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Straight men, what's the weirdest thing you've been told you can't do because it's gay? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 43 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Play a female character in an arcade game. Specifically the one in Golden Axe.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 36 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I usually play as a female character in 3rd person games because I prefer to look at a woman's butt rather than a man's. Seems like the opposite of gay to me, but apparently not.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 19 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah it's all Lara Croft's fault, all those gamers are gay now because of her

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah I don't get people's need to associate the game character with oneself as roleplay. The game character is the game character and I'm just watching like I would in a film.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand the people who get weird about the player characters in video games. Both the "Why do I have to play as a girl?" crowd and "Why can't I play as a girl" crowd. I played as Gordon Freeman and Chell and I turned out...not in prison.

[–] AlbertSpangler@lemmings.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

But not very talkative

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, for me it’s partly aesthetic preference but also I’m not inserting myself into the game. I’m controlling the character, not pretending I am the character.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago

I've always played as her. She was hawt. Turns out I must be gay. Who'd have known.

[–] pp99@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago

old man ftw

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 weeks ago

Dumb. Obviously you're trans. /s

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Or you could be trans, apparently (3^rd^ panel): https://reallifecomics.com/comic.php?comic=july-3-2020

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, that comic really fails to entertain in any way!