Almost like ruffling feathers is the point when you truly believe most people are being murderers. You don’t change society by being polite.

I mean, you can do both. They’re not mutually exclusive.

Is “meatie” or “carnist” really a slur though? Those seem benign at worst and mildly accurate at best. Who is throwing a fit over that?

“No no, you have to protect the feelings of “meat eaters” and “carnivores” by using the full word.” ??? Like… why is this the hill people die on?

I agree that feeding a cat a vegan or vegetarian diet is still animal abuse, though. They’re not omnivores like us. They’re obligate carnivores, and pretending they’re not is abusive.

“at me”?

Bruh, you’re not who they were responding to. You don’t have to insert yourself and then get defensive.

“We swear we won’t try again for 6 months!”

Why pirate? Off the top of my head…

1. Not enough money.
2. Want to trial the game before buying.
3. Original hardware doesnt support an accessibility controller/ mod.
4. Backup copy for WHEN Nintendo will shut down their servers.
5. The game is no longer sold by Nintendo.

There are dozens of reasons, and saying anyone with a critique of Nintendo should be required to boycott them is extreme. You can be critical of a company and still enjoy their products. How else do we get better products in the future if we don’t share feedback?

The reason for the backlash is that it all felt performative when the creator is online calling all trans women rapists, pedophiles and groomers.

The game was just saying, “Don’t think about that- give us money anyways! Just don’t think about where the money is going!”

It’s not “allegiances”. A literal child asked for a game feature and transphobes started leaking that child’s personal information online.

It’s not Eric’s fault, but it still is his responsibility to make sure there’s a safe way to request features without getting doxxed.

I hate how there’s a pretty glaring typo in the article, and no way to inform the author without setting up an entire account with this website specifically. I get that anonymous comments suck, but I can’t even help point out something without a 12 step process.

TL;DR - "But, I think we can all agree, it was exactly anything revolutionary. " should be “wasn’t”.