Comment on By improving the performance of a Nerf gun, you "buff" it, which is ironic

PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• illi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Nerf” is an opposite to a “buff” in videogame context.

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  • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I get that. Where is the irony? I think to be ironic there needs to be some air of unexpectedness. I certainly think it’s amusing to say that you were buffing a nerf gun, but maybe not unexpected

    But I think Alanis Morissette would be on board

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The irony is that you would think nerfing a nerf gun would improve it, because it’s more nerf per nerf.

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