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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 3951708" data-attributes="member: 1003">I wasn't referring to anything made since 1990, if that makes a difference.&nbsp; But tastes can differ; I'm sure if we compared an exhaustive list of &quot;funny&quot; movies there would be several on yours I would have to show &quot;polite tolerance&quot; for. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I knew I would get crap for those comments. I expected it.But I do want to ask: why are we expected to empathize with &quot;totally imaginary&quot; characters like Hamlet or Othello, but not someone's Gnome character?&nbsp; Are the Shakespearean characters somehow more worthy?&nbsp; Does the fact that the Gnome had bug-eyes somehow make him so inhuman that he is worthy of death and ridicule?&nbsp; How many people here would feel bad to see an &quot;imaginary character&quot; they liked (whether Optimus Prime, Bart Simpson, or whoever) killed and robbed?&nbsp; Are you saying it wouldn't bother you even a little?Maybe not.&nbsp; I have met a depressingly large number of humans who only care when its someone they know (or only themselves) that's hurt.I don't take D&amp;D any more seriously than any other game (little), but &quot;people&quot; (whether real people I meet on the street or cartoon people) deserve better than that.&nbsp; I can't help but feel bad for them if they are mistreated.&nbsp; And I have to wonder about the people who made the cartoon, or laughed at it: what's funny about someone being killed? what was funny when the tiefling kicked the badger? do you laugh when you see stray dogs run over in the street?ha ha</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 3951708, member: 1003"] I wasn't referring to anything made since 1990, if that makes a difference. But tastes can differ; I'm sure if we compared an exhaustive list of "funny" movies there would be several on yours I would have to show "polite tolerance" for. :) I knew I would get crap for those comments. I expected it. But I do want to ask: why are we expected to empathize with "totally imaginary" characters like Hamlet or Othello, but not someone's Gnome character? Are the Shakespearean characters somehow more worthy? Does the fact that the Gnome had bug-eyes somehow make him so inhuman that he is worthy of death and ridicule? How many people here would feel bad to see an "imaginary character" they liked (whether Optimus Prime, Bart Simpson, or whoever) killed and robbed? Are you saying it wouldn't bother you even a little? Maybe not. I have met a depressingly large number of humans who only care when its someone they know (or only themselves) that's hurt. I don't take D&D any more seriously than any other game (little), but "people" (whether real people I meet on the street or cartoon people) deserve better than that. I can't help but feel bad for them if they are mistreated. And I have to wonder about the people who made the cartoon, or laughed at it: what's funny about someone being killed? what was funny when the tiefling kicked the badger? do you laugh when you see stray dogs run over in the street? ha ha [/QUOTE]

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