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zarkov99 | 3 years ago

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onesafari|3 years ago

The current model of NPCs have a limited dialogue tree. Saving CPU cycles by sticking to the script helps maximize their ESG score.

onpensionsterm|3 years ago

If it was about masculinity itself being irredeemable, the adjective wouldn't be there. Surely a website of programming enthusiasts can figure out parsing?

zeruch|3 years ago

When it is prevalent (including in the irony of subsequent commentary), it shouldn't be surprising to see it called out, hyperbole notwithstanding.

kmeisthax|3 years ago

If the parent poster thought males were irredeemably evil, they wouldn't have used the adjective "toxic".

uoaei|3 years ago

When is this straw man argument going to die?

josephg|3 years ago

When people stop feeling attacked when they hear the term “toxic masculinity”.

So, probably never. It’s a bit of a loaded term for lots of folks. I can understand why, even if that’s not how it’s often meant.