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[–]cloud_w_omega 465 points466 points  (49 children)

no really i am shocked there is a vets one

[–][deleted] 196 points197 points  (16 children)

I'm less surprised about this than I would have been 10-15 years ago. Look at all of the higher up wackadoos in the U.S. military today (especially certain branches). It's all connected.

[–]Fun-Tits 153 points154 points  (4 children)

Yup, perfectly said. Some weird shit is going on. Not surprising that recruitment is dropping off a cliff. They're pushing conservatives out and appealing to liberals people that hate America lol. As Lucius Fox says, "Good luck."

[–]SoloGamingVentures 39 points40 points  (1 child)

Thanks for the input, Fun Tits!

[–]Fun-Tits 22 points23 points  (0 children)

🫡 it's my honor

[–]Heinrich_Lunge 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Creating a new Red Guard/NKVD. Or trying to.

[–]Calico_fox 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Naw, the second there's call to war a good number of them will flee to Canada.

[–]spezeditedcomments 87 points88 points  (5 children)

Obama destroyed the officer corps, and had a decade to do it

[–]NoOne_28 108 points109 points  (4 children)

Obama fucked a lot of shit up. Dude single handedly stoked racial division and put us at odds with ALL cops

[–][deleted] 53 points54 points  (2 children)

The shit with Trayvon Martin still pisses me off. Any normal President would've came out and encouraged people to calm down. Instead he immediately came out talking about how 'that could've been me' and other shit and threw gasoline on the fire.

[–]the_Oculus_MC 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Muh son

[–]Much_Chance1322 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Can you imagine that both him, Key and Peele had deadbeat black dads and caring white moms and family members, yet went out of their way to enact anti white policies?

It really angers me how some people glorify the loser asshole parents race or culture. 

In Sweden a half-iranian guy, Eddie Omar, did the same thing. He (thank god) eventually snapped out of it and changed his name to his Swedish moms, Råbock. But he managed to become Islamist before his realization, so he really went far in.

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    [–]AnarcrotheAlchemistMod - yeah nah[M] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    Post removed following the enforcement change that you can read about here.

    This is not a formal warning.

    [–]Hound028 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Get that guy for wackadoos then

    [–]AnarcrotheAlchemistMod - yeah nah -1 points0 points  (1 child)

    Read the post linked in your removal message. You mentioned a topic here that is not allowed. That's why your post was removed.

    [–]Hound028 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    I didn’t ask why, I already read it. But by saying “wackadoos” he is referring to that topic. Which is far worse than flat out saying it, with very shaky plausible deniability.

    [–]Daniel_Day_Hubris 52 points53 points  (7 children)

    Don't be. We're the ignored/sacrificial group every special interests likes to pin on so they can pretend they care about America.

    [–]Applejaxc -1 points0 points  (6 children)

    Disability (when the sham works in your favor) and VA home loans are pretty sweet tho. At least some of the pandering in the last decade have come with some of the improvements promised. The active duty transition now includes a much needed 6 month VA pre-file period so you don't just get out and then wait a year to get into that system

    [–]Heinrich_Lunge 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    When you can fuckin get it. Had a squad mate if mine who lost and hand and leg to an IED be told he wasn't disabled.

    [–]Applejaxc 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    That's why I said "when the sham works." The VA is a bunch of bureaucrats with no communication skills or interest in helping

    [–]Heinrich_Lunge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Yep. Even getting a real person on the phone is like pulling teeth.

    [–]bogvapor 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    Disability from the VA isn’t a sham for some people. It sucks that people fake PTSD and shit. Gets in the way of dudes that actually need help.

    [–]Applejaxc 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    It's a sham of a process to get your benefits, I'm not saying it's a sham to get benefits at all. The whole application process is like playing a game where no one ever explains the rules to you. The VA used to publish and have public access to their rating criteria, including the specific phrasing/terminology/medical jargon key words they want for each condition and each possible rating. Somewhere around 2021-2022 they stopped so now when people are getting out and asking me for advice on their claims, I can't help them look up their claimed condition and look at what proof/testimony the VA looks for.

    It screws over people who have conditions like PTSD or depression that are harder to measure (it's not like a flexibility test where a protractor gets you an answer), because they don't know the magic words to convince the VA that they suffer at a 10, 30, 70, etc % level.

    [–]bogvapor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Wow I didn’t know they got rid of access to their rating criteria. That fucking sucks.

    [–]ok_fine_by_me 36 points37 points  (6 children)

    I mean, it's not like I have anything better to do than think about it. I was just folding some origami cranes and got distracted. Honestly, I'm more interested in what the lighthouse in Yachats has to say about it. I guess we all have our little things that keep us going. I just ate some yogurt, and I'm already feeling a little more spontaneous. Maybe that's why I'm so argumentative sometimes—I like to think I have something to say. But hey, if it's not affecting anyone, maybe it's not worth getting worked up about. I'm just trying to find my own way through all this.

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 15 points16 points  (3 children)

    I'm going to say it quite bluntly. Saving dogs' lives automatically puts you on a much higher tier than all of the LGBTQ+ and BLM activists in the world.

    [–]stryph42 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    For some reason (I must be hungry) I read "LGBTQ+ and BLM" as "McBLT" (a sandwich that has, somehow, never existed).

    I might start using it to refer to them. 

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    They keep changing the name, mostly adding new letters. Like "queer" (which basically doesn't mean ANYTHING; straight but flamboyant men are now being labelled as "queer" and claiming they are "oppressed"), "questioning," "intersex" (which is a genetic disorder, not a sexuality; not sure how they'd feel about being lumped in with all the others), "2 spirit" (because just being gay and American Indian is apparently special enough to warrant its own inclusion; no word on when we'll get new terms for gay blacks, Latinos, Asians and others). I'm actually surprised they haven't just gone ahead and included "MAPs" or pedos at this point, because lord knows they want to. They'll probably try to normalize bestiality first, so it's a toss up what the next acronym will be.

    Edit: Forgot to mention that my personal favourite was the inclusion of an "a" for "allies." Like wtf? Including the "spicy straights" as bad enough, but why the fuck dk they need to include "allies" too? Talk about making everything about yourself. I support gay rights, in as much as that I believe gays have a right to exist and not be harassed, just like anyone else... but I don't feel the need to force myself into their organizations and spaces.

    [–]Mashamazzi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    To be honest, a McBLT would be really easy to order

    And you can feed a vegan the patty

    [–]SushiEater343 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Tbf vets and veterinarians are confusing. Ali G can vouch for me.

    [–]andymerskin 23 points24 points  (5 children)

    Don't worry, the woke retirees will use their communist tactics to re-define "Vets" as we know it so that those who actually fought for our values are totally erased, not that they already weren't.

    [–]stryph42 6 points7 points  (2 children)

    Well, women HAVE always been the "primary victims of war", so they're the real vets. 

    [–]TranquilTransformer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Women most affected.

    [–]andymerskin -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

    Don't disagree there 💯

    [–]StunningWhileBrave 20 points21 points  (2 children)

    Sony spent literally their entire lawsuit against MS' aquisitions of Activision hammering away at the lack of Call of Duty on their platform. Sony NEEDS to pander to that crowd of people just so they don't abandon them in droves once CoD gets exclusified to Xbox platforms in a few years.

    We all know whomever did this was "INTERALLY RAGING OMG LITERALLY SHAKING" while adding this to the list.

    Am I shocked there's no white, male, or straight symbols? No.

    [–]Mashamazzi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Can we just take the normal ones? I say we should co-opt them as ours

    [–]bfte2 5 points6 points  (4 children)

    I'm still scratching my head at the API one. Does Soystation love programmers now?

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    Asian and Pacific Islander. Because for some reason Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians and Australian Aborigines are now "the same" as Asians.... which is already a bit of stretch considering you have thousands of ethnic groups spread across over fifty countries and accounting for over half the world's population. India alone has over 2,000 ethnic groups, depending on how you want to define them, and Indonesia comes close with some 1,300. And it's not like Israeli Druze have that much in common with Chukchi reindeer herders or Negritos in the Philippines, despite all being Asian.

    But I suspect the main reason "Pacific Islanders" get lumped in with Asians is because there aren't that many of them in the US, especially the mainland. Australian Aborigines and Melanesians are virtually unknown races in the US altogether. Hell there aren't a lot of people in the Pacific to begin with; maybe 40 million people total. Less than half a percent of the world's total population, and that includes white and Asian migrants and their descendants, who are the majority in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. So it's basically just throwing a bone to Hawai'ians and some Samoans, while still kind of screwing them over.

    [–]Heinrich_Lunge 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    Amusing part of that is, they were one of the first ones to drop Asian lives matter when the statistics pointed out who was ending those lives. They thought it was gonna be whites after that loon shot up those Thai girls.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    "  They thought it was gonna be whites after that loon shot up those Thai girls."

    Are you referring to that white guy that attacked that Asian spa? Or something else?

    [–]Heinrich_Lunge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Yeah that incident. It kicked off the stop asian hate thing with full support but that support quickly and quietly went away.

    [–]Cannibal_Raven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Big corpos added these sometime in 2022

    [–]Maleficent_String606 43 points44 points  (2 children)

    We're pro lgbt and everything, but when it comes to Saudi money we can be straight again.

    [–]Chadahn 15 points16 points  (0 children)

    The ironic thing is Saudi involvement in gaming will probably improve it.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    The Middle East in general, they will take money anywhere also Iran made it a crime to be alphabet with an inclusive 10-14 years in prison.

    [–]AgeOfReasonEnds31120 80 points81 points  (0 children)

    I was a businessman... doing business.

    [–][deleted] 153 points154 points  (8 children)

    We can say black again now? Are we done with Playstation users of color?

    [–]Vifnis[S] 69 points70 points  (2 children)

    Ah, yes... this one...

    People of Color vs. Colored People

    it's like NATO vs. OTAN w/ the French way... it's so less insinuating lol

    [–]OpiesMammogramResultThe Destroyer 23 points24 points  (1 child)

    It's fitting that the French spell it backwards, because that's usually the direction their army goes.

    [–]MusRidc 35 points36 points  (0 children)

    It's fun that the French are being made fun of for surrendering in Anglo countries, it's the Italians in Germany.

    Why do Italian tanks come with massive rear view mirrors? - So the crew can see the front for once.
    What is Italy's naval ensign? - White eagle on white background

    And so on :D

    [–]Bubbly-One4035 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I mean POC includes Asians and since they are "white passing" or some shit then it's safer to say black

    [–]Heinrich_Lunge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    POC explicitly doesn't include Asians.

    [–]Nulono 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    "PoC" doesn't just mean "black"; it's part of the woke attempt to brand everyone who isn't white as a single racial group whom they can claim to speak for en masse.

    [–]Lambda660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I'm staying with nigga

    [–][deleted] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

    Any European @ Playstation groups? No? Okay...

    [–]Nice-Percentage7219 42 points43 points  (22 children)

    What is API and UNIDOS?

    [–]LaFugazzeta 44 points45 points  (15 children)

    Asian Pacific Islander. Latinos.

    [–]Nice-Percentage7219 59 points60 points  (1 child)

    Where's the one for pasty white nerds?

    [–]LaFugazzeta 43 points44 points  (0 children)

    That’s just the normal PlayStation logo.

    [–]CaptFalconFTW 28 points29 points  (0 children)

    Latinx, bigot. /s

    [–]ACrimeSoClassic 13 points14 points  (2 children)

    Well that's weirdly specific.

    [–]Spoor 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    But it's the only thing that fits the colors and symbols used.

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Not really. The colors and symbols are extremely generic. They look more like something pulled from Avatar or something. Then again there aren't really any Pan-Asian colours, let alone Pan-Latino either.

    [–]UnknownOneSevenOne 1 point2 points  (5 children)

    What the actual fuck is an Asian Pacific Islander

    This is the first I've heard of it

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Asian and Pacific Islander. So basically lumping everything between Türkiye and East Island together because... reasons?

    Although if you wanted to be honest, there are plenty of Asian immigrants to Fiji, Saipan, Hawai'i and other nations in the Pacific.

    [–]stryph42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Well, they're all kinda brown, but not dark enough to fit in the important black group, so just pile them all together

    [–]LaFugazzeta 3 points4 points  (2 children)

    Anyone with funny eyes. Basically half of the earth’s population, yet somehow the woke group them together and pretend they have something in common besides their eyes.

    [–]UnknownOneSevenOne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    I'd rather be called a racial slur than whatever the fuck is API,at least a racial slur is racially correct

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Over half the world's population, actually. But it's not just East Asians. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Iran and Türkiye are all up there. In fact, India actually beats out China population wise at this point and is continuing to grow.

    [–]UnknownOneSevenOne 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    What the actual fuck is an Asian Pacific Islander

    This is the first I've heard of it

    [–]Heinrich_Lunge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hawaiian, Filipinos, Tongans, Polynesian etc. The brown Asians that don't live on the continent.

    [–]UnknownOneSevenOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    What the actual fuck is an Asian Pacific Islander

    This is the first I've heard of it

    [–]h-v-smackerThomas the Daemon Engine 46 points47 points  (5 children)

    API = Application Programming Interface

    UNIDOS is some obscure DOS variety. If you wanna use DOS, use FreeDOS, people! Seriously.

    [–]ValeriaTube 10 points11 points  (1 child)

    Yeah API is a weird one because everyone in tech will say it's Application Programming Interface.

    [–]h-v-smackerThomas the Daemon Engine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Because it is. So say we all!

    [–]Spock_Vulcan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I genuinely first thought of this and then i thought are they trying to bring some sort of tech angle into their DEI ?

    [–]TranquilTransformer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I prefer GLaDOS.

    [–]h-v-smackerThomas the Daemon Engine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Linux, Linux über alles, über alles in der Welt!

    [–]OGMol3m4n 44 points45 points  (2 children)

    What do these look like in the Middle East?

    [–]TalbotFarwell 24 points25 points  (0 children)

    PlayStation Halal

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I mean only the gay one would really be an issue. Heritage months aren't much of a thing outside of the US and UK, so it would be weird, but API heritage month isn't exactly anti-Muslim.

    [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (1 child)

    The thumbs in the represent logo are doing the swastika lol somebody is gonna loose their job.

    [–]Mashamazzi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Based?

    [–]Satchilism 15 points16 points  (0 children)

    Sony I got a logo for you. It's called the PlayStation logo. Why would you need anything else? Now a logo can be segregated?

    [–]f3llyn 99 points100 points  (5 children)

    There isn't one just for men, huh?

    Exclusion for the sake of diversity is still discrimination.

    [–]Divinedragn4 49 points50 points  (0 children)

    I live with the fact that I'm excluded. Everytime I see "we accept everyone " or "inclusive", I know I won't be included.

    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    I wonder when the "punching up" reaches the point where they consider it even

    [–]Nero_PR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Didn't you get the memo? White man bad according to it... These certainly are the times of all times, huh.

    [–]Charged_Dreamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    PlayStation for MEN®

    [–]Cannibal_Raven 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    Somebody go meme the hidden swastika in REPRESENT

    [–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

    At least vets actually do have a shared experience.

    [–]dandrixxxproglodyte destroyer 48 points49 points  (4 children)

    Nintendo and Xbox has this too. The new corporate imposed religion.

    [–]s69-5 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Shhh! You're not supposed to attack anyone but Sony.

    It feels so inorganic. Like there is an ulterior motive to always singling Sony out. Like all of this is a deflection to cover the bigger issue at stake for gamers - ownership rights. But Sony and Nintendo are still okay on that front.

    There is one manufacturer that is fully removing the physical media option and pushing a rental service... I wonder who might be perpetuating all this....Cough. People are too busy swatting at minor issues and owning nothing while being happy to care though.

    [–]Million_X 21 points22 points  (0 children)

    Probably because Nintendo's been raked over the coals already and they stopped fucking around for the most part, anything 3rd party is up to them while shit's done internally if it's 1st party. Nintendo isn't known for being raunchy either, the xenoblade series is about as bad as it gets with fire emblem being a close second, and even then for FE there've been worse issues that series has been through.

    MS on the other hand....shit do they even DO anything? Like Sony at least has exclusives, MS can't even do that these days.

    [–]Chadahn 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I don't think many people care about owning games when the vast majority are such utter dogshit. Also, fighting for digital ownership is a losing battle. Most people just care about the convenience of consooming. Look at how successful Netflix is. Those of us who do care will do our own thing.

    [–]s69-5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I don't think many people care about owning games

    That's the problem.

    It's all a big distraction.

    [–][deleted] 52 points53 points  (6 children)

    Lol, vets.

    So ironic when their own side was responsible for making the lives of Vietnam vets a living hell back in the day, now they wanna pretend they care.

    [–]thelaaaaaw 21 points22 points  (0 children)

    Nah they just say "we care" in practice they don't

    [–]LeMaureBlanc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Not that the right wing was any better. Politicians on both sides were more than willing to send young Americans to die in a pointless war, one which could have even been AVOIDED in the first place.

    [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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      [–]AnarcrotheAlchemistMod - yeah nah[M] -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

      Post removed following the enforcement change that you can read about here.

      This is not a formal warning.

      [–]Chadahn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      How is queer a violation? Its literally what they call themselves.

      [–]SleepyOne 10 points11 points  (1 child)

      So, basically they found a way to include 96.5% of the worlds population.. and exclude 3.5% in their attempt to include "minorities".

      And we all know who they chose to exclude.

      [–]Chadahn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      The white majority paradox

      [–]LegendaryBoi12 13 points14 points  (0 children)

      Live in your world, Also Play in your world.

      [–]curry_ist_wurstIron Mastodons. 77 points78 points  (6 children)

      Brother man, if you need the validation of a soulless corpo then you might really need to do some actual soul searching.

      [–]dandrixxxproglodyte destroyer 26 points27 points  (0 children)

      [–]colouredcyanPraise Kek 35 points36 points  (3 children)

      You don't get it man! Without corpos I wouldn't have friends! Corpos keep me CONNECTED and feeds my broken prefrontal cortex with DOPAMINE!

      PLEASE I BEG OF YOU, DON'T MAKE ME GO OUTSIDE

      PLEASE

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      [–]curry_ist_wurstIron Mastodons. 21 points22 points  (2 children)

      I shall bring the grass to you. (tracks dirt on your floor)

      [–]colouredcyanPraise Kek 10 points11 points  (1 child)

      Real Humanoid Detected, please leave the vicinity of adviewer000004658292, or we will be forced to Amazon™ Prime™ an Unpersoning Solution™ to your location.

      [–]curry_ist_wurstIron Mastodons. 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      *initiate Chinese botfarms....

      [–]Brave_Cat_3362 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Woah

      [–]skepticalscribe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      By itself a lot of these would be noble goals to want to lift up and spread awareness.

      But we know Sony and every corporation that prints rainbow logos in summer don’t give a fuck about people struggling due to their identity.

      [–]lastbreath83 12 points13 points  (1 child)

      Women but Stellar Blade is censored

      Pride but LGBT themes in Spiderman 2 were censored in Saudi Arabia too

      Fuckin hypocrites

      [–]Chadahn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Its still hilarious that the mod that got banned from Nexus mods simply changed the games region.

      [–]Anxious-Ad693 10 points11 points  (0 children)

      I don't even know what some of these are supposed to represent.

      [–]MeteorPunch 11 points12 points  (0 children)

      WHITE @ PLAYSTATION

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      [–]GlowyStuffs 21 points22 points  (1 child)

      Application programmable interface?

      [–]WingZeroCoder 13 points14 points  (0 children)

      Sweet, sounds like they’re opening up to modders! I support this movement!

      [–]HuntrrzReject ALL narratives 26 points27 points  (2 children)

      I can’t imagine your shock without knowing who created these logos.

      [–]Vifnis[S] 20 points21 points  (1 child)

      [–]HuntrrzReject ALL narratives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Fair enough. We can't know that from the image alone, and it makes a difference if it was Sony official, some marketing concepts they didn't use, or some random person on the internet.

      [–]Nainetsu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      Video games?

      [–]SiderealSoul 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      Wild, totally outrageous idea: what if there was a single logo, that way everyone was implicitly included and you wouldn't have to make a variation for every cause and agenda that's out or upcoming? It would just be for the company, so it wouldn't have to be tweaked.

      [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      Don't give them any ideas, otherwise the logo will just end up looking like the xbox progress pride logo.

      [–]DiverLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      What the fucking shit?

      [–]CaptFalconFTW 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Honestly, though, the Represent logo is kind of creative, with the hands all forming the X.

      Other than virtue signaling, what's the point of all these accounts? To promote diversity through segregation?

      [–]Hetroid3193 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Whats unido and api?

      [–]Kenshiro84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      You want to be truly inclusive ? Scrap all that shit and make a "Gamer" one. I don't fucking care who you are, what you feel you are. Just play a game. If you don't want to play and spout nonsense about your US politics then get the fuck out.

      The world has already to deal with enough shit coming from the US that we don't need to keep importing in escapist media.

      Fuck that and fuck them.

      [–]Gymrat0321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I find this hilarious because I once had a Bias officer at my college tell me Veteran status is not a status like black or gay. How the table has turned.

      Also I'm fine with Vets not being on this banner at all at this point.

      [–]Boogertwilliams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Is this real? Or a meme?

      [–]Any-Nectarine-8005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      More like “Enablers”. All these people suffering gender disforia and instead of encouraging treatment they mislead them into falsehood.

      God, the world is so fucked and is not even subtle!

      [–]thelastcupoftea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Reminds me of literally every mainstream subreddit.

      [–]TranquilTransformer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Remember when gaming was about... playing games? Those were the days.

      [–]Jotunheim36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      But no straight, or white or male representation..

      [–]Shipsetsail 3 points4 points  (2 children)

      Ok, VETS is the one I could understand and get behind. But the rest, fucking why!

      [–]Critical999Thought 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      i need to remind myself that i'm still incredible happy with my PS5...

      i'm still happy

      i'm still happy

      i'm still happy

      ... sighs

      [–]Mashamazzi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Uh…. Men..?

      [–]wallace321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      PRO ALL OF THE THINGS

      [–]imsailingaway69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I can't speak to veterans, women or racial groups but as someone who identifies as not heterosexual(labels are dumb and further divide us) I'm just constantly frustrated with all the "representation" being thrown out there. Just give me a good story, solid gameplay. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I don't want "special rights" or seen as "marginalized" or any of that crap. I just want to be treated like everyone else. I'm tired of companies "speaking" for me and their funded DEI initiatives when I don't agree with half of the crap that gets pushed by them. Why does there need to be all these groups? Why can't these companies recognize that we all just want to be gamers? This is the unifying factor of being a gamer and enjoying games in that none of these things MATTER. If I sit down and play HellDivers 2 I could care less about what group you belong to. All this does is further divide and create validation echo chambers.

      [–]ErikaThePaladin95k GET | YE NOT GUILTY 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      ERGs. Employee Resource Groups. A lot of big companies have them, including my employer. I've been asked why I never join them (due to being a bi woman), and I've just politely declined without elaborating. Though, the answer is because I DON'T want my sexuality or sex to define me.

      The Pokémon Company has these, too.

      https://corporate.pokemon.com/en-us/inclusion/

      Nintendo, too. 

      https://www.nintendo.com/us/about/csr/employees/

      Microsoft? You bet. 

      https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/inside-microsoft/default.aspx

      I know it's cool to hate on Sony (as do I), but they aren't alone on this. It's far more widespread than you're aware.

      [–]AnarcrotheAlchemistMod - yeah nah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Yeah my company has me on a list which is basically the "come look at our token diversity people" (because of my ethnicity). Only reason I allowed them to put me on it is because they paid me a bonus to allow them to.

      [–]All_Usernames_Tooken -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

      Appeal to everyone, smart business strategy

      [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

      I literally do not see anything wrong with this. Who is this hurting? Jesus some of yall really get so upset for no reason. Is it because there isn't a "WHITE" one?

      [–]Vifnis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      No. It is because, while the ship is sinking... they lecture to us about how we need to "include" everyone...

      Oh, but they expect everyone to 'buy' their silly games at $99... but hey, at least they like QWERS now...