It was a pun though. Puns mean less than nothing. Do people really start up on Tumblr when someone like Yahtzee make a pun because the word had "trans" in it?Karavision said:Please stop fucking referencing transpeople.
It was a pun though. Puns mean less than nothing. Do people really start up on Tumblr when someone like Yahtzee make a pun because the word had "trans" in it?Karavision said:Please stop fucking referencing transpeople.
Whoa, what? When did that happen, and where?Karavision said:I am just asking him to consider that 4 people have been killed over their identities and gender expression in the last 30 days.
I don't think they ever implied that Red had amnesia. And to be fair, you're not really in the middle of the story. Mr. Nobody's death is really the only major event that happens before the game starts, and you are around for the processing in it's entirety.Darth_Payn said:The combat sounds clever and unique (always a plus), but the story has some really annoying cliches, such as the amnesiac player character, starting the GAME in the middle of the STORY, and vein intentionally obtuse and vague with the story elements you're supposed to piece to gather. Game story writers, "vague" + "confusing" =/= "smart".
It's more that his idea of them is very outdated. He seems to think that they are literally switching genders (boy-->girl or girl-->boy) whereas it's actually that their gender (which is their male/femaleness as far as them as a person goes) doesn't match their physical sex; the old 'woman trapped in a man's body' term is basically literal. So the sister in the joke would always have been a sister, she just used to look like a guy.Clowndoe said:It was a pun though. Puns mean less than nothing. Do people really start up on Tumblr when someone like Yahtzee make a pun because the word had "trans" in it?Karavision said:Please stop fucking referencing transpeople.
The problem is that puns rely on the meaning of words. The definition of a trans person is major controversy with respect to the discussion about trans people. Yahtzee's joke relies the general public's definition which is based on stereotypes and stigmas. It can be very disheartening for trans people to see uninformed opinions perpetuated and give support to outsiders in deciding who they are instead of letting trans people decide how to represent themselves to the world. Ignoring the social implications, Yahtzee's pun was still shoehorned in just to have a punchline.Clowndoe said:It was a pun though. Puns mean less than nothing. Do people really start up on Tumblr when someone like Yahtzee make a pun because the word had "trans" in it?Karavision said:Please stop fucking referencing transpeople.
They actually do. In hidden consoles around the levels that flesh out the characters more.The Plunk said:I really liked Transistor's combat. It was pretty unique and, as Yahtzee said, encouraged experimentation.
That said, I agree with Yahtzee about the game's story. Unlike Bastion, I found it hard to give a damn about any of the characters or the world itself. It kind of jarred me that neither Red nor Sword-Dude seemed to give even the slightest shit about the fact that every single person they ever knew was suddenly dead.
It was a joke, and everyone else moved past it. You're free to not laugh, just like everyone else is.Karavision said:Please stop fucking referencing transpeople. I am trans, you are not offending me in the slightest and I do not believe that you have anything against us.
But, it is clear that you have a very 1995 understanding of who we are and all this does is start that goddamn tumblr wardrum that will make it a pain in the ass to browse /v/ for the next month just like last time with the Papers Please shit.
And before you guys jump on me and scream censorship; I am against anyone forcing him to change anything that he wishes to say. I am just asking him to consider that 4 people have been killed over their identities and gender expression in the last 30 days. It is not his fault or his problem or his responsibility to make us feel "ok" but I would be eternally grateful if he simply forgot that we exist, at this point..
Amen to that, and not even in the least bit of an offensive one at that.TaboriHK said:It was a joke, and everyone else moved past it. You're free to not laugh, just like everyone else is.Karavision said:Please stop fucking referencing transpeople. I am trans, you are not offending me in the slightest and I do not believe that you have anything against us.
But, it is clear that you have a very 1995 understanding of who we are and all this does is start that goddamn tumblr wardrum that will make it a pain in the ass to browse /v/ for the next month just like last time with the Papers Please shit.
And before you guys jump on me and scream censorship; I am against anyone forcing him to change anything that he wishes to say. I am just asking him to consider that 4 people have been killed over their identities and gender expression in the last 30 days. It is not his fault or his problem or his responsibility to make us feel "ok" but I would be eternally grateful if he simply forgot that we exist, at this point..
Er, transgender people get murdered for being transgender all the time. It's why there's always a long list of new names for each years's Transgender Memorial Day...and even the fact that people across the world remember them on that one day pisses lots of people off.marioandsonic said:Whoa, what? When did that happen, and where?Karavision said:I am just asking him to consider that 4 people have been killed over their identities and gender expression in the last 30 days.
Dude... Unless you're trans yourself you don't get to decide what is offensive to trans people. Are you trans? I doubt it.Qizx said:-snip-
Nope. But I do get to decide if I find it ridiculous and react as such.RoonMian said:Dude... Unless you're trans yourself you don't get to decide what is offensive to trans people. Are you trans? I doubt it.Qizx said:-snip-
I know transgendered people (and LGBTQ people in general) are sadly murdered all the time.thaluikhain said:As soon as he mentioned the name, I knew he was going to say "Transistor sounds like a combination of the words trans and sister". Though, he did go on to put some actually funny stuff in afterwards.
Er, transgender people get murdered for being transgender all the time. It's why there's always a long list of new names for each years's Transgender Memorial Day...and even the fact that people across the world remember them on that one day pisses lots of people off.marioandsonic said:Whoa, what? When did that happen, and where?Karavision said:I am just asking him to consider that 4 people have been killed over their identities and gender expression in the last 30 days.