Over the last week I could swear I’ve seen way more LIB types suddenly throwing around the word troglodyte left right and centre

  • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I thought it was supposed to be a sound a gorilla makes. Anyway, whether it should be changed or not, “unga” currently sits as the standard term in the fgc for characters with excessively safe moves (who thereby enable button mashing, mindless offense, hence gorillas).

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The fgc is profoundly sexist, but it’s very multiracial, with a particularly large proportion of black members, including the NB person who is currently held as the best in the genre, sonicfox. It’s possible that I just don’t know the origin, but I wouldn’t guess that it was something anti-black because then there would probably be more pushback against it.

          • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Absolutely, and I’m glad for what they do. I would think since they are pretty outspoken that they or another community figure would say something if there was an issue, even if that lead to r/kappa using the term even more because their only belief is chauvinist contrarianism.