• Jorgelino@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I mean, still. I associate them with the games more than anything. And that’s definetily not the kind of look i’d want out of a community that originated specifically because they DIDN’T want to just follow the herd and use what’s popular regardless of how shitty it gets.

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      1 year ago

      Idk, crusading against common myths is something that’s pretty hot these days. Stuff like:

      • Christopher Columbus didn’t actually discover America, and he was actually kind of an asshat
      • Bell didn’t invent the telephone, he was simply the first to patent and subsequently litigate
      • “Frankenstein” is the name of the scientist, not the monster
      • Many modern tropes about Christian Hell stem from a 17th century political satire novel

      Crusading for truth in easily verifiable matters feels very on-brand for the kind of people who use Lemmy. In that light, reclaiming a negative term that’s only negative because of a false premise to describe ourselves doesn’t sound so bad. At worst, we become a little insufferable as we have to introduce the term with a “well, ackshually”, which a lot of us would probably do anyway.