What i dont understand about rape

You're welcome!

Probably by answering the simple questions I posed in my post

Make a thread about it. That's not what we're talking about here.

I wouldn't say that the "rape" obituary is downplaying the word. It's anyway about a fantasy monster who presumably does it, then kills your character. I don't see how demonic monsters of hell would be beyond such acts. The word is used in an obituary, not randomly for lighthearted events. If anything, I would say that the use of this word makes actual rapists look more monstrous, by association. Also I guess it makes YOU, the player, hate this monster more, wanting to kill it asap so it doesn't kill you and show the rape obituary.

About the word "rape". Why are people so triggered with it nowadays? I get it that rape is horrible (anybody disagrees with that? Why do we even have to virtue signal about "BAD Things are BAD"?) but here is a thought:
I remember the case of Sargon of Akkad making the crude joke "I wouldn't even rape you". Why did he chose "rape" to make edgy jokes?
Well,. because that's one of the things in the present culture which is magnified into this big bogeyman by the media or feminists. Since Sargon wants to trigger these people, what is he gonna use. "Kill"? No, "rape" is more triggering. There are people who are exaggerating, saying rape is worse than death. And I get the emotional sentiment and the scars one can get from rape. But this is overblown and so are the counter reactions.

It's the same with stand up comedians. What's most controversial to talk about in current society? Previously it was religion.
In the 90s there was satanic panic, so the edgy boys would draw pentagrams and devil hand gestures, 666 and all that stuff. And those elements even passed onto Doom because that was the 90s. Meanwhile the recent years bogeyman is rape, so it makes sense that edgy bois (and sometimes edgy anti-feminist girls) will do rape jokes.

You'd say, what's the reason though to trigger people when you already know these words are only controversial?
I don't know if being edgy helps anyone, probably not, probably it's like pouring gasoline in the fire. But it's getting me pissed how big the rape bogeyman is today, the exaggerated 1 in 5 statistics, the pushed idea that there is rape culture everywhere and so on. Of course when you think of the word rape, the first think that comes in your mind is women as victims. But rape is not exclusively happening to women (however different statistics and agendas will make you believe eitherwise, but are we honest to look at all the data?). And what about the prison rape joke? What about the "don't drop the soap" joke? (that was actually an achievement award in Dusk on Steam). We always imagine a man being the victim in these cases and so we don't feel the same. I will be less shocked by that joke than one which involves a woman being the victim. And I don't say remove the "don't drop the soap" joke. I'd rather allow everything at this point. Because it's either we remove all offensive material (instead of selectively those we perceive as misogynistic) or we kinda live with it. I don't see any other way.

Moved. Don't push back when i tell you to stick to the topic.

I suggest all parties temporary suspend their participation in this argument. You might be inclined to think that issue needs to be resolved, that you are capable of so resolving, but I am suggesting this resolution can and needs to be postponed, cause this seems to get personal or has the potential to become so in the near future.

First, realize that controversial subject does not concern any current or ongoing project that happens to be posted on doomer boards. Thus, the stance on it is of now irrelevant, and needs not be decided until that actually happens.

Second, if you think that this resolution is nonetheless important because it will influence what projects are accepted or rejected on some other doom forum, then you are using this forum as a political platform to pursue an agenda that can only be satisfied by forcing other forums to change their policies in accordance with your agenda. Not a good idea.

As for resolving issues surrounding the concept itself - unrelated to doom - as I said at the beginning it simply seems the storm is brewing and about to blow up all over here. Does not matter whose "guilt" is larger in this, it just needs to be stopped right now and delayed. Some time later, guys. Otherwise even people not participating in this may get affected.

p.s. also note my reaction to this. It is hard to tell with written words what one feels, but one of the plausible scenarios I can read right now is absolute disaster. Even if I am wrong, there is more than one person here, thus someone may actually see the things this way and bring it for real. The only way it can be avoided is if everyone voluntarily acts to prevent it, which is exactly what I can't rely upon right now.

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I feel like my almost 60 y/o dad is more familiar with the concept of shitposting than you

Rape is wack come on.

You know I wrote out this whole thing where I was going to explain stuff and you know make points and stuff but then it dawned on me,

I'm talking to a caricature, the caricature of the starwman Doomerboards gets labelled with.

If you ever told me I'd be explaining why rape, probably the most heinous thing a human can do, is a sore subject, I'd have slapped ya for being so stupid.

Now I'd slap ya for wasting my time.

I'm not even saying you can't even joke or whatever the fuck low effort garbo we are talking about, I'm genuinely baffled that you don't understand why people would be upset.

Except I'm not, actually, no I get why completely.

Rape is bad but it's indeed sorta weird how it seems to be perceived as something worse than killing. It's much easier to make a killer joke than a rapist joke, and rape scenes tend to get much more negative reactions than killing scenes. Is it fucked up that we see things like this?