I can’t be the only one who finds this stuff Just the slightest bit revolting, right? Like … Wow. I’m at a loss for words

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    This type of behaviour is neither new, nor actively harmful. There’s really nothing you, I or anyone else can do to stop it, so the only remaining choice is to ignore it and not post screenshots in different communities where people agree with you.

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    Some do it just to meme or be funny. Especially ones that make these kinds of posts.

    The ones you really have to worry about are the ones that get mad when you mention something about a character that is not accurate. They will publicly execute you. Worry about those ones.

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      I don’t know the context of the meme but i guess she doesn’t look like that in the game or something? They did their waifu dirty? These jokes seem quite harmless and light.

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        In the game, she supposedly has well defined muscles, and slightly larger breasts I guess? I haven’t looked at her enough in the game to really remember it by heart.

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        That’s the thing, the whole waifu crap.

        Like people talk about it as if they’re real persons and treat them as such. It’s borderline psychotic.

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          The thing abaout “waifu culture” is that most people do not actually think or act like fictional anime characters are real people. They do it to troll, or be funny, or act stupid, whatever. Like circlejerk subreddits or other online boards where there is some joke that gets perpetuated that everyone in the community thinks is hilarious but everyone outside thinks is stupid.

          Yes, there are a tiny few that do, but not a significant number of people actually think that way.

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    Are you really surprised these gachas attract tons of horny teenage coomers with waifu baiting as a business model?

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    Games that are in the business of selling anime girls end up attracting a certain demographic. And as the developers know who their audience is and double down on catering to that crowd, this kind of behavior becomes increasingly normalized over time.

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      They banned me from the subreddit for low karma because I was responding to people telling them how gross those kind of comments were, and that of course decreases your karma. They also remove people’s comments if they are not directly praising this kind of behavior. Any sort of controversial comments don’t show up there for that exact reason.

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        They also remove people’s comments if they are not directly praising this kind of behavior [the behavior common in that community]. Any sort of controversial comments don’t show up there for that exact reason.

        Just a heads up, this happens all the time on Lemmy too. Everywhere where humans talk to each other, this happens. Different topic, same reaction. Its even happening in this very thread.

        I personally am not a fan of “toxic positivity” or not allowing people to make critical observations without sending them to the Shadow Realm. It is harmful to legitimate discussion which could be quite interesting as long as the participants don’t start name calling or doxxing or whatever. It seems like nowadays you either have to be 100% positive about literally everything and have no critical thought or you are ejected into space.

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          I think this is the natural conclusion to modern social media. Constantly being confronted by a billion different worldviews and farming people for engagement by showing them things they disagree with is just going to breed extreme echo chambers.

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            Yes, most definitely. It is most apparent in smaller groups and userbases, but can quickly become more widespread across larger userbases. That’s not to say that all comments need to be critical, but the extreme tribalism that social platforms have been creating is not a good contribution to society moving forward.

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    You ever had that cringy feeling that you can feel in the back of your neck? That’s where I’m at

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    Ok, but she IS pretty cute. Mainly because of the fluffy ears tho.

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      I agree with you. I think this is definitely one of their cutest characters. I really like the cat girl character design when it’s harmless and light-hearted. People get so into this stuff and act like they are real