Do you get offended by "racist" comments here on the forums and ingame?
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deleted210304-002304✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.Plain and simple. In game races, not actual racism FYI.
It always tends to be in good spirit, which is why I don't feel that there is much to be offended by. Even if you are someone who genuinely has some type of prejudice against an in-game race then I would just be more confused at your strange pettiness than offended.0 -
Raideen✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭No, But I don't make these jokes.People in todays world would be much better off if they would adhere to the "sticks and stones" rule of thumb. Getting offended by everything someone says will set up your life for pure failure.1 -
Cadbury✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No, But I don't make these jokes.People in todays world would be much better off if they would adhere to the "sticks and stones" rule of thumb. Getting offended by everything someone says will set up your life for pure failure.
I'm offended that you're calling me offended. It's offensively offensive."If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."1 -
emilyhyoyeon✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Obviously IG racism is not as heinous as IRL racism. Furthermore for people really into the TES world character and story creation and roleplay are fun and important. For certain characters racism may be a part of those things, so the racism is appropriate.
Other than this I've noticed in a lot of cases, players "roleplay" racism in situations or contexts where it's innappropriate - for example saying something "racist" because it's jarring and awful just because it's jarring and awful. It only bothers me because IRL racism is still a big issue and I think it should be taken seriously even if it's just being roleplayed in a game.IGN @ emilypumpkin, imperial pumpkin seller
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Waffennacht✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.Waffennacht wrote: »ArchMikem but it's lore. I mean, like it's apart of the game.
Like The Hist is the only God-Being from the world in which it originated. The Argonians are more-akin to aliens than say dunmer/Altmer/Khajiit/Bosmer
Yet they get a hard time because they were enslaved.
NOW YOU WANNA GET DIRTY?
Orcs are literally poo-ed out elves. They are by definition @#$& monsters. So if you are ever offended by the lore - remember at least Khajiit and Argonians aren't $@#& monsters.
Something existing doesn't create the right to encourage the exaggeration of it.
And...Orcs are what now?
@ArchMikem Malacath (aka Trinimac) and his followers we're once normal mer (well normal for the time, I like to think of this time as semi-spirit/god critters) made (can't remember which being) very upset.
So he was eaten and passed
What came out was Malacath - the first Orc and his followers became orcs
That's why Malacath is sometimes referred to as, "The Expelled"2 -
Cadbury✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No, But I don't make these jokes.Waffennacht wrote: »Waffennacht wrote: »ArchMikem but it's lore. I mean, like it's apart of the game.
Like The Hist is the only God-Being from the world in which it originated. The Argonians are more-akin to aliens than say dunmer/Altmer/Khajiit/Bosmer
Yet they get a hard time because they were enslaved.
NOW YOU WANNA GET DIRTY?
Orcs are literally poo-ed out elves. They are by definition @#$& monsters. So if you are ever offended by the lore - remember at least Khajiit and Argonians aren't $@#& monsters.
Something existing doesn't create the right to encourage the exaggeration of it.
And...Orcs are what now?
@ArchMikem Malacath (aka Trinimac) and his followers we're once normal mer (well normal for the time, I like to think of this time as semi-spirit/god critters) made (can't remember which being) very upset.
So he was eaten and passed
What came out was Malacath - the first Orc and his followers became orcs
That's why Malacath is sometimes referred to as, "The Expelled"
That's why Orcs are my favorite race
Edit: It was Boethiah who turned Trinimac into MalacathEdited by Cadbury on November 25, 2017 7:48PM"If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."2 -
MythicEmperor✭✭✭✭✭
✭No and I like to joke.DocFrost72 wrote: »You think those mud covered, scale wearing, tree licking savages wouldn't have such thin skin.THIS IS SARCASM, Please make my day and tell me how this hurt your feelings.
Yeah, for being so 'tough,' they sure like to whine as if they are to something other than the natural order of things.
My Dunmer can't wait for Murkmire. So many lizards to squash... It will be like
paradise for him. An icky, swampy, filthy paradise.
The same goes for Elseweyr. So many new rugs.Edited by MythicEmperor on November 25, 2017 7:49PMWith cold regards,
Mythic
Favorite Characters:Kilith Telvayn, Dunmer Telvanni Sorcerer (main)
Kilith, Dunmer Magblade (old main)
Vadusa Venim, Dunmer crafter (older main)
Hir Hlaalu, Dunmer Warden
Søren Icehelm, N'wah Warden
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Ratzkifal✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.You should clarify if you are talking about real racism or ingame racism about ingame-races.
Eitherway I only judge individual people by individual choices. The concept of race doesn't matter to me which is why I ridicule it. I laugh about racist jokes. I tell racist jokes and I like to make myself look like a racist since I am a German (and calling all Germans racists is a form of racism), but none of that is actually my serious opinion, even though a lot of people mistakenly think it is.
Similarily people think I support slavery just because I roleplay as a Telvanni.Edited by Ratzkifal on November 25, 2017 7:57PMThis Bosmer was tortured to death. There is nothing left to be done.0 -
Elusiin✭✭✭✭✭Yes and I don't make these jokes.Annoyed, not offended. You shouldn't look for reasons to exclude, laugh at, stereotype, or belittle a group of human beings for being born different, regardless of whether that's sexual identity, orientation, race, ethnicity, etc. No one gets to choose how or where they're born, and so we make best with what we have. It's hard to see that you've got a good life and you're privileged when you're biggest struggle in life is being grounded from your computer. There are actually people who suffer: people who have been made fun of on a daily basis, had death threats at school, been homeless, been abandoned by their parents, had loved ones die to drug overdoses, suffer with bipolar disorder or another mental illness, had their family members blown apart by another country's military, and so on. The world is not a pretty place, but it could be better if we tried to understand each other's pain and worked to make it better. So please, just stop making these crude remarks.Edited by Elusiin on November 25, 2017 8:00PM2 -
ToRelax✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No and I like to joke.I don't get offended, but the jokes are getting pretty tiresome. Also, the whole "there's a lot of racism in-game so there's a precedent for the jokes" argument is kind of weak. There's a whole lot of racism around the world IRL, but that doesn't set a "precedent" for making racist jokes, does it? I sometimes wonder if some people get off on making racist jokes in ESO because they can't get away with it IRL.
That's because if you "play" the "bad guy" irl, you *are* the bad guy...DAGON - ALTADOON - CHIM - GHARTOK
The Covenant is broken. The Enemy has won...
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MythicEmperor✭✭✭✭✭
✭No and I like to joke.DanteMR1995 wrote: »Annoyed, not offended. You shouldn't look for reasons to exclude, laugh at, stereotype, or belittle a group of human beings for being born different, regardless of whether that's sexual identity, orientation, race, ethnicity, etc. No one gets to choose how or where they're born, and so we make best with what we have. It's hard to see that you've got a good life and you're privileged when you're biggest struggle in life is being grounded from your computer. There are actually people who suffer: people who have been made fun of on a daily basis, had death threats at school, been homeless, been abandoned by their parents, had loved ones die to drug overdoses, suffer with bipolar disorder or another mental illness, had their family members blown apart by another country's military, and so on. The world is not a pretty place, but it could be better if we tried to understand each other's pain and worked to make it better. So please, just stop making these crude remarks.
I'd hardly count lizards as "human beings."
Before you get back on your high horse, you can check several things off your list for me. Doesn't mean I whine about it. Doesn't mean I have to let everyone know so I can be a 'special snowflake.' People have to learn to cope and deal with their problems. Everyone has problems, whether apparent or not. Knowing how to deal with them doesn't make someone 'privileged.'With cold regards,
Mythic
Favorite Characters:Kilith Telvayn, Dunmer Telvanni Sorcerer (main)
Kilith, Dunmer Magblade (old main)
Vadusa Venim, Dunmer crafter (older main)
Hir Hlaalu, Dunmer Warden
Søren Icehelm, N'wah Warden
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TheShadowScout✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.No.
Offending me genrally takes well aimed effort, most such things will only make me pity someone whose wit reaches no further then foolish racism.
After all, everyone bleeds red beneath their skin.
And I like to joke.
But I try to avoid -those- jokes.
After all, jokes ought to be funny for everyone, with everyone laughing together. not one group laughing about another group.1 -
Geroken777✭✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.I get offended. Especially if im in my argonian character.
Edited by Geroken777 on November 25, 2017 8:34PMThe self-righteous shall choke on their sanctimony.0 -
Minyassa✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭No, But I don't make these jokes.I just consider it role-playing. If I was actually IN a role-playing scene with someone who was expressing such racism (really it's species-ism, but semantics) then whoever I was playing might be offended if they disagreed.0 -
THWIP71✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.I actually got a "warning" this morning concerning a now-removed comment I made yesterday. It was obviously a joke, completely harmless, and nobody even replied to it....ZOS just likes to play it safe I suppose.
EDIT: I just saw your edit....so no, talk about game races is completely harmless (unless of course someone uses it as a veiled attempt at actual racism).
BTW, you should have had this thread deleted, and started fresh with a clearer title, to avoid confusion.
Edited by THWIP71 on November 25, 2017 8:39PM0 -
No and I like to joke.Yes and I might make a joke once in a great while. I play with other people who make jokes once in a while. If you pay attention to npc conversations sometimes they make comments against other races. I'm not going to be politically correct in a role playing game.Pc EU- Lady_Hania1 -
ArchMikem✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yes and I don't make these jokes.Waffennacht wrote: »Waffennacht wrote: »ArchMikem but it's lore. I mean, like it's apart of the game.
Like The Hist is the only God-Being from the world in which it originated. The Argonians are more-akin to aliens than say dunmer/Altmer/Khajiit/Bosmer
Yet they get a hard time because they were enslaved.
NOW YOU WANNA GET DIRTY?
Orcs are literally poo-ed out elves. They are by definition @#$& monsters. So if you are ever offended by the lore - remember at least Khajiit and Argonians aren't $@#& monsters.
Something existing doesn't create the right to encourage the exaggeration of it.
And...Orcs are what now?
ArchMikem Malacath (aka Trinimac) and his followers we're once normal mer (well normal for the time, I like to think of this time as semi-spirit/god critters) made (can't remember which being) very upset.
So he was eaten and passed
What came out was Malacath - the first Orc and his followers became orcs
That's why Malacath is sometimes referred to as, "The Expelled"
That's why Orcs are my favorite race
Edit: It was Boethiah who turned Trinimac into Malacath
Trinimac and Malacath are the same thing? So then the Orcs who worship Trinimac are actually worshiping the memory of what Malacath used to be.
And now I understand the whole angry vengeance thing. I'd be pissed too if someone ate and digested me.
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Akrasjel✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.First world problems.[PC][EU][Daggerfall Covenant]
Akrasjel Lanate - Imperial Nightblade | 50 | CP900+
Born: 2E 551
Member of: | Traders of the Covenant | Hammerfell Trading | Imperial Trading Company |
Houses: Strident Springs Demesne,0 -
THWIP71✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.Waffennacht wrote: »Waffennacht wrote: »ArchMikem but it's lore. I mean, like it's apart of the game.
Like The Hist is the only God-Being from the world in which it originated. The Argonians are more-akin to aliens than say dunmer/Altmer/Khajiit/Bosmer
Yet they get a hard time because they were enslaved.
NOW YOU WANNA GET DIRTY?
Orcs are literally poo-ed out elves. They are by definition @#$& monsters. So if you are ever offended by the lore - remember at least Khajiit and Argonians aren't $@#& monsters.
Something existing doesn't create the right to encourage the exaggeration of it.
And...Orcs are what now?
ArchMikem Malacath (aka Trinimac) and his followers we're once normal mer (well normal for the time, I like to think of this time as semi-spirit/god critters) made (can't remember which being) very upset.
So he was eaten and passed
What came out was Malacath - the first Orc and his followers became orcs
That's why Malacath is sometimes referred to as, "The Expelled"
That's why Orcs are my favorite race
Edit: It was Boethiah who turned Trinimac into Malacath
Trinimac and Malacath are the same thing? So then the Orcs who worship Trinimac are actually worshiping the memory of what Malacath used to be.
And now I understand the whole angry vengeance thing. I'd be pissed too if someone ate and digested me.
I don't know if you'd be "pissed"....but you'd definitely be pooped about 12 hrs later.
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Cadbury✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No, But I don't make these jokes.Waffennacht wrote: »Waffennacht wrote: »ArchMikem but it's lore. I mean, like it's apart of the game.
Like The Hist is the only God-Being from the world in which it originated. The Argonians are more-akin to aliens than say dunmer/Altmer/Khajiit/Bosmer
Yet they get a hard time because they were enslaved.
NOW YOU WANNA GET DIRTY?
Orcs are literally poo-ed out elves. They are by definition @#$& monsters. So if you are ever offended by the lore - remember at least Khajiit and Argonians aren't $@#& monsters.
Something existing doesn't create the right to encourage the exaggeration of it.
And...Orcs are what now?
ArchMikem Malacath (aka Trinimac) and his followers we're once normal mer (well normal for the time, I like to think of this time as semi-spirit/god critters) made (can't remember which being) very upset.
So he was eaten and passed
What came out was Malacath - the first Orc and his followers became orcs
That's why Malacath is sometimes referred to as, "The Expelled"
That's why Orcs are my favorite race
Edit: It was Boethiah who turned Trinimac into Malacath
Trinimac and Malacath are the same thing? So then the Orcs who worship Trinimac are actually worshiping the memory of what Malacath used to be.
And now I understand the whole angry vengeance thing. I'd be pissed too if someone ate and digested me.
Plus the teeth. Trying to find the right toothbrush is my endgame goal."If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."2 -
Alchemical✭✭✭✭✭No and I like to joke.Let the smelly elves make their jokes.
The red year comes for you eventually, knife ears.2 -
MythicEmperor✭✭✭✭✭
✭No and I like to joke.Alchemical wrote: »Let the smelly elves make their jokes.
The red year comes for you eventually, knife ears.
Even after the Red Year, House Telvanni still has holdings in Vvardenfell. We will soon fully recover and exact our righteous vengeance on the Argonian scaleback S'wits for attempting to down us.With cold regards,
Mythic
Favorite Characters:Kilith Telvayn, Dunmer Telvanni Sorcerer (main)
Kilith, Dunmer Magblade (old main)
Vadusa Venim, Dunmer crafter (older main)
Hir Hlaalu, Dunmer Warden
Søren Icehelm, N'wah Warden
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Rohamad_Ali✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yes and I don't make these jokes.Go be hateful somewhere else . I have lost friends to racism and gang violence and do not need those reminders when I decide to play here . For some it's just a joke and others it's a reminder of senseless loss . If people were not beaten , shot , robbed , bullied , intimidated and terrorized just because they were born a different color then maybe some humor could be found in our differences . But since that is how some people get their kicks to this day , it doesn't feel funny at all to me . My family and friends are of many different cultures and races and I love them all with all my heart .
In game racism is a reminder of the same stupidity . Even if fictional , it reflects a mind set .Edited by Rohamad_Ali on November 25, 2017 9:59PM4 -
Vimora✭✭✭✭Yes and I don't make these jokes.Yes, I get offended by racist comments pertaining to in-game races, because they clearly show that people who are making them are completely insensitive to racism issues in the real world. I get offended that ZOS does nothing about these threads despite people reporting them. On the other hand, they outright removed my thread that made people aware of a running petition to the UK government regarding gambling in video games. I no longer play this game and I am disgusted by the practices of this company.Edited by Vimora on November 25, 2017 10:01PM0 -
coop500✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭No, But I don't make these jokes.Waffennacht wrote: »Waffennacht wrote: »ArchMikem but it's lore. I mean, like it's apart of the game.
Like The Hist is the only God-Being from the world in which it originated. The Argonians are more-akin to aliens than say dunmer/Altmer/Khajiit/Bosmer
Yet they get a hard time because they were enslaved.
NOW YOU WANNA GET DIRTY?
Orcs are literally poo-ed out elves. They are by definition @#$& monsters. So if you are ever offended by the lore - remember at least Khajiit and Argonians aren't $@#& monsters.
Something existing doesn't create the right to encourage the exaggeration of it.
And...Orcs are what now?
ArchMikem Malacath (aka Trinimac) and his followers we're once normal mer (well normal for the time, I like to think of this time as semi-spirit/god critters) made (can't remember which being) very upset.
So he was eaten and passed
What came out was Malacath - the first Orc and his followers became orcs
That's why Malacath is sometimes referred to as, "The Expelled"
That's why Orcs are my favorite race
Edit: It was Boethiah who turned Trinimac into Malacath
Trinimac and Malacath are the same thing? So then the Orcs who worship Trinimac are actually worshiping the memory of what Malacath used to be.
And now I understand the whole angry vengeance thing. I'd be pissed too if someone ate and digested me.
That last line hits close to home lol. ~~Why is there vore in ESO?~~Hoping for more playable races1 -
ThePrinceOfBargains✭✭✭✭✭
✭No and I like to joke.Rohamad_Ali wrote: »Go be hateful somewhere else . I have lost friends to racism and gang violence and do not need those reminders when I decide to play here . For some it's just a joke and others it's a reminder of senseless loss . If people were not beaten , shot , robbed , bullied , intimidated and terrorized just because they were born a different color then maybe some humor could be found in our differences . But since that is how some people get their kicks to this day , it doesn't feel funny at all to me . My family and friends are of many different cultures and races and I love them all with all my heart .
Why should anyone go anywhere but you? If you can’t separate fiction from reality, that’s your problem. That’s like seeing a kitchen knife and being reminded of the time your brother was brutally stabbed in front of you. Understandable and able to be sympathized with on its own, but then it’s like expecting people not to use them around you while you’re at a public restaurant. It’s not going to happen, which you means you either have to grow thicker skin or stay home and eat your whole or pre-cut foods.
The jokes are about fictional characters, most of which focus specifically on bipedal talking cats and lizards. It’s completely harmless.
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Iccotak✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I would rather it exists to acknowledge your race choice.
It is annoying when playing an argonian and they say some joke or phrase at the expense of argonians and don't acknowledge they are talking to an argonian1
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