D&D General Thaco the angry clown... really?
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Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
….well played!
BrokenTwin
Biological Disaster
I'm now thinking back to the one Xanth book I read as a kid, and having a lot of realisations about how many really sexist and rather not-okay ideas were in it, and... yeesh.
As to Thaco the clown... I can definitely see why the people it's lampooning would take offence to it. But it feels to me more like self-referential tongue-in-cheek easter egg than attacking a group they feel is "other". Especially since the majority of their current audience probably doesn't even know what thaco is, and the reference is going to fly right over their heads. Still, considering he appears to be an entirely negative character based on an entirely negative stereotype... yeah, probably not something I would have included.
As to Thaco the clown... I can definitely see why the people it's lampooning would take offence to it. But it feels to me more like self-referential tongue-in-cheek easter egg than attacking a group they feel is "other". Especially since the majority of their current audience probably doesn't even know what thaco is, and the reference is going to fly right over their heads. Still, considering he appears to be an entirely negative character based on an entirely negative stereotype... yeah, probably not something I would have included.
Levistus's_Leviathan
5e Freelancer
It now feels like it's my job on this site to point out embarrassing typos, but this one is quite funny.
Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
...and when a joke directed at a person or group is intended to reinforce a caste system, or has the unintended consequence of doing so.
Blue Orange
Gone to Texas
Wait, shouldn't it translate to a 15?
Paul Farquhar
Legend
The truth is, anything we do for leisure is silly. People who don't understand that and can't laugh at themselves are the problem.
Hussar
Legend
WotC just can't win for losing.
Remember the old 4e joke about the troll getting pooped on? I mean, it was a pretty obvious send up of internet trolls, and not meant to be a broader joke. But, whoah, did folks take that one personally.
And, here we are, ten years later, and a teeny, tiny joke, a bit of a send up that's not even really mean spirited, becomes a major issue. Sorry folks, but, if this joke gets your back up, perhaps a little self assessment might be in order. Why does this joke bother you? Otherwise, we're back to people losing their poop because WotC mentions cloud watching.
Remember the old 4e joke about the troll getting pooped on? I mean, it was a pretty obvious send up of internet trolls, and not meant to be a broader joke. But, whoah, did folks take that one personally.
And, here we are, ten years later, and a teeny, tiny joke, a bit of a send up that's not even really mean spirited, becomes a major issue. Sorry folks, but, if this joke gets your back up, perhaps a little self assessment might be in order. Why does this joke bother you? Otherwise, we're back to people losing their poop because WotC mentions cloud watching.
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