• Hermes [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    13 days ago

    For those of us who are not context pilled, why is this called :whitey-cool:?

    Also I think it would be easier to read if the bars on the right were a bit shorter, with the fire closer to the colors on the left side.

    • SnakeEyes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      5·
      13 days ago

      It’s an empty tier list, and they are kinda video essays but in image format, as in white people love making them for some reason.

      Tbh it doesn’t matter much if it gets added I was just venting, lemme fix it though.

      • Hermes [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        10·
        13 days ago

        I disagree on two points, the first one is that if we are making a :whitey-cool: emoji, it should definitely be one of these two lmayo cracker with the flame on it.

        Secondly, are tier lists really that white? I think that some of the (S/S+) ranking stuff started in Japan, especially with its history in gaming culture. Even now, IME, the people I see making versions of it are a pretty representative slice of the local Zoomer population, although it might be different where you live.

        This is a fun emote though

        • SnakeEyes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
          3·
          13 days ago

          Fair enough, I just wanted something flag like, as for the second point I usually see gamer stuff as white as it gets. since POCs are always pushed out of gamer spaces.

          Maybe gamer-cool Tier list burning

          • Hermes [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            4·
            13 days ago

            That image is way better yeah, nice work. Personally, I agree with your gamer-cool, it fills a useful niche we don’t have already, and there isn’t an established Gamer^tm flag that would be a better fit.

            The two Gamer communities I associate with tier lists are fighting games and MOBAs, both of which are less white (I’m pretty sure) than the average gaming community. I haven’t really paid much attention to what the kids are doing with tier lists in the past few years, so I don’t know if they have had some resurgence with white zoomers outside the gaming community while I’ve been gone.

            I don’t want to concern troll all over your post, but I think there are better/more specific cultural insults that would do a better job at insulting white people. Although, it is kinda esoteric in the same way as PPB, where the context isn’t immediately obvious and it confuses the recipient.

            • SnakeEyes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
              3·
              13 days ago

              It’s okay I don’t see it as concern trolling, you’ve put way more thought into this than I ever did

              Funnily enough I was thinking of MOBAs (DOTA and Smite) and fighting games (arena fighters) where you get slurred up or get sent friend requests to get slurred up lmao.

              There’s more than definitely a better insult to represent white people like NPR or threatening to move to another country or something like that