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Someone on DoomerCircleJerk makes a post making fun of a clickbait article claiming that crime in NYC under Zohran Mamdani has risen 300% (in reality, it was 1 subway murder last year to 4 subway murders this year). The self-proclaimed nonpartisans have things to say about that.

> There was a post on here some time ago where CVS has locked up everything except sunscreen.

>> What a wild thing to have to do. >> Why would any thief want to steal sunscreen? They tend not to be people who care about the future consequences of their actions. >>> you're almost there...

> The demographics, the amount of people and the policies towards crime are not recipes for crime going down.

Context:

Slay the Spire is a popular roguelike deckbuilder known for its addictive nature. Slay the Spire 2, naturally, is the long-awaited sequel, currently out on Steam Early Access. Since its release 2 months ago, the game has had its fair share of controversies. It was subjected to review-bombing due to controversial balance patches, and was accused of being "too political" due to an enemy unit looking like Donald Trump.

Anita Sarkeesian, meanwhile, is a media critic and creator of the Tropes vs Women in Video Games channel that drew attention to mysoginist themes in video games (ie lack of male player characters, objectification of female NPCs, etc). In the 2012-16's, she was subjected to harassment and doxxing by gamers, and was one of the biggest targets in the GamerGate movement. While her online presence has been quieter as of late, people recently found her name listed as a consultant in the credits for StS2.

Naturally, things got buttery on the gaming subreddits:

r/slaythespire drama:

>She's a person who would call anyone who likes Stellar Blade a misogynist and want every female character to be non-pretty. I'm a female and I like pretty characters, both male and female, in my video games.

> a bunch of nerds were pushing shit like "We want our characters to be hot"

>How many mentions in the Time 100 do you have champ

r/gaming drama:

>she's arguably the most influential person in modern gaming.

>devs shouldn't be surprised that the games become a political cesspool if they bring a political person into game development

>I think any game with a rapist on the dev team would get pushback, not really the same.

>Even if you think the game is a 9/10 how do you know it wouldn't of been a 10/10 or an 11/10?

r/games drama:

>Is this ragebaiting or low standards?

>Even if you disagree with everything she says and believe that her values are destructive or whatever, are these people even able to point at one thing in STS2 that she would have impacted?

BONUS: KiA Drama:

>There's no such thing as "review bombing"

>There is nothing actually woke or feminists in the game

>the dev team hired someone who despises gamers and is actively ruining the gaming industry

>If you want to know why modern AAA is in the dismal and creatively bankrupt state it's in today, she was one of the primary drivers of it