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[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 142 points 4 days ago (4 children)

So bad we went so woke, it was a happier world before.

/s

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 62 points 4 days ago

People were so much better looking when they smiled.

/s

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You know what they say: go woke, you blew up my battleship.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

“G-4”

“You woke my battleship!”

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 21 points 4 days ago

For some it for sure was

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (11 children)

This is what I don't understand. Yes, corporations pander to marginalised demographics, but I have not once seen them lose significant income or have been boycotted. Fascist corporations, meanwhile, lost customers and stocks like Target and Tesla.

Like really, who's going broke? Methinks this is projection from the right, or disinformation from state or non-state actors alike to keep the population divided.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

To be right wing is to be ruled by emotions. Humans are all emotional creatures, but for some people it reaches a point where emotion alone creates reality. Facts are there to be picked up or set aside to support feelings. When their guy eats ice cream it's because he's a man of the people. When your guy eats ice cream it's because he's a baby. Facts don't matter. It's feelings.

And most of their feelings seem to be fear. Fear of loss. Fear of humiliation. You can show them stats and history demonstrating how, like, a diverse workforce leads to higher productivity and greater happiness, but that doesn't matter. They're not looking at facts. They're feeling feelings.

Imagine trying to talk to someone who's drunk. That's the right wing, except all the time and they can't really sober up. Honestly, it sounds like hell.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yo, don't compare my drunk ass to those people. When I'm drunk I only get 100% more talkative and like 500% more gay.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Methinks this is projection from the right

It always is.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 49 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can't see anywhere on the box it claims it's fun for the entire family. It's a two person game after all.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

In fairness, you're right. I just spent a few minutes looking at higher resolution images of the box and it does not make that claim.

That said, the meme captures the spirit of an era pretty perfectly. I still think it hits the nail on the head.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have this version of Battleship.

It is crazy; that this seemed like a good idea to put on the box, at any point in the past.

[–] LavaPlanet@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (5 children)

All that 50's "advertising" that was essentially social conditioning and oppression, hear me out, because all the women had to do all the jobs while the men were gone. They got a taste of freedom, their own money and skills. They were all like, how hard can it be, boys do it. But when the men came back they had to shove them back in the box, they had to effectively put the cat back in the bag, it required a huge effort of bullying from the government and all. Like they hit hard with this kinda pervasive stuff, everywhere. That's when women were forced into the "get in the kitchen" role. Now we get to have both! Work AND be predominantly responsible for the majority of the house labor and child raising, yay!

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 60 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like that this demon boy is obviously holding that poor family hostage and they have to indulge his every bullshit.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (13 children)
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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 49 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What? I see an entire family having fun: men with the advertised product and women with seeing their men happy.

I don’t understand the complaints here.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The woman must never interrupt the man, for men do important things

[–] Gismonda@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

…and the women wash the dishes.

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Gismonda@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Blessed be the fruit.

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[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

What's the problem? It's just like my favorite book, Men Are From Mars, Women Belong In The Kitchen Making Me A Fried Bologna Sandwich.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

MAGAots:

SEE? EVERYONE IS HAVING FUN! NOT A WOKE ASPECT IN SIGHT!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS MATTER!

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 52 points 4 days ago (5 children)

The re-release fixed the woman problem

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago

Rest assured, the women are still in the kitchen. it's just behind a wall now so they don't bother the men.

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can't misrepresent women if you don't represent them. Taps forehead.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

Real "I can't be racist towards a race that no longer exists" energy.

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just want to see the featureless Rumpus Room fading off infinitely into an eternal void.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

No misogyny if no women 💯

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[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The scary part is, that for them "everyone" is having fun. Because women are usually not included in their everyone.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

If course not, "everyone" refers to people, not things.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

(It’s because they’re women)

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 13 points 4 days ago

women aren't family ; they are posessions

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Even if it's hallucinated by the AI who enlarged the image, I like how the wife has smeared lipstick on her like Joker

I think that's a knife in her left hand

The girl whispers "do it mom"

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 18 points 3 days ago

I think this meme is quite a bit older than the AI craze.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fun for half the family! while your wife and daughter watch from the kitchen where they belong

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