In the migration to lemmy, this community’s admins have the chance to drop its startlingly racist name. Wasn’t funny back then, and it’s still not funny.

Why keep the nazi memorabilia around?

  • Varyag@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Not everything is about Nazis, not everything needs to be made about Nazis. It’s just a funny name.

    • Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This is the correct response. The other comments saying that “the name being a Nazi reference isn’t that big of a deal” is missing the point. Because it’s not a Nazi reference.

      It’s just a self-aware joke about elitism in PC enthusiasts.

      • Victor Gnarly@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That doesn’t remove the connotation for larger audiences. A layman will never know those details and will read master race as being about race. The social context and history are irrelevant, it’s genuinely a dumb hill to die on.

  • PottedPlant@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean, haven’t you heard the discussions around PC vs Console?

    It’s a tongue-in-cheek commentary of the vitriol surrounding that discussion, at least that was my take.

  • Nanno@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Never made the connection. I think its a bit far fetched to get worked up about, but PC Gaming Race could work i guess

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      1 year ago

      So far fetched the tech industry has been working to get rid of master/slave and blacklist/whitelist for years. Definitely just OP noticed tho