ShakesZX said:
If you look closely at what Yahtzee is doing is he's pointing out that one glaringly obvious fact. You can see the character supposed to be Nathan Drake wearing that sign while Yahtzee's avatar standing off to the side pointing at him, looking in another direction as if saying to someone else "Do you see this too, or is it just me?"
And that changes the shock value I was alluding to...How?
I'm certain there must be some change, for you felt the need to quote me prior to your explanation.
Still seems, regardless of the commentary and subtext, that it's shocking. Of course, regardless of other intents, the dude who once said "Hitler Was Right" to provoke a reaction almost certainly intended this to be shocking as well.
Shock and commentary are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they often go hand in hand.
xHipaboo420x said:
I see the word 'niggers' quite a lot.
I see it as up there with '******' and 'feminazi' in that it carries no offence unless incurred with malice.
I guess it all depends on one's own experience with the word.
Regardless, the point is that it's kind of lost its blunt-force impact to me these days.
Except, of course, it's not just the presence of the word. That's grossly missing the point I just made, sorry. You even yourself allude to context, though you argue that it carries no offense except in one specific instance. Of course, malice is an intent and intent is difficult to gauge, so there's a problem in that statement itself.
But the point is, you obviously understand context, and it's the context more than the word that's shocking.
