You worded it better than I would ever have.
Comment on 50/50 chance this is a shit post
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 23 hours agoI too like performative anti-pedophillia! I too like describing images of fictional characters in the most gross way possible! It doesn’t have a negative effect on real-life at all, it’s not like there are people who think small breasted women are pedo-bait (save for Collective Shout, who are obviously just a rare anomality and it’s not like they managed to convince the Australian government of their bullshit), because everyone knows the real problem with pedophillia isn’t the long-lasting psychological harm caused by adults fulfilling their desires on people not being able to consent, but attraction to “child-coded” things! And it obviously never was used against LGBTQ+ people!
ulterno@programming.dev 15 hours ago
NateNate60@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I think this is rage bait but I think there is a difference between saying “X is weird” and saying “X should be banned”. That’s all I will say on the matter
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Performative activism often uses the tactic of rage baiting.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
I mean… I can see why people are weirded out by this, but also… it really doesn’t have to be a sexual thing.
You could put Ash, or Silver or whoever in this position… its… not like guys cannot also use bidets… and its not like the concept of running out of toilet paper is inherently sexual.
Sure, it can be, if that’s actually your fetish.
But it doesn’t have to be.
What, she has a semi risque, bikini type thong thing, as underwear?
Uh… when I was the age of this character (10-12 apparently, depending on which game she’s in)…
I would stand at the bus stop for school, and one neighborhood girl, same age as me, would brag about wearing one of these, have it hiked up past her pants/shorts waist line, and keep trying to get me to do dares or favors so I could ‘see more of it’.
I was also friends with less uh… attention seeking girls, and a few years later, I’m getting invited to their slumber parties (mostly to marathon a season of Buffy, sometimes Toonami, eventually Venture Bros) because I’m actually respectful, trustworthy, and keep my hands to myself.
What I’m trying to say is:
What this character is depicted as wearing was not an uncommon kind of girl’s undergarment bottom, even 20 years ago.
Not all girls wear granny panties.
Its not inherently sexualizing, to be wearing a fairly common kind of underwear.
I think the point of this is to be embarassing and awkward… ‘cringe’, even… not fetishistic.