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It's okay to take context into account and not just look at it as a math problem. Targeting a minority isn't the same as doing it to people who make up 90% of society but are whiny.
I totally agree that an unacceptable proportion of straight people are whiny about any manner of minority representation, but doesn't this also affect straight people who are normal about this? Maybe it'd be more fitting to give a demeaning title to homophobes, eg. the steam complainer, but provide regular title to everyone else somehow? Thanks for taking the time!
I mean, are straight people who are normal about it clamoring for the title to begin with? This seems like a problem invented basically entirely by the whiners. You could just as easily say it affects gay people who want an ironic title, or straight trans people, but for obvious reasons the whiners don’t really care about that.
All that said I have no idea what the price tag means in terms of gameplay time to acquire it. If it’s unachievable without 10 hours of grinding or something that’s a little mean, but not enough that I really care.
(Edit: accidentally a word)
Yeah a title in some fishing game definitely seems like a really strange thing to be upset about (and yeah you're totally right that this doesn't just affect cis straight people). I'm just saying that the presence of only that title for people who would like a regular version or don't care about titles and just see it in passing might feel unwelcome through no fault of their own y'know? (Though obviously feeling unwelcome would be a little ironic)
I completely agree with this. For example, they don't currently have a gender fluid title. Most gender fluid folks may not be clamoring for them to add the title but if they joined the game and saw that the gender fluid tag was harder to obtain for no discernible reason, was in air quotes, and had the description "mhm" I think they would feel pretty unwelcome. Also - a lot of people won't know the context that there were people complaining about the lack of the title.