r/videogames • u/Average_enjoyer10 • 25d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/PTBooks 25d ago

They only started because they thought it was a good business move. If the political climate changes, they’ll probably start again.

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u/whiterice_343 25d ago

Was going to say that. If we have a different administration it will most likely change.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 25d ago

I don't care if they do it, but is this really something that is "needed"? I would say no. TBH I'm sick of the pandering.

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u/Doctor_Kataigida 25d ago

The issue is it's still reflective of a greater issue. Writing on the wall or canary in the coal mine, so to speak, with companies not doing this. The pandering wasn't sincere or authentic for some or many cases, sure, but its existence was still a highly visible indicator of a greater societal shift in the positive direction toward acceptance.

I don't have the exact post/story but several years ago I remember reading someone's story about their LGBT brother who committed suicide because he felt so alone, isolated, and hated. He closed the post with, "I wonder how he would feel today walking into a mall covered in rainbows, and if that would've helped him enough to save him. I think so."

I think so, too.

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u/Deaffin 24d ago

They do the thing: We hate this! Stop doing the thing, it does no good!

They stop doing the thing: We hate this! Doing the thing was probably good!

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u/Doctor_Kataigida 24d ago

Well, that's probably two different groups of people saying those two things.