'I got rape threats over claims I put a feminist symbol in a video game'
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Young male gamers in South Korea thought it resembled a gesture used to poke fun at the size of men’s penises.
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I mean, have you encountered these Real Gamers™ before? They go out of their way to be enraged at this stuff. It’s all deliberate.

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That’s not exclusive to Real Gamers™

And most of them truly don’t play them, just parroting what someone told them or even straight up making shit up about what the game contains.

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