Posted on 10/03/2021 9:03:13 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
It took three years for players to notice the "offensive" hand gesture lurking in one of South Korea's most popular multiplayer games.
When players made their avatars laugh, talk or give the "OK" sign in "Lost Ark," they clicked an icon featuring a gesture that might have appeared benign to many: an index finger nearly touching a thumb.
But some of "Lost Ark's" users began claiming in August that the gesture was a sexist insult against men, and they demanded its removal.
What happened next underscores a trend in South Korea among anti-feminists, who have been increasingly pushing companies to repent for what they see as a conspiracy within the government and private companies to promote a feminist agenda.
Smilegate — the creator of "Lost Ark" and one of South Korea's biggest video game developers — quickly complied with the requests for removal. The company removed the icon from the game, and vowed to be more vigilant about policing "game-unrelated controversies" in their products.
A gender war has been unfolding in South Korea for years, pitting feminists against angry young men who feel they're being left behind as the country seeks to address gender inequality.
Now, though, the latest development in this war is reaching a fever pitch. Since May, more than 20 brands and government organizations have removed what some see as feminist symbols from their products, after mounting pressure. At least 12 of those brands or organizations have issued an apology to placate male customers.
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best troll (4chan) of all time..will never be topped
Watch your back, Ireland.
Dear Gamers - go jump in a pit of fire.
The media is so full of crap. Even in Korea.
Who knew gamers were so fragile?
Hmm..one of the original G.I. Joe’s hands looked like that so he could hold his rifle. Two offenses to the hypersensitives! Will they have to be confiscated and burned now?
So cool that we’ve solved all the real world problems so thoroughly that we can worry about minute gestures in a single computer game. Bravo humanity, bravo. {slow clap}
Great episode!
Better make sure Men’s Cosmetics are properly labeled, he he.
I believe this entire story is an information operation started by the Chinese to divide the US and the American Left from our ROK Allies in the Pacific. First, the Chinese leveraged a race war, now they are pushing a gender/sex war narrative. They are kicking our asses. I lived in Korea recently. This story is total BS.
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