Pillars of Transphobia? by TotalBiscuit published on 2015-03-29T18:17:55Z #shutthefuckuptotalbiscuit - No Obsidian have found themselves in hot water over a "transphobic" joke to be found on one of the tombstones in the game. I would like to present an argument in favour of keeping it in the game. Comment by Gamer of the Year How are the thugs in Arkham City sexist? "Bitch" isn't a sexist word. 2016/01/29 21:26:00 +0000 Comment by Michael Prymula @user757027162: You're a worthless piece of shit you know that? 2015/11/28 17:37:57 +0000 Comment by HowDoILogin But TB, you don't understand, there was finally something to be offended over, clearly there are no issues more important than looking for every little thing you can get offended by. For example; why can't I choose the gender of my Tetris blocks? 2015/06/08 08:38:35 +0000 Comment by Sophia Oyler @user757027162: "Nobody wants a chick with a dick..." Sorry, Mr. Eagle, you're mistaken. You can try telling that to my lovely girlfriend though :) 2015/04/24 12:58:02 +0000 Comment by adamhw I'm offended by your british accent TB come on man! 2015/04/13 05:51:56 +0000 Comment by adamhw American people is this dumb? 2015/04/13 05:49:17 +0000 Comment by adamhw It's funny though 2015/04/13 05:42:41 +0000 Comment by Niboon Tangnirunkul It might be an issue because it is out of the way and when details are out of the way in a game, people seem to interprete it as the developer's injection of humour or a little note meant for the player from the developer. 2015/04/11 16:53:04 +0000 Comment by Nada Namae @philipp-laufer-1: Yeah! They should be removed! 2015/04/10 07:39:55 +0000 Comment by Nada Namae @megaman-trigger: Yep. You don't have to show respect, basic human decency and empathy. You can be all douchebag, all the time. I will support your life choices, douchebag. 2015/04/10 07:31:14 +0000 Comment by Nada Namae @user757027162: gr8 b8 m8 2015/04/10 07:26:32 +0000 Comment by Nada Namae @lambdoid: Please inform yourself about the things you are allegedly supporting. 2015/04/10 07:24:49 +0000 Comment by Nada Namae @somedude-6: Holy projecting douchebag, batman! 2015/04/10 07:23:58 +0000 Comment by Mette Aumala @inevitableh: Well, you could argue that crossdressing is transvestism, and transvestites fall under the transgendered umbrella. But really, male transvestites by definition identify as men, so there's no offense there. The joke is only really offensive if we assume that the person referred to as a "man" was actually a female-identifying transgendered person, and we don't know that. 2015/04/05 15:31:48 +0000 Comment by Mette Aumala @dx6: The brain is not genderless. A lot of study has been done on the gender specific morphology of the human brain, and we can now point out with confidence where a baseline male brain differs from a baseline female brain, and very interestingly, where transgender brains so far seem to differ from cisgender brains. There is actually even talk of using brain scans to verify transsexuality in cross-gender identifying youth. 2015/04/05 15:28:09 +0000 Comment by [Dx6] @leon-ruiz-3: Um, no...the brain is genderless. Now we DID start from a base female body, which is why men have nipples that do nothing. 2015/04/05 05:20:56 +0000 Comment by Saoirse I agree with your argument, but would it not be better to refer to a "person" rather than a "man" when their gender is left very much unclear? 2015/04/04 15:45:24 +0000 Comment by Leon Ruiz @jeronimo-prudencio: Indeed xD 2015/04/04 03:08:05 +0000 Comment by Leon Ruiz @aiat-soltani: Depends, did he have a vagina? If you love that person and find her sexy until she tell you and the only reason you are angry is that she is not really a "woman" then that would make you transphobic xD 2015/04/04 03:06:13 +0000 Comment by Leon Ruiz @inevitableh: So true haha. I don't see why people are getting so defensive over this. Whether he was gay or trans I think the joke was pretty tasteful I mean, lets be honest, a guy killing themself over that is pretty damn stupid xD. (I am gay by the way) 2015/04/04 02:51:35 +0000 Comment by Leon Ruiz @user757027162: You are so ignorant. First, did you know that every single person starts out with a female brain? 2015/04/04 02:48:50 +0000 Comment by Leon Ruiz @mia-mulder: You are exagerating. In the context of the game it makes perfect sense. Hell, Godlike people are treated like crap because they can't have kids in some cultures of the game. Geh, I wonder what other type of people can't have kids. Grow up, this world is not a pleasant world by any means. Funny enough, I am sure you would not have any problem with other things or someone making a racist joke or something. Hear what the guy is saying 2015/04/04 02:39:56 +0000 Comment by dingo egret12 @goobsyplz: Good thing you resorted to being a dumbfuck; spared me a potentially long debate. 2015/04/03 20:36:00 +0000 Comment by Goobsyplz @user757027162: fuck off transphobe, you're making us look bad 2015/04/03 17:14:07 +0000 Comment by Goobsyplz @dingo-egret12: jesus, quit your fucking whining 2015/04/03 17:13:04 +0000 Comment by Goobsyplz @mia-mulder: then don't read it 2015/04/03 16:58:31 +0000 Comment by misterR @dingo-egret12: legit questions bruh 2015/04/03 07:32:28 +0000 Comment by dingo egret12 @stephen-hawkins-11: Wrong. He drew an anecdotal parallel between how he personally deals with colon cancer jokes and how a minority group 'should' deal with social oppression. The implied moral lesson being "you should just grow thick skin; life is unpleasant". Honestly, you're being annoyingly opaque about it. 2015/04/02 23:27:42 +0000 Comment by Stephen Hawkins @dingo-egret12: I think he means that he gets a similar tinge of personal pain when his own cross to bear is poked at by popular media. Which is legit. Honestly, your response is pretty hyperbolic. 2015/04/02 22:20:57 +0000 Comment by Stephen Hawkins @misterrtk: Ah. Still unaware of any statements from them, but... 2015/04/02 21:30:42 +0000
