I think this is a big part to do with it. It is so much easier now to voice your opinions to a large group and thus be agreed with or cancelled than it ever way before. Kind of hard to get “cancelled” via newspaper or check-out line magazines people barely flip through.
But I’ve been off and on the forums for as long as they’ve been there, and “toxic” may be a new buzz word but there have been versions of “people are so mean in dungeons” since it started, with a large spike after dungeon finder was added for easy pugs.
People would ninja loot stuff, or on farm quests they’d pull up everything and tag it first so you couldn’t get it, or grab mining nodes while you fought off the wolf keeping you from mining it. PVP servers created endless complaint threads about being ganked or camped.
I think it’s always existed in one way or another.
Apparently, you’ve never heard of McCarthyism of the 1950s.
Or Fascist or Communist book burning in the 1920 - 30s.
Or the Temperance movement.
Or the Puritans.
Cancel culture, historically speaking, is the norm. Now, we’re a tad more civilized as they just try to silence one, as opposed to say the methods of the Spanish Inquisition or crucifixion or stoning.
The lack of perspective nowadays is disappointing.
I think it’s more self-defeatist when you don’t consider that it’s sarcastic language rather than literal. And that’s a big problem with education today; the lackluster training and discipline in the English language funnels into unsociability in-game and anywhere on the Internets. The older folks are already having difficulty even trying to communicate plainly to the younger.
No doubt this is a result of outcome-based education vs. traditional or STANDARD based. It’s too bad that’s nothing Blizzard can do a thing to fix on their level. Because if we still had traditional or standard based, I can explain something to a 20-year-old from a majority English-language country and he would know exactly what I’m talking about. The commands of the English language are already different, which makes everything different; we don’t know what real toxic speech is from what is otherwise normal-pH speech.
Except that its not often sarcastic language. Its meant to incite violence.
When politicians, elected end aspiring to be elected. Are stating that they want certain people either killed, or entire lifestyles eradicated…
That isnt sarcasm.
I am not talking about engaging with people in game. I am talking about out of game, real life experiences. And why “simply agreeing to disagree” is not always a good method.
I mean wrong wrong and more wrong. Yes it has religious roots… Marriage has traditionally Been about land ownership and assets. Hate to break that bubble but look that up.
Second. It is a contract. It grants those involved certain rights that you would not have if you were not. You can get married without ever involving religion. Look it up.
This has been my ted talk. To learn more do a basic google search or visit your local library
Sure, I don’t know the history of that. I just know that they are not recognized legally everywhere. For instance in the state i’m in that is not a thing
Well yea you have the paper, if that all you want… but the actual marriage it self came from the church where you stand before God and get married in a ritual … I mean if i have a paper saying i have a PhD fake degree do i really have a PhD degree ?
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