The boss of Cities Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has called on players to stop attacking others and even the developers over the decision to pull an 'offensive' in-game radio advert.
I mean, “spaz” as an insult is generally regarded as offensive to people with disabilities that cause muscle spasms. Even if it’s “spasm”, I can see where the offensiveness angle makes sense.
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i dunno how this is offensive
I mean, “spaz” as an insult is generally regarded as offensive to people with disabilities that cause muscle spasms. Even if it’s “spasm”, I can see where the offensiveness angle makes sense.
kinda catchy tho…
Spaaazmatronics… too doo do
Spaz is short for spastic. A derogatory term for the mentally disabled.
It’s certainly offensive to my ears. Not vulgar or anything, just plain annoying.
It’s cringe as shit, but tbf most commercials are
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seems people are upset over 0:08 or 0:17. but thanks to the nature of the internet i can have 40 seconds of pure bliss over and over and over again