@semiotechnic @wellplayd_ggate I mean...I think the correct analogy isn't something like gay-bashing, but the mosh pit.
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@semiotechnic@wellplayd_ggate Fighting games in particular are a dedicated space for beating and getting beaten. I loathe such spaces, me. -
@semiotechnic@wellplayd_ggate But they're not *about* anything except untethered aggression. Trash talk can be about anything. -
@St_Rev@semiotechnic@wellplayd_ggate And then there's trash talk, and friendly shit-talking/banter. Close friends will say things that > -
@St_Rev@semiotechnic@wellplayd_ggate may come off as cruel, mean-spirited, or sometimes self-deprecating, but it's all in jest. -
@St_Rev@semiotechnic@wellplayd_ggate Mostly as a way to remember the humorous times they shared; not to deliberately put each other down. -
@LauereliMeyer@semiotechnic@wellplayd_ggate Yup. I honestly hate the behavior but it seems to have a legitimate reason to exist. -
@LauereliMeyer@semiotechnic@wellplayd_ggate It's a way of turning young male aggressiveness into a prosocial force.
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