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auroch 6 points ago +6 / -0

Even "rizz" is just short for "charisma," making "rizzler" a mildly funny portmanteau of "riddler" and "rizz." It may become an enduring part of the language, like "cool" or even "sweet," or it may die off like "groovy" or "a fine how-do-you-do" or "phat."

Anyway, I agree with you. Literally every generation comes up with their own slang. Some of it catches on permanently. Most doesn't. I would advise people not to fall into the boomerism trap of saying, "back in my day we had reasonable slang, why are kids today like this??"

Edit: actually, the zoomer phrase "let's go!!" made me think about this recently. (For any who don't know what I'm talking about, it's used as an exclamation when something good happens, almost exactly like "yes!" or "hurray!") I find that phrase particularly interesting because it uses only the King's English. It literally could have become a thing in Shakespeare's time, but as far as I know, it took all the way until Gen Z to spring up -- and I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being one that catches on for good.

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auroch 15 points ago +15 / -0

Oh my God. Then the budget is absolutely staggering. What a joke.

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auroch 4 points ago +4 / -0

I, for one, am holding out for my magical powers. Can't have janky cyberware interfering with that.

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auroch 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm over 100 hours into Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and it's very fun, with great graphics and an interesting twist on classic turn-based JRPG combat. I've noticed virtually nothing woke, though I guess there could be something in the back half of the game (I've been grinding and doing sidequests). Definitely recommend.

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auroch 3 points ago +3 / -0

Yes, it turned out that the ideology was being pushed hard by that same cabal, or else we would have won basically overnight. As it is woke company after woke company is failing or struggling, non-woke stuff is doing gangbusters, studios and companies are starting to outright denounce wokeness, the whole world is shifting to the right, and Trump was elected twice.

Gamergate achieved the goals that we set out to achieve. Now it's been folded into the war against the richest and most evil people in the world, which itself is going well. Exposing a second health bar does not mean you are losing.

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auroch 9 points ago +9 / -0

It didn't fail. Games journalism is now completely dead, corporate journalism almost dead, and the fact that the world is being choked by an international criminal cabal is now even on normie lips.

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auroch 2 points ago +2 / -0

It could be even more pleasant, true (that's what keeps it from S tier), but it doesn't grate at all. How many American movies are watched around the world, and how many viewers come away distracted by the accent? Not very many.

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auroch 2 points ago +2 / -0

I disagree. High American is one of the most understandable accents in all of English. And it's easy to listen to as well; you can and do listen to it for hours without it becoming grating.

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auroch 1 point ago +1 / -0

I see. Good day to you as well. I'd like to think my language is refined enough.

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auroch 2 points ago +2 / -0

It's hccccchhhhhh tier :)

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auroch 10 points ago +10 / -0

I would say that the leathery Scottish accent, like the one Critical Drinker has, is also S tier. It's awesome to listen to while still being easily understandable. However, accents like Scouse I would put in C or even D tier (just grating to listen to), accents like Liverpudlian or Manchester are A tier (pleasant enough and very understandable), while Cockney is C or B tier (sometimes quite difficult to understand), and accents like Yorkshire and some Scottish accents are D tier (very difficult to understand; they might as well be a different language, honestly).

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auroch 17 points ago +17 / -0

The King's English is an S tier accent, while the High American accent is only A tier. Interesting that they didn't know that.

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auroch 5 points ago +5 / -0

Someone else mentioned Rimworld. Rocket League. Paradox games like Stellaris, Hearts of Iron IV, and Crusader Kings. Civilization. Sid Meier's Pirates! gets another playthrough from me every year or two. These are my "eternal" games.

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auroch 4 points ago +5 / -1

To be fair, women don't like them either.

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