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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 7869864" data-attributes="member: 6777737"><p>Simply put: Message fatigue.</p><p></p><p>If you keep seeing the same message everywhere you go and it creeps into everything you're doing, you start to have a adverse response even when you agree with and support the message. It's more commonly talked about in terms of marketing fatigue where an advertising campaign might have too much penetration in a market and start turning off your current customers, but it applies to any message you're putting out on any topic. People have a limited amount of time in their lives, and they don't want one thing or one message to monopolize all of it, even when it's of great personal importance.</p><p></p><p>I had a homosexual classmate in college, and I remember during one LGBT pride week (month?) she sat down next to me and said, "Oh my God, if I have to walk through the quad and get handed another dozen gay rights flyers I'm going to scream. I can't wait until I can just walk to class in peace."</p><p></p><p>For another example, if you've ever donated to the ACLU, you'll quickly learn that doing so will primarily get you monthly phone calls, bimonthly mailers, biweekly emails, and so on. I'm a major proponent of the ACLU. I support their cause and want to donate. I even volunteered for an ACLU rally in college. However, I no longer do any of that <em>because they won't leave me alone if I do it</em>. If I donate and try to support them, I know that all they will do is ask for even more time and money from me. Yes, I agree it's important, but I have a life. I have other responsibilities. And I might like to go a week or two without being asked for more.</p><p></p><p>You know how people get sick of hearing about politics by about May of a Presidential election year? That's message fatigue. You know how people complain every year that Christmas decorations keep showing up sooner and sooner? That's because they know they'll be sick of them by the time it's actually Christmas. They want to avoid that message fatigue.</p><p></p><p>So when someone sits down to play D&D and says, "Ugh, I wish this wasn't so politicized. I just want to play the game,"they're just saying they're looking for an escape from the real world. They're looking to not have to deal with real world messages all the time. Even if you agree with it, even if you support it, it gets tiresome eventually.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I'm sure some people are just bigoted, but being tired of the conversation doesn't mean they're an opponent of the message.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 7869864, member: 6777737"] Simply put: Message fatigue. If you keep seeing the same message everywhere you go and it creeps into everything you're doing, you start to have a adverse response even when you agree with and support the message. It's more commonly talked about in terms of marketing fatigue where an advertising campaign might have too much penetration in a market and start turning off your current customers, but it applies to any message you're putting out on any topic. People have a limited amount of time in their lives, and they don't want one thing or one message to monopolize all of it, even when it's of great personal importance. I had a homosexual classmate in college, and I remember during one LGBT pride week (month?) she sat down next to me and said, "Oh my God, if I have to walk through the quad and get handed another dozen gay rights flyers I'm going to scream. I can't wait until I can just walk to class in peace." For another example, if you've ever donated to the ACLU, you'll quickly learn that doing so will primarily get you monthly phone calls, bimonthly mailers, biweekly emails, and so on. I'm a major proponent of the ACLU. I support their cause and want to donate. I even volunteered for an ACLU rally in college. However, I no longer do any of that [I]because they won't leave me alone if I do it[/I]. If I donate and try to support them, I know that all they will do is ask for even more time and money from me. Yes, I agree it's important, but I have a life. I have other responsibilities. And I might like to go a week or two without being asked for more. You know how people get sick of hearing about politics by about May of a Presidential election year? That's message fatigue. You know how people complain every year that Christmas decorations keep showing up sooner and sooner? That's because they know they'll be sick of them by the time it's actually Christmas. They want to avoid that message fatigue. So when someone sits down to play D&D and says, "Ugh, I wish this wasn't so politicized. I just want to play the game,"they're just saying they're looking for an escape from the real world. They're looking to not have to deal with real world messages all the time. Even if you agree with it, even if you support it, it gets tiresome eventually. Yes, I'm sure some people are just bigoted, but being tired of the conversation doesn't mean they're an opponent of the message. [/QUOTE]
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