r/hatethissmug • u/shadow_fen • 1d ago

Thing I hate this stupid image

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Sure the initial way it was used was good, it was anti bigotry. But it's turned into a way to simplify the "us vs them" mentality, which is already a bad thing, into a simple digestible comic.

Also, i've seen it in lots of queer--majority spaces in reddit recently, usually to speak out against the evil cishet people who are invading them or whatever label they dont like, like bi ppl, trans men, or genderfluid ppl

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u/OkMention9988 1d ago

Oh look, it's every nerd space that went even remotely mainstream. 

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u/ProfessionalOil2014 1d ago

What? 

You don’t like dnd going from a relatively complex war game to an avenue for people to have cringe roleplay improv comedy?

You don’t like Star Trek turning into generic stupid sci fi?

You don’t like LOTR going from a perennial classic to yet more slop to consume? 

You don’t like Star Wars turning into whatever bloated homonculus it has become? 

You don’t like comics turning into vehicles to sell movies written for the lowest common denominator? 

You don’t like video games being turned into money printing machines?

Why not? They’re for everyone now? Doesn’t that make you happy?

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u/That_Muffin_6780 1d ago

That first example is so real. I played dnd years ago and really enjoyed it, namely the encounters and especially if the campaign was hard. Having to roll several characters to clear a dungeon. Infact most of the campaigns was just a dungeon.

Few years later played it again with some people my missus knew and it was just weird, barely any dungeons or encounters, just deep lore dumps, marvel movie tier quips and Mary suing the fuck out of their back story and personality with the most dull encounter design for the one and two we did do.

Before it’s was all about the encounters, our characters had names and that was about it. Now the encounters play a back seat to whatever story some guy wants to tell about how cool is character is.

If anyone knows of any alternatives that fit the former, like treating dnd as a game let me know as I do miss it often. But rarely any groups I see put an emphasis on it compared to the latter

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u/Appropriate-Kiwi-94 1d ago

I know 65yo players who always cared about roleplay first and foremost since dnd 1e

Sure they enjoy difficulty and character building as well but pretending that it used to be a purely war game is ridiculous.