Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...

On 11/27/2024 1:59 AM, JAB wrote:

On 26/11/2024 15:25, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 11/26/2024 12:27 AM, JAB wrote:

On 25/11/2024 19:22, Zaghadka wrote:

On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:09:49 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:
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I've
never played the game but I saw a talking head on YouTube saying it's
woke (whatever that actually means) crowd.

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"Woke" means, "You're tickling my well orchestrated cognitive dissonance
coping mechanisms. Stop that!"
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I just find it weird that people can be so rabidly anti something when they can't really explain what it is beyond things I don't like. See also labelling something socialist, or even Marxist, when they don't even know what they are.
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We even had our last government try and get in on the act when judges were ruling that a country doesn't just become classed as safe because the government say it is no more than they can pass a law that says the moon is made of cheese. That's not how laws work but that only cost £750mil so not a problem really.
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"My <insert deity of choice> says 'That's Wrong!'"
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  From the woke detector Steam Group. Honestly I'm just not sure whether it's an elaborate prank or not.
 

At least in the USA its not a prank.  Here all the "Anti-Woke" "Culture War" shit is based on religious beliefs with a dash of wishing for a society based on the imagined version of 1950s America, complete with massive racism.

“Woke” content = any images, messages, characters, storytelling, dialogue, music, or game mechanics that include themes associated with the left-side of the political aisle in contemporary western politics.
 These themes include things like:
pro-LGBTQ+ messaging
pro-DEI messaging
pro-climate action messaging
pro-communism/socialism messaging
pro-abortion messaging
pro-pedophilia messaging
pro-immigration messaging
pro-transhumanism messaging
anti-western society messaging
anti-human messaging
anti-colonialism messaging
anti-capitalism messaging
anti-heterosexual messaging
anti-patriarchy messaging
anti-white messaging
anti-family messaging
anti-free speech messaging
anti-gun messaging
etc.

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