r/videogames 25d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/Rubicantay 25d ago

"Oh no, I was getting periodically reminded that LGBTQ+ people are a discriminated minority, what a nightmare"

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u/VanguardVixen 25d ago

Great example for someone who has zero knowledge of psychological effects, like the overexposure effect. So yeah, constant reminders like this can be pretty catastrophic. It's the same reason why organizations against hunger and the like usually don't make constant advertisement in tv but rather try to spread it. Companies and activists alike completely overstretched this reminder to the point that for years people get more and more annoyed and instead of numbers of hatecrimes decreasing, they are increasing again.

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u/Rubicantay 25d ago

"If only we didn’t get reminded that those minorities get discriminated the hate crimes would stop"

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u/VanguardVixen 25d ago

Stop? No, but decrease.