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Santa V
How EA Ruined Christmas
The players want authentic games,
they want them to be credible.
What EA did with BF V
is honestly incredible.
they want them to be credible.
What EA did with BF V
is honestly incredible.
You thought games were meant to be fun,
but no! Agendas pushed! Quick, run!
The game is here to “educate”
you, since you gave them a mandate
by paying them. You must object!
Their purpose here is to inject
social justice to your vein
You bought the game? Dude, don’t complain.
What EA did with BF V
they might just do with Santa Claus –
Santa V – a Jewish-Asian-Black-
Transgender. Why? BECAUSE!
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(As this cartoon is kinda niche, here’s a short explanation:)
This Christmas cartoon is about EA’s Battlefield V, and the backlash it got from large parts of the gamer community due to its historical inaccuracies. It all started with the game’s trailer featuring a female soldier with a prosthetic arm (and a pilot running around with a Katana, but that’s a whole different story). True, women served in the US military during World War 2, but their numbers paled in comparison to those of men. To give an example, hundreds of thousands of US soldiers died from enemy fire, but only 16 of them were female. In western armies women served mostly at support roles. In the Soviet Union, they served on the frontlines. But again, their numbers were significantly lower than those of men – 800,000 women served in the Soviet Armed Forces during the war, out of a total force of 29.5 million soldiers. That’s roughly 3 percent.
EA doesn’t seem to care about these facts, nor did does it seem care about the historical accuracy of the game : “This is a game. And today gaming is gender-diverse” said EA’s chief creative officer, Patrick Soderlund, in response to the backlash EA got from fans. He then continued with a very direct message to the people who expressed their discontent from the unrealistic inclusion of women combatants in the game: “You have two choices: either accept it, or don’t buy the game. I’m fine with either/or.”
As of November 2018, it seems the gaming community took heed to his advice. Battlefield 5’s physical sales were down significantly from its predecessor, Battlefield 1. Overall, Battlefield 5 sold less than half the retail copies in its launch week that Battlefield 1 did in its own launch week. The gaming community decided to vote with their feet. Or better to say, with their wallets.
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The Madonna
Bethlehem. 2000 years ago. The Madonna of the Jägermeister.
Inspired by this post on reddit
Merry Christmas y’all
Eight Days of Presents
The habit of having eight days of presents for Khanukah is a rather recent, less traditional aspect of the Jewish festival of lights. It’s common today mostly in North America, imitating the habit of exchanging gifts on Christmas Eve.
And now for the price. There are numerous ways to pronounce Khanukah, but in order to properly pronounce it (as in Ḥănukkāh, in Hebrew – חֲנֻכָּה or חנוכה) you have to be either a Jew, a German, a Scotsman or a Klingon. The ‘Kh’ in Khanukah is pronounced like the “ch” in German “ach” or Scottish “loch”, or the “H” in Klingon (that throaty sound that Klingons make that sounds as if they’re clearing their throats or choking on a traditional jelly doughnut).
There at least as many ways of writing Khanukah as there are pronouncing it. According to Wiktionary, Hanukkah is the most popular form, but you can also write it as Chanukah, Hanukah, Hanuka, Chanuka, Chanukka, Chanukkah, Hannuka, Khanukah, Chanuko, Channukah, Hannukah, Channuka, Hanukka, Chanuca and Chanuccah. The forms Hannukka, Channukkah and Chanucca are very rare.
Confused? You won’t be after this video showing how to pronounce Khanukah:
Instead of spoiling yourself with eight days of presents, why not read some more comics about Jewish traditions, like this one about how the patriarch Abraham screwed generations of Jews, or this one about Jewish weddings, or this recent one about the wonderful Jewish tradition of arguing.
Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas everybody!
Freedom of Religion
For the record, I’m Jewish and have never celebrated Christmas.
Whichever holiday you celebrate, whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Festivus – you should celebrate it proudly, and you should have the right to celebrate it in public.
Happy holidays, and see you in 2015!