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[–] UraniumForBreakfast@lemm.ee 276 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

What ISN’T woke to conservatives/republicans anymore?

Please don’t answer that, I know the answer, but come on. Pick up a book.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 186 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] UraniumForBreakfast@lemm.ee 80 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Up yours, woke typists!" in a Kermit Peterson voice

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

It's how they getcha! That dang "Thinking for themselves!"

[–] medsal15@lemmy.blahaj.zone 92 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] AdamBomb 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Having a consistent definition of "woke" is too woke for some fossils.

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Woke did not exist before 2015, so everything created before that year is, in fact, absolutely based. Including all those apolitical masterpieces I grew up with, such as Metal Gear Solid and Bioshock. I wish they still made fun games instead of insisting on shoving leftist commentary down out throats. I really want to enjoy gaming again but developers are woke leftists now :(

Lucky for us, the glorious Nippon country is untouched by woke. No, I don't know Japan and I've never visited it, but i play a lot of VNs, which is basically the same thing.

EDIT: In case it wasn't clear... /s

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If Legend of Zelda first came out today, you can bet your ass these people would be complaining about Link not being 'manly' enough.

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Half the things those idiots like would be 'woke' if they came out today. Any movie/videogame/(I would include books but these chuds don't read) including a female lead, a non-white person, or a disabled individual is doing virtue signalling and pandering to minorities. But back then, chuds didn't have the internet to tell them what to hate.

There are tons of things that nobody cared about years ago that wouldn't fly today. Fairy Oddparents having a male individual become pregnant. LOTR's Éowyn killing the witch king on her own. Avatar: TLA has a few 'woke' episodes as well - for example, one where the male leads learns how to fight from a woman, and another where the female lead needs to convince a male wizard to teach her magic, which was a man-only practice.

If they were released today, you'd find them in thumbnails on YT with "cringe", "woke" or "DEI" written in CAPS all over the place.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Absolutely. Also Power Rangers for having a diverse cast that includes girls who kick ass too, and Captain Planet for having both a diverse cast and ecological consciousness. And X-Men for the same reasons they shat on X-Men '97. And Sonic the Hedgehog for being anti-authoritarian and having little PSAs about tolerance and being a good person. And Justice League Unlimited for showcasing female heroes just as much as male heroes. Powerpuff Girls for obvious reasons.

Back then they called everything they didn't like "satanic" or "evil" anyway. Before they realised they could trick idiot kids into joining their cause by calling it "woke" and packaging it as rebellion instead of pearl clutching and puritanical nonsense.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 5 points 2 weeks ago

And Sonic the Hedgehog for being anti-authoritarian and having little PSAs about tolerance and being a good person.

That would be very funny to complain about those because those PSAs were enforced on the studios by the FCC. Lots of cartoons from that era had them, including fucking G.I. Joe (that's where "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle" comes from).

Later Animaniacs parodied the shit out of these with absurd "wheel of morality" segments.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 7 points 2 weeks ago

The first trailer of Breath of the Wild had a lot of people literally wondering whether that Link was a girl. I didn't see a lot of complaining about it, I wasn't looking for some though.

Also, Gerudo town. I'm not sure what kind of mental gymnastics you'd need to shit on "wokeness" and somehow filter out BotW completely from it.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the massive increase of "woke" by conservative began around the time trumps 1st term, it only amplyfied just befored the pandemic, and during the pandemic. when disney shows, movies, trek made all these right wingers all uncomfortable.

[–] Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They had overused CRT.

They needed a new Buzzword.

DEI is the current boogeyman anyway.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

CRT is also something they couldnt grasp or understanding, i felt like that dint stick too long, like woke did. crt is meant for LAW SCHOOL graduate studies. it was harder for low-brain conservatives to comprehend then woke and dei.

DEI is the new woke, but woke still is used heavily too.

[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cleaning your ass after shitting is woke.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

No no o no no no. It's FEMININE to not have shit all over your asshole all the time.

[–] UraniumForBreakfast@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope my simple annoyances of painting my nails as a man gives these type of people high blood pressure.

The fucking Secretary of Defense doesn’t wash his hands either

TIL, my mom works in the Department of Defence.

(Bitch never wash her hands and says I'm paranoid and germaphobic 🤨)

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

The only books these dumdums pick up are the ones getting thrown onto the fire

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, if you look up "gamergate" and see the real reason why these little whiny bitches had such a shit fit. You can see that a lot of male gamers are a bunch of whiny little bitches who throw idiotic tantrums whenever anything highlights women in the gaming world.

[–] TaiCrunch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Many diverse characters all fighting back against their unfair economic situation.

"... and that's terrible."

I also remember Portal 2 being on that list for "Most male characters are being depicted as incompetent compared to female characters" or something.

Dude. There are 4 characters in the whole game, counting one that's dead but probably has the most characterization. Two are male. One guy is definitely a moron by design, but the other was definitely not incompetent. Mad, evil, sure. But he certainly achieved stuff.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

woah a book, sounds "woke", to these conservatives.

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Anything that vibes with the voting base is woke.