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Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wasn't it co-opted by racists around 2016 or something? They also took the "OK" finger gesture from the circle game, the fuckers.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They did, but I don't think they still have them.

Pepe is now (or again) a beloved element of Twitch chat, and the OK symbol... I dunno, that was eight years ago. I just don't hear anybody talking about it, unless it's to half remember that it's bad now or something.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The whole OK symbol thing was literally a false flag by 4chan to clown on the news media's fervor at the time to label things as racist dog whistles, specifically the whole Pepe shit that was going on.

The fucking thread that started it was (paraphrasing): "Hey guys, do you think the news media would be stupid enough to believe the OK hand sign is a white power dog whistle? [Image of WP poorly traced over the OK hand symbol]"

Obviously, if you get your kicks out of pretending to be a fool, you shouldn't be surprised when you find yourself in the presence of actual fools. That also very much applies to the type of edgelords on 4chan that thought it would be funny to "pretend to be" racists, or at least to have discovered a racist hate symbol. Eventually enough people will take it seriously that the original "joke" (if you can even call it that) will be lost.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know if it was really a false flag. Nazis did start using the OK symbol for a time, and I think that was the point. It was built to be smoke and mirrors.

I do believe a lot of channers thought that it was just a joke. I mean, that ambiguity is what makes the dog whistle what it is.

But yeah, it's a pretty lame magic show when all your tricks are, like, doing a Charlottesville but saying you're not.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It was a joke, and still is. It's just that there were enough extremist imbeciles out there who didn't realize it was a joke, and took it seriously.

That doesn't change anything about its origin as a joke.