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minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoIt’s weird that so many old videogame ads have a general theme of making fun of people who play videogames in a crass mean spirited way
minus-squarenullspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI don’t read that at all from the ad. It’s just silly wordplay about jerking off; you’d see the same thing as a shitpost comment today. I think the only way to read it as mean-spirited is to project your own shame towards masturbation onto it.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoMaybe if you’re looking at it in isolation, but I’m also talking about the OP ad, and a lot of others. There’s an overarching narrative here.
It’s weird that so many old videogame ads have a general theme of making fun of people who play videogames in a crass mean spirited way
I don’t read that at all from the ad. It’s just silly wordplay about jerking off; you’d see the same thing as a shitpost comment today. I think the only way to read it as mean-spirited is to project your own shame towards masturbation onto it.
Maybe if you’re looking at it in isolation, but I’m also talking about the OP ad, and a lot of others. There’s an overarching narrative here.