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To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (15 children)

I feel this is a bit disingenuous. The original Steam forum post said:

when straight comin out.

Calling that even a complaint is beyond me, and mocking the poster seems unnecessary. I don't understand the intention behind this new title. As purely a joke against that forum post, I guess, but are they trying to mock straight sexuality?

If I can express my sexuality if I'm gay, why refuse that same ability if I'm not? Maybe I'm interpreting too much into it, but I don't find it funny. I like it when people can be proudly and openly gay/trans/bi, but I don't see why I can't also be proudly straight. Or in other words, this game now gives me the message "if you are not LGBT, it's not for you" which I guess is fine if that's what they want.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don’t see why I can’t also be proudly straight

Do you hear yourself? “I don’t see why I can’t also be proudly white.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_pride

The only reason “gay pride” exists in the first place is in reaction to oppression. The straights have in no way been suppressed, and “straight pride” is nothing but a backlash to gay liberation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Maybe we have a different view on what pride means, but I see no reason to be ashamed of being straight, the same I see no reason to be ashamed of being white, the same I see no reason to be ashamed of being gay, the same I see no reason to be ashamed of being black. LGBT+ inclusion is not the same as straight exclusion. Gay pride, from what I understand, at its core is about being proud of yourself and not having to hide your ethnicity. That goes both ways, and I sure as hell would feel like I'm being shamed for being straight in this game. Not a great message is it?

Like I'm genuinely trying to understand here. How is shaming straights helping gay pride?

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