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sopuli.xyz

"Here at at Nintendo, we treat all our customers equally.

Like absolute shit."

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"Do you have money?"

"Yeah."

"Right this way, you exploitable rube!"

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At this point, Nintendo should be aware of all the rabid gays that would die for Bowser (me included)

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Wife makes gay with a rolling pin for extra flavor.

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blinfabianreply
feddit.nl

i could almost forgive them if they fully animated mario with the suit declaring he accepts gays and voiced by charles martinet with a speech of around an hour long

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

voiced by charles martinet

unfortunately, he's retired from the role

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Surely the deeply religious Chris Pratt doesn't have any problematic views on gay people. The same Chris Pratt who has worn a Three Percenter hat, a known white supremacist org that his brother is a part of.

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piefed.social

of course nintendo would support the gays, gay luigi has been an open secret for years

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Dear pesky okamas,

The Liberal Democrats and I have taken over the National Diet. Same-sex marriage legislation is now a permanent guest on one of my seven Lib Dem tables. I dare ya ta sign it if ya can.

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Nintendo can fuck off with this ploy. They've sued the living shit out of anyone and everyone, including people just opshop selling retro Nintendo games and consoles; leading to hatred and disgust by, once avid, Nintendo gamers and fans; and now, suddenly, they love the gays? Fuck that lie up their money shitting shitter hole!

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lemmy.world

I get it, I also agree Nintendo is an awful, greedy corporation that happens to make fun games from time to time. However, this is a pretty big deal in Japan. For a company to openly support a still quite socially, culturally taboo topic there, is pretty crazy to see.

Anyway, I guess my point is, if they're condoning and supporting the advancement of civil rights for a stigmatized demographic, I think that's important, even if the company is still a shitty, greedy husk.

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pawb.social

They're only doing this because public opinion has already shifted towards acceptance of LGBT people.

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True. Rainbow capitalism is still capitalism and only done to get more money, BUT look at the US right now and how much it sucks for the LGBTQI+ community. If the decision is between rainbow capitalism and capitalism that dosn't even pretend to care, rainbow capitalism is the better choice.

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thelemmy.club

Bilking customers to make money line go up = hating gays?

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You are assuming they said Nintendo hated gays before, they are saying that Nintendo treats people like shit and now they preach gay love (call it pinkwashing or whatever)

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Look at the roster of F-ZERO GX and tell me there aren't at least half a dozen LGBTQ reps among them

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well, it's called F-ZERO G(ay)X

and don't forget the arcade F-ZERO A(roace)X

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programming.dev

It's nice to see a household-name company standing up to a stupid conservative stance taken by their government, especially as a USian who was a nintendo kid.

It doesn't make the soulless corporation GOOD (and I see they are getting the hate they're due) but it's still nice to see.

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Kinda like when Chick-fil-A corporate stood behind the Utah location that had pride flags.

It doesn't absolve them, but it's a good step forward.

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Just go FUCK YOURSELF, Nintendo

probably the gayest thing you're capable of

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I lean over to loudly whisper at a bunch of shitty conservative businessmen in expensive suits - I heard it was gay to wear a business suit.

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lemmy.world

I just realised Mario’s moustache goes far beyond his mouth.

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Nintendo is one of the most aggressively greedy, anti-consumer, capitalist companies on the planet. Don’t be fooled by their no-effort rainbow capitalism. They would throw us all under the bus in an instant if it benefitted them financially.

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yea my thoughts, if they stated this, they previously did some data crunching to see that their Japanese target audience tend to be more progressive than average Japanese and decided this would result in a net financial gain.

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It took me far too long to realize this tweet was about an actual suit and not some tanooki style gay powerup

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fuck you Nintendo, treating everyone just as badly isn't something to be proud of

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