Love to see that kind of success. A lot of pubs and devs were cautious to develop for the Switch. Hopefully now they'll see it as a truly viable console and worthy of 3rd party titles.
@domiddian: I hadn't thought much about being made fun of for being too skinny, but you're right, I know I've heard people tease others about that. I'm sorry you had to hear that as a kid. It sounds like you handled it well, but that doesn't make it right. Peace to you as well.
@Myron117: Sounds like the other side of the same coin. Comments like that are borne out of people's own insecurity. Wouldn't it be incredible if people just didn't say things in an effort to tear each other down? I know that sounds like a head-in-the-clouds pipe dream, but in my mind it's something we should strive for.
@domiddian: I couldn't agree with you more. I too am concerned that our differences will be washed away and we'll just be one homogeneous group with no uniqueness. However, the thing about humor is it should be something that everyone can get a chuckle at because everyone can identify with it. But when jokes single out a group of people, they tend to focus on a negative stereotypes. It's easy for those who are not a part of the singled-out group to think it's harmless.
For example, I'm an overweight person. I'm not proud of it and I'm working to change it, but for the time being, I'm overweight. It makes me angry when I see a bunch of skinny people making fat jokes and then telling me it's harmless. Because of my weight, I get treated quite differently than others in both social and professional situations. People don't see me for me, they see me as a fat person and make all kinds of assumptions that are completely inaccurate, the worst of which is that I deserve less common decency than others. Granted, a person could say "But that's something you can control, so why should I censor my jokes?". Why should anyone make a joke at my expense in the first place? Or at anyone's expense? And being fat is not part of a group of people that have been fighting for equality for decades. I imagine it would be even more destructive if I was part of such a group.
Also, I completely agree that an accusation can be extremely dangerous and should be not be taken lightly. That being said, a genuine victim should never be silenced based on fear of the impact on the accused.
All that being said, I don't believe that movies, books, standup acts, video games, etc should be at all censored. That's part of our freedoms in this country. People have the freedom to not purchase such forms of entertainment if it offends them. My beef is with these a-listers that force the inappropriateness on people that are required (by their employer) to be subjected to that situation. To me, that should not be tolerated. People have a right to go to work without someone harassing them.
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