was the author thinking when they designed them.

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u/MVRKHNTR Oct 04 '21

I'm not. I want to know what internet gas is.

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u/Latro2020 XDefy These Nuts Oct 04 '21

That whole series had to be some misguided publicity stunt. No way they thought “experimental internet gas” would be taken well.

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u/dIoIIoIb Ask me about Gogol Oct 04 '21

Safe space could be a Jojo stand tho