it's one where the premise could be defeated by Marxism, but if Marxism was widely adopted then cyberpunk could not exist. The genre is inherently tied to a capitalist dystopia where existence is controlled by megacorporations; if you remove that you no longer have cyberpunk.
Although I'd also say transitioning doesn't fix crossdressing manga, since crossdressing is something people can do even if they are comfortable with their gender identity, so I guess the meme still works in a "It doesn't fix it at all but instead completely erases the concept and turns it into something else" sort of way.
I think such a machine would be a rad way to brute force empathy for the other gender, but I wouldn't go in unless there was a way to change back. I think such a machine would be a cool novelty to use maybe once or twice, but a permanent change would cause me great duress.
Then again, I explicitly identify as a genderqueer femboy, so idk if cis men would even try it as a lark. They may be too afraid of empathizing with others.
I don't actually think you need to use the third party launcher if you buy through Steam. At the very least, D4 doesn't require it.
Still will need a Battlenet account, but if you're buying D2 I imagine you'd have one, even if it was 25 years old. Is there anyone who'd seriously check out this game who has never heard of Diablo before?
absolutely this, we need more femboy options in games! IMO character creators should start with androgynous as a default, and then you can add masc or fem characteristics from there.
the issue is that it seems quite likely that humanity will always have a subset of the population that lords over the rest of them, and that subset has a vested interest in keeping tribalism alive.
Sure, you can be an optimist and dream of a future that is radically different to how human culture has existed in recorded history, but the realistic expectation is that the widespread education that would need to take place just...won't.
Picked up Dark Souls 2 at a videogame cafe on a whim back in my youth and got absolutely owned by the first Heide Knight you encounter. Tried it a few more times at the cafe, I don't think I ever made it to Huntsmans Copse, before finally picking up Dark Souls 1. Bounced off it first at the Undead Berg bull, and then at Sens.
Several years later, I picked up Sekiro because it was the FotM hotness, and I fell in love with it because I wasn't a stupid teen anymore and no longer bounced off difficult games. Went back through the franchise from there, completing DS1, DS2, and DS3 within like a month.
in my experience, nobody ever says anything when I'm dating a woman, so my queerness is only ever brought up if I'm single or dating a man. When I'm in a gay relationship, it's just easier to say I'm gay. It's like the only time I can be bisexual is when I'm single, and honestly I try to avoid that state as much as possible.
the civil rights movement has been incredibly whitewashed in US education. Americans were overwhelmingly against de-segregation, there was tons of violence against black Americans, and that violence was not solely committed by police officers.
The Klan might seem like a relic of the past now, but the KKK was incredibly powerful during the 50s and 60s, to the point where in my home state, 1/3 of men were Klansmen and were a significant political bloc. They weren't just voting in politicians that supported their vile views though, they were lynching people and burning crosses on lawns and shit.
it's one where the premise could be defeated by Marxism, but if Marxism was widely adopted then cyberpunk could not exist. The genre is inherently tied to a capitalist dystopia where existence is controlled by megacorporations; if you remove that you no longer have cyberpunk.
Although I'd also say transitioning doesn't fix crossdressing manga, since crossdressing is something people can do even if they are comfortable with their gender identity, so I guess the meme still works in a "It doesn't fix it at all but instead completely erases the concept and turns it into something else" sort of way.