Yeah I get that. I can see feeling like it’s kind of vacuous — it is a comedically exaggerated version of those thinkpieces, but all it really does is make fun of them. It almost underplays the actual problems with the type of person it parodies.

It’s satire, it’s supposed to be overwritten and overanalyzing.

It’s satire.

It’s satire, making fun of this kind of thinkpiece. Hence the italics at the beginning of the article.

It’s satire, making fun of pretentious, self-absorbed thinkpieces that purport to explain the problems of the nation.

The post is a joke, as is the comment you’re responding to.

It’s a joke.

I actually don’t think there are that many people who object to ALL sexualization of female characters. There are certain groups of radical feminists (or radfems) who do, but most feminist groups, mainstream and radical, are more selective with their criticism, and almost all non-feminists are okay with various forms…

That tweet is so Trump-esque.

No, you didn’t. You haven’t addressed the fact that babe and bae are not synonyms, the fact that babe is already a slang shortening of baby, which is in turn slang, or the fact that grok and bae both have synonyms near enough that they’re not strictly necessary to the language. Literally all your last…

You’re not even responding to my arguments, and I’m supposed to assume I’m the one who “doesn’t see” the relationship between the words? If you’re unable to make your point, why am I supposed to take you at your word?

No I get what you’re saying (and disagree), but I misinterpreted your original comment when I replied.

I think the “culturally alienated” remark was referring to a generation gap — bae is mostly used by millennials and teens. You may be projecting a little.

Did you read my original post? Bae and babe do not mean the same thing. They’re used in different contexts.

UGH...it’s not speaking “white” it’s about speaking properly! Even southerners have trouble not being discriminated against if they have a thick southern drawl.

But SF4 came out in 2008 and was strongly backed as a competitive game by Capcom. Melee came out in 2001 and only became a popular e-sport because of the passion of the fanbase. Furthermore, Nintendo already alienated the fanbase with Brawl. To actively attack a 13-year-old competitive scene that they had already…

Assuming a biological advantage from that (like OP did) is pretty out there though, especially considering that related skills don’t appear to be heavily influenced by sexual dimorphisms.

Bae could be literally ‘translated’ as “babe/baby,” “significant other,” or a host of other words. But it has unique connotations and is not an exact synonym of any of them. Unlike “baby,” it’s almost always used in the third person. Unlike “significant other,” it can refer to unrequited attraction. Unlike…

No it’s not. “Before Anyone Else” is a backronym — it was conceived of after the term “bae” had already become a thing.

Uhh... It’s laid out in the story. Ben Hopkins identifies as neither male nor female, and uses the pronoun “they/them/theirs”. That’s not a question here. The discussion is mostly about how people in power abuse their power, whether or not they are queer (e.g. gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, trans, gender…