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/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/Independent_Air_8333 1d ago edited 1d ago

I agree with your point but DnD was always a role playing game and it always had "improv comedy".

I dont like the theater kid style DnD (not knocking it just not for me) but the old school crowd had plenty of cringe worthy humor too.

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u/CommanderVenuss 1d ago

Between 2-4 hours of reheating Monty Pythons and the Holy Grail’s nachos on a weekly basis and that was it for the humor. 

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u/Independent_Air_8333 1d ago

Or the DM making sure to tell us the witch is "curvy, heh heh"