PSA: calling the update the 'summer update' does not make Northern hem players privileged

[toenuki]

idk if im allowed to post this but my explanation:

June, July and August are commonly known as summer months regardless of weather. that is all. everyone gets the same stuff! people living in the southern hem generally dont get pissed at this, they understand the rest of the world population (like over 70% are northern hems) thinks/lives this way.

now stop complaining. what even is going on

 

[loveclove]

Just remember you're also complaining about people complaining, so...

 

[minimoon]

Um, while I agree calling it the summer update is fine, seasons are definitely to do with weather! And June, July, August are only referred to as summer in the northern hemisphere.

From Wikipedia:

Meteorological seasons are reckoned by temperature, with summer being the hottest quarter of the year and winter the coldest quarter of the year. In 1780 the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (which became defunct in 1795), an early international organization for meteorology, defined seasons as groupings of three whole months as identified by the Gregorian calendar. Ever since, professional meteorologists all over the world have used this definition.[12] Therefore, for temperate areas in the northern hemisphere, spring begins on 1 March, summer on 1 June, autumn on 1 September, and winter on 1 December. For the southern hemisphere temperate zone, spring begins on 1 September, summer on 1 December, autumn on 1 March, and winter on 1 June.[13][14] In Australasia the meteorological terms for seasons apply to the temperate zone that occupies all of New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the south-eastern corner of South Australia and the south-west of Western Australia, and the south east Queensland areas south of Brisbane.

 

[toenuki]

Just remember you're also complaining about people complaining, so...

fair! but this discourse is a joke, and overblown imo over a ... videogame. privileged? really?

 

[eggie_]

yeah i think i agree here. like eventually autumn/winter will roll around for the northern hemisphere, and the southern hemisphere will get the summer months...
it just seems like such a strange topic to be pointing fingers of privilege with right now, i dunno.

 

[daringred_]

if y'all wanna talk privilege, it would be designing anniversary photos for a cishet couple (i don't care if they're alpacas, susan) during a month that is more commonly associated with LGBT+ pride than it is weddings

 

[toenuki]

Um, while I agree calling it the summer update is fine, seasons are definitely to do with weather!

From Wikipedia:

Meteorological seasons are reckoned by temperature, with summer being the hottest quarter of the year and winter the coldest quarter of the year. In 1780 the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (which became defunct in 1795), an early international organization for meteorology, defined seasons as groupings of three whole months as identified by the Gregorian calendar. Ever since, professional meteorologists all over the world have used this definition.[12] Therefore, for temperate areas in the northern hemisphere, spring begins on 1 March, summer on 1 June, autumn on 1 September, and winter on 1 December. For the southern hemisphere temperate zone, spring begins on 1 September, summer on 1 December, autumn on 1 March, and winter on 1 June.[13][14] In Australasia the meteorological terms for seasons apply to the temperate zone that occupies all of New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the south-eastern corner of South Australia and the south-west of Western Australia, and the south east Queensland areas south of Brisbane.

while that is correct, people there generally DONT get up in arms at other people thinkin the opposite. half of the southern hem players dont even live in the southern hemisphere

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if y'all wanna talk privilege, it would be designing anniversary photos for a cishet couple (i don't care if they're alpacas, susan) during a month that is more commonly associated with LGBT+ pride than it is weddings

that's a reach. wedding season is a big Japanese thing, not a worldwide insult. its common in gacha games, actually

 

[tajikey]

Probably should just leave these types of conversations to their original threads. Your thread title is an opinion stated as a fact, and that will ultimately not end well.

 

[daringred_]

while that is correct, people there generally DONT get up in arms at other people thinkin the opposite. half of the southern hem players dont even live in the southern hemisphere

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that's a reach. wedding season is a big Japanese thing, not a worldwide insult. its common in gacha games, actually

you missed the whole point and europe + the US is bigger than japan and LGBT+ folk still exist over there anyway. but, hey, i'll give you another example.

privilege is nobody batting an eye at reese and cyrus or a whole event dedicated to them and their love but then hassling players for shipping CJ and flick, calling them delusional and a slew of other names for ""misinterpreting"" in-game text that isn't definitive either way.

 

[toenuki]

you missed the whole point and europe + the US is bigger than japan and LGBT+ folk still exist over there anyway. but, hey, i'll give you another example.

privilege is nobody batting an eye at reese and cyrus or a whole event dedicated to them and their love but then hassling players for shipping CJ and flick, calling them delusional and a slew of other names for ""misinterpreting"" in-game text that isn't definitive either way.

oh no, i got the point. the game is Japanese, so wedding szn would obvi be added. I do not care about CJ x Flick bc im just here to get models, but I do agree that people being pissed and using slurs is bad! i dont ship anyone bc idc. all up to interpretation and opinion imo, not the end of the world if they are gay. homophobes wilin.

but for wedding season, its a big thing in Japanese games. that's why it was added regardless of worldwide opinion. ive played so many games that have it as a theme bc its just a big Japanese game thing

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Probably should just leave these types of conversations to their original threads. Your thread title is an opinion stated as a fact, and that will ultimately not end well.

also true, but oh well

 

[daringred_]

but for wedding season, its a big thing in Japanese games. that's why it was added regardless of worldwide opinion

ya i get you but the point wasn't that wedding season exists in the game, the point is that i was giving an example of what privilege would actually be, y'know?

i don't ship any characters because i don't really care (although i will admit it felt good seeing that screenshot of merry talking about two princesses in love) but the way cishet people are reacting to it is grim as all hell and goes to show what actual privilege looks like.

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Probably should just leave these types of conversations to their original threads. Your thread title is an opinion stated as a fact, and that will ultimately not end well.

no? it's literally a fact stated as a fact.

 

[toenuki]

ya i get you but the point wasn't that wedding season exists in the game, the point is that i was giving an example of what privilege would actually be, y'know?

i don't ship any characters because i don't really care (although i will admit it felt good seeing that screenshot of merry talking about two princesses in love) but the way cishet people are reacting to it is grim as all hell and goes to show what actual privilege looks like.

you do have a point.
Personally, i find it kinda bad that the devs just gave us such vague CJ dialogue (while flick has nothing) so thats also why i dont see it (unlike Merry's concrete lgbt rep) but its even WORSE how people freaked over people thinking fake humanoid animal game characters are gay u rite!

 

[daringred_]

you do have a point.
Personally, i find it kinda bad that the devs just gave us such vague CJ dialogue (while flick has nothing) so thats also why i dont see it (unlike Merry's concrete lgbt rep) but its even WORSE how people freaked over people thinking fake humanoid animal game characters are gay u rite!

idk for sure what it was like on most platforms but i know people on gamefaqs lost their minds to the point where it was embarrassing and the comments i've seen on instagram (including some from a fairly popular nintendo youtuber) were just vile.

regardless, that's privilege. not being able to dive in summer or have a free update refer to your hemisphere's season and not the other's.

 

[toenuki]

idk for sure what it was like on most platforms but i know people on gamefaqs lost their minds to the point where it was embarrassing and the comments i've seen on instagram (including some from a fairly popular nintendo youtuber) were just vile.

regardless, that's privilege. not being able to dive in summer or have a free update refer to your hemisphere's season and not the other's.

exactly. half the southern hem players arent even from those countries, the people who live there understand the rest of the world works differently (and most of the population is on the northern side)

 

[tajikey]

ya i get you but the point wasn't that wedding season exists in the game, the point is that i was giving an example of what privilege would actually be, y'know?

i don't ship any characters because i don't really care (although i will admit it felt good seeing that screenshot of merry talking about two princesses in love) but the way cishet people are reacting to it is grim as all hell and goes to show what actual privilege looks like.

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no? it's literally a fact stated as a fact.

Not sure if serious, but seeing as there are two sides to this discussion, OP's title is in fact an opinion...their opinion. I don't disagree with what they've said, but you're lying to yourself (again, not sure if serious) if you believe "it's literally (cringe) a fact stated as a fact."

 

[daringred_]

Not sure if serious, but seeing as there are two sides to this discussion, OP's title is in fact an opinion...their opinion. I don't disagree with what they've said, but you're lying to yourself (again, not sure if serious) if you believe "it's literally (cringe) a fact stated as a fact."

no, it's a fact because there's nothing privileged about the update being called the "summer update". thinking otherwise is purely a you problem and, based on past exchanges with you, it's pretty obvious you don't know the first thing about privilege anyway.

also the only thing (cringe) is you adding that in there. you sound like an out of touch boomer trying to get down with the kids.

 

[tajikey]

the hypocrisy and the stupidity knows no bounds. it's unsurprising, truly, that everyone i've seen encounter you can't stand you either.

Maybe start a Facebook group to vent. That might help your anger and condescension.

 

[daringred_]

Maybe start a Facebook group to vent. That might help your anger and condescension.

okay boomer

 

[seularin]

wait send me that merry ss

 

[Feferily]

I'd read the thread title again if I were you, but reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, so maybe try twice, and take your time. Your name-calling also invalidates any position you take, as does your poor use of grammar.

Carry on though, aggressive lesbian, carry on.

Just wanna say that, even thought it’s their tagline, it isn’t a good look for you to use it as a gotcha or an insult.

Also, y’all probably shouldn’t fight in this thread. Isn’t fair for OP and I don’t think it’s allowed once it evolves into pointless name calling.

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wait send me that merry ss

Same