@misk@sopuli.xyz to

Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 7 months ago

'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game'

cross-posted to:
globalnews@lemmy.zip

218

'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game'

@misk@sopuli.xyz to

Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 7 months ago

cross-posted to:
globalnews@lemmy.zip

'I got rape threats over claims I put a feminist symbol in a video game'

Young male gamers in South Korea thought it resembled a gesture used to poke fun at the size of men’s penises.

Chat

@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
link
fedilink
English
4•7 months ago
The body shaming in these comments is fuckin wild.

Games@sh.itjust.works

!games@sh.itjust.works

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !games@sh.itjust.works

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
No humor/memes etc…
No affiliate links
No advertising.
No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
No self promotion.
No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
No politics.

Comments.

No personal attacks.
Obey instance rules.
No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc…)
Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

585 users / day
1.11K users / week
4.17K users / month
12.2K users / 6 months
20.9K subscribers
13.3K Posts
96.8K Comments
Modlog

mods:
@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works