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[–] Egon@hexbear.net 55 points 2 years ago (6 children)

"female" always sounds slimy to me. There's just something about the word

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 55 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Egon@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I think that might be the reason tbh

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Female, pronounced "feeeeeeeeeeeemale" is a dead giveaway you're dealing with a reactionary G*mer chud nerd

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which sucks because now I don't wanna use it when grammar demands. Oddly enough they seem to not want to use it when grammar demands either.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The trick is to use it as an adjective every time instead of as a noun. Nounification makes shit weird.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

See also: "blacks" vs "black people"

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's "Female" like "Febreeze*

F'male

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[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Don't you mean a Ferengi Reactionary chud?

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[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Yeah, like why you callin' them "females" bud? Wanna be reminded of "males" when you talk about 'em?

The accepted ways for heterosexual men to refer to the opposite sex are: Chicks, babes, birds, broads, dames, girls/gals, lassies/lasses, señora, maidens, and Sheilas*

Edit:

*Only if you're Australian, otherwise it's appropriation

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I suppose women is out of the picture too?

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same problem as "females." You drop two letters and all you got is "men."

Sounds pretty gay to me ngl

[–] magi@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"It's only gay if the balls touch sweaty"

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] magi@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago
[–] magi@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Women is something they'd never say it's always females..

[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like that we went for thr same bit instinctively

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Ah dang it, I forgot 'birds'

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Often, they're not attracted to women, they're attracted to girls

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s used as an adjective here, not a noun. This is how people describe things even before the trend of documentarizing women in the past few years

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[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Legitimately, how else would you say this? "Woman characters" clearly sounds wrong, "characters who are women" sounds unnecessarily long and clunky.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd just say "women". characters is redundant when you specify it's in a game.

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But that doesn’t make it wrong or misogynistic lol

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[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Broads, dames, birds, etc. Just anything a film noir detective would say

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a woman, my identity is tied up in how i am different from men, this is normal

lol

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

G*mers continue to be absolutely incoherent about everything. The only time their neurons fire in unison to form a thought is when they see a woman who's realistically portrayed and the thought is something Hitler would say.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

I think even Hitler would be like hey buddy cool it with the racism when it comes to G*mers and general american reactionaries.

[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is wild how much ostensibly straight cis men hate women. Like, "unless a woman is so unnaturally hot she overwhelms my limbic system I don't want to look at her" it's fine bro, you just don't like women that much and feel weird about it. Since horny specifically counteracts disgust in most brains the implication is that the men in question are at least mildly disgusted by women.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

If these are the girls they're not attracted to I just don't understand what they want

edit: I just noticed the DEI mention. Huhh???

[–] magi@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

Sounds like a right wing dogwhistle to me when framed like that but then it's critical drinker so not surprised. He mingles with "centrists" don't you know smuglord

[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

Two white people. Obvious DEI

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mans, but they are too afraid to admit.

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Stop blaming what straights do on queer people

[–] Darth_Reagan@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They're going for totally different things. Resident Evil is horror camp with hotties. Leon is firing off cheesy one liners from the get go in 4. Different types of media are allowed to exist.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RE4 is also over a decade old.

[–] Darth_Reagan@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

The remake isn't though

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Someone should reply with the same meme format but put pictures of anti-woke streamers/influencers up top and then Hasan and some other attractive lefty streamer on the bottom

[–] Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

and only because hakim won't show his face

[–] Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, true, Hakim is the hottest member of that podcast, I can tell without seeing his face

it's just simple math

[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Bruh they conveniently forget about SH2

[–] magi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Oh yes the ever moving goalposts from the freeze-gamer

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of the few things to like about TLOU2 is the still somewhat rare depiction of a woman who is jacked af. The game is still dogshit but :>

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I-was-saying covering her big, goofy ears was bad

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