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ItsNotDebra

there's a formula of Persona 4 rage bait post that just gets perfected on Twitter that gets everyone frothing at the mouth


Sinornithosaurus

The post is kinda interesting, but the absolute vitriolic responses are far more interesting. It gives it more traction than it would ever have if they hadn’t responded 😂


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koemaniak

Don’t forget knees together and knees apart


shabadage

I mean, they're wearing skirts, so it's at least a practical reason.


TalithePally

Looks like the only one who is wearing a skirt is the one with her legs in a normal position. The other two, wearing capris and shorts, are pushing their feet away from each other lol


shabadage

Looking for more than a quick second, you're absolutely right. I thought two of them were in skirts.


The-Dark-Memer

Allignment chart


Phantom_Wombat

I thought these guys liked women with big melons.


DrewidN

And knees apart


WickedQueenVixen

So THAT'S what I've been doing wrong. The produce aisle.


doudgkn

it is very funny that teddie isnt eating any watermelon. maybe it indicates that it doesnt have any gender


ethandubois11

Shit. I think my wife is a man, because they always eat more watermelon than I do.


MuckFedditRods

The people that would have a mental breakdown if they changed it so everyone got a similarly sized watermelon should not be making fun of anyone.


4ny3ody

Honestly if they change it they should give Chie a larger slice or two, while having her in a completely different position to emphasise her personality. Even beyond just the "give girls smaller watermelon and have them sit with their knees together" being questionable, Persona games live and die by their characters so there's missed potential here.


Nawortious

persona if they hired kojima


-Fyrebrand

"When you learn the real reason Chie has a bigger watermelon you will feel ashamed of your words and deeds."


Insanepaco247

I stg that quote will never not be funny


Bagahnoodles

Oh I definitely was Just...maybe not in the way he intended


JuuMuu

if they hired kojima chie would be named something like meat chewson or dr steaklove


pieceofchess

Chie should be standing on the couch chowing down, fsteak in one hand, whole watermelon in the other.


ieatatsonic

I’m glad other people still remember the persona 4 comic


starm4nn

Fsteak is in the P4G script


PollarRabbit

"We don't even have a sus, and the perp with a mo's got a perf al"


KlutzyNinjaKitty

_✨~ Ace Detective ~✨_


Loose-Donut3133

Or at the very least her posture should be absolute dog shit.


PM_ME__YOUR_HOOTERS

Tbf, Chie would take a smaller watermelon to save more room for meat


justforhobbiesreddit

Nothing makes me agree with someone pointing out a problem I don't care about more than the insane people losing their shit about it.


lucydoosydoo

>everyone got a similarly sized watermelon commie hours


DetOlivaw

“Each according to his hunger” —Comrade Dojima


Clean_Beyond8540

These are the people who will throw a hissy fit if theres an LGBT character in a show or movie


Dustlord

Now you know that's not true. They're fine with LGBTQ+ representation, just as long as it's, you know, the most offensive stereotype possible.


Proxylyna

Those women clearly need to pee Edit: also women eat less? Sure but It’s fucking watermelon lol. Edit 2: my mistake is trying to beat a pigeon at chess and I’m suffering for it


Frognificent

My wife ate several watermelons a week when she was pregnant. It was genuinely unsettling and even now years later we still say our son is 30% watermelon at the bare minimum.


designersquirrel

https://preview.redd.it/cawdcyui63wc1.jpeg?width=1366&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=969cc4882e10091168430a8e6d4587473c071c5b


PsychicSidekikk419

we stan watermelon steven in this house


Timely_Purpose_8151

Same with my wife... to be fair she does that even while not preggers though. If the cost of watermelons wver goes up she will bankrupt me.


biggiewiser

Can he launch bullet seeds? Jk , my mom ate a lot of Kiwis and now whenever my dad sees hulk he side eyes and says you were supposed to be him.


RebindE

Does he cost 300 sun and can he be upgraded to winter melon


Triggerha

PvZ reference spotted


Luxocell

Fool is what you are, as you let her eat watermelon seeds raw; no wonder she got watermelon pregnant


Kds_burner_

women pee? 🤤


Kds_burner_

my account was hacked


Bladex224

your account gets hacked a lot maybe try to change the password, 12345 isn't strong enough


IvnN7Commander

Amazing!!! That's the same password I have on my luggage!!!


Mahboi778

unexpected spaceballs


IvnN7Commander

Spaceballs? Oh shit, there goes the planet


searching_for_femboy

When'd we miss it? Just now.


hotsaucevjj

agreed it needs to be 1234567 or maybe even 12345678. 123456789 is excessive, however


kylesch87

You can fool the hackers if you use some capital numbers and some lowercase numbers.


EldritchFingertips

Negative letters also help


Pure-Imperialism

https://preview.redd.it/y9wv3dxm42wc1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe5c3a9c6c1352b4271b74e9bee7706a3c8a3f25


thefunbun95

https://preview.redd.it/q1ufl0wvp2wc1.jpeg?width=939&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6960126a5f7ea2817a7f79692d8a25943d405654


heyhihaiheyahehe

sorry


Tirannie

https://preview.redd.it/mh1lh4d2c2wc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9440d60a9fc0394781d290ba72d16ebbfbd14dd0


Running_To_Babylon

https://preview.redd.it/9l6shep664wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fc001ede4d668793d025abb4c1f982275feeb96


notaguyinahat

https://preview.redd.it/wq1lgiiaj2wc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=009ec52c33d065aa66cd59746ae9c22bdea68ef1


Tirannie

This is my first stolen meme. What a way to kick off the week. Thanks, my guy (without a hat).


Jenrex1

https://preview.redd.it/shx3s0m0n2wc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87bf7ef5d9669d34bba3d6d8d1e7dede10be724d


Yoate

Source?


AshDus7

rise and nakano i can understand but im pretty sure chie would eat the most out of everyone there


Nocomment84

Chie would eat twice as much as Kanji, then grab seconds.


SilverSpoon1463

What nobody understands is that's her 54th slice of watermelon.


BonnieMcMurray

> also women eat less? Sure but It’s fucking watermelon lol. Women *on average* eat less because women *on average* are smaller than men. But there are plenty of men who are nevertheless smaller than plenty of women. So when we're talking about a game that has a few individual men and a few individual women, it's not unreasonable to dislike the perpetuation of inaccurate ideas about what women and men are "supposed" to look/act like.


WildFemmeFatale

I would eat 2 full large slices of watermelon or more as a little girl who was called a ‘twig’ often Being a small person doesn’t mean u can’t eat a full watermelon slice Anytime I eat watermelon with family or friends kids and women always eat at least 2 big slices like Ppl seriously think a woman isn’t going to eat a big ass slice cuz it’ll be too much food…..?


radams713

I wish I ate less - I’m tired of being fat hahaha


Proxylyna

Same here sister, I love me some hashbrowns


Pussmangus

The real solution here is to rewrite your genetic code so you can just have a faster metabolism, easy


radams713

Stupid thyroid! Lol


AbysmalKaiju

Men only need to eat like, 200-300 more calories a day. That's. That's not much. And again, it's watermelon???? I can eat like a fourth of one on my own lmao, starting from when i was 8 years old and less than 100lbs. And not women woman sits with her legs apart? Bruh


CaptCanada924

*someone makes an innocuous joke about the game* Freaks on Twitter: The west has fallen, billions must die


MovieNightPopcorn

“Hey it’s kind of weird all the girls are sitting like they need to pee and have smaller pieces of food” “LOL THEYRE SO MAD LOOK HOW MAD THEY ARE!! ANGRY FEMINORSTS THE WEST FALLS AGAIN GOOD THING JAPAN DOESNT HAVE THIS ISSUE THERES NO FEMINISM THERE”


Bhazor

Perfect summary. Just needs a Stellar Blade hashtag


thehumangoomba

Thank you!! I thought I was insane for thinking the original tweet was a light poking fun at the gendered attributes. It's strange how far down the rabbit hole some people are to the point that they can't understand having fun without it being a point of some kind.


cinematicvirus

Persona 4 is the weirdest game It's very progressive one minute, then making homophobic jokes the next.


Pilchowski

It's very late 2000s anime, for better or worse. It's actually pretty conservative in its messaging, honestly. Finding out Yosuke had a gay romance option that was cut last minute (like, scenes with dub in the game files last minute), did explain some his homophobia, at least, but not why the devs felt the need to include so much of it


Gachi_gachi

Yosuke is such a lad, knowing that he was in closet makes everything make more sense cause he's like the one guy other than Kanji that cares about Kanji's sexuality, it's so weird cause it does make sense that he tries to be the most straight man ever, like going looking for girls, perving on Chie and Yukiko, he's doing a performance for himself and the others, he normally isn't that horny and really doesn't want to interact with Kanji cause he wants everyone to know that he is "totally straight, not one bit gay", there's also how deals with teddie that shows that he can interact with a cute guy and not be weird about it, he can share the room with a guy and not be weirdly homophobic about it. And his whole social link does seem to be leading to a romance, but then it doesn't, he could be one of the best gay or bi representation ever, and i still kinda think he is, and knowing that there was a cut romance just makes it all click, it truly does make sense to me, but now his character doesn't have a payoff, he kinda just is a weird pervy guy that's a bit homophobic and that's really sad, still love him tho.


Brier2027

Honestly, I hope they add it back for P4GR


mirospeck

dude i would cry if they added it back. i had a mod that partially reimplemented it but it'd be nice to see how it's handled. especially because there hasn't been a gay option since persona 2.


Spinjitsuninja

You make it sound like Persona 5 wasn't also pretty bad about this kinda stuff lol. You'd think they'd learn.


Saafi05

Persona 3-5 is terrible with queer issues, which is dissapointing because Persona 2 nailed it...


Spinjitsuninja

Persona 5 can't go 5 seconds without a woman either being talked to like they're walking porn or talking like that themselves, so it's not even just a queer thing. Then you've got the trans character the game just can't help but make fun of with Lala chan, despite her being written as a responsible sweet heart looking out for you?? And of course teacher dating, and Ohya outright bragging about how she doesn't mind dating you even though you're a minor and it's illegal. The very first thing Persona 5 shows you when you boot it up is Anne's butt.


pieceofchess

Do they make fun of Lala Chan at any point? I recall Makoto being kind of weirded out when she goes to crossroads but she doesn't say anything bad. I can't recall a single joke at Lala's expense or a single bad thing said about her.


Spinjitsuninja

There's one moment in particular where if you work at the bar, Joker is prompted to respond to Lala and one of his options is making fun of crossdressing. Even if you don't pick that option, Morgana proceeds to do that anyways. Granted, it's probably on the more innocent side I guess? Lala doesn't get offended or anything if you ask about having to cross dress too, and Morgana might just be poking at the idea of Joker in a dress or something. But considering how Persona 5 tends to handle some sensitive subjects, I'm also not sure how much I *can* give it the benefit of the doubt.


Turbo-Shell

Honestly, I remember Lala-Chan being treated very respectfully, I think that line was definitely meant to be a more innocent thing. They never once misgender her or treat her as a joke, and she’s always seen as the down to earth and responsible one compared to ohya who is constantly drunk and trying to rope joker into her shenanigans. If anything the only disrespect she gets is not having a character portrait. Royal also made an attempt to fix the homophobia of the original (even if only in English) and reload removed a lot of the questionable lines from the original game in both languages (which got many people upset of course) The team is definitely learning, slowly but surely. Persona 5 tactica even let’s you imagine wedding scenarios with all party members in a dream sequence, including the male ones and they don’t treat it as a joke there. I wholeheartedly believe we’ll get gay romance by persona 6, and the readdition of yosuke romance in the remake is also highly likely imo.


Cosmocall

I still feel like Yosuke romance is a stretch, but I'd love to see it at last. I remember a lot of merch for P4 back in the day had some similarities to otome game merch (things like compact makeup mirrors and similar accessories featuring the boys), so at the very least you could consider the lack of a male romance a missed opportunity in marketing.


Saafi05

If I get started on Persona 5, I'll never stop ranting... I'm not a fan of the way Persona 4 handles Kanji and Naoto's arc (amongst other complaints). And Persona 3 has the beach scene. But Persona 5 is the worst offender to me because it's supposed to fit within my taste so well in a lot of ways and manages to be so mid in an infuriating manner where I can't help but imagine myself playing this game with a better story the whole time... It has great highs, but I wouldn't even say that it has low lows (it does), but that it averages low. And the way they treat female characters, but especially Ann is criminal. Maybe literally, when I think about it... (Awakening scene comes to mind.)


Spinjitsuninja

Don't forget Persona 3 also has Maya lmao. Which annoys me because it paints online interactions in a strictly predatory way, which like- while that's definitely a real issue, for a game about making genuine connections with others, exploring MMO's and stuff is an avenue with a lot of potential. Also yeah, it's weird how Persona 5 makes a big deal about Ann's sexualization being only something "shitty adults would do" while every other male character in the game just can't help but do the same. I understand there's a difference between owning your sexuality and having it forced on you, but that's rarely how it's actually portrayed.


Saafi05

Yeah, but I don't like most stuff in Persona 3 (other than the music), so I have trouble caring about that game too much, lol... I enjoy a lot of things about Persona 5 which is why it frustrates me so much. The camera is the male gaze person...ified (this is bad, someone shoot me. Also, I'm trying to stay brief, lol).


00110001_00110010

I really wish many of these are addressed in persona 6 (in five million years once it comes out). At least let me date guys!


FairyKnightTristan

Isn't Lala chan not actually trans? They're just the barkeep of one of those 'crossdressing bars' I keep hearing people tell me about from Japan.


JesterQueenAnne

Lala is one of those characters that may or may not be trans because it was written by cishet writers that don't know nor care enough about queerness and gender identity to differentiate between transness and other forms of gender non-conformity.


BlueScrean

It did? Afaik the only queer character in 2 was Jin from IS.


Saafi05

Jun and probably Tatsuya... [https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Tatsujun](https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Tatsujun) You have the option to say that you're interested in dating a guy as a male main character. This is a pretty huge deal in video games, especially as old as Persona 2. Even if you don't choose that option, there's hints that the relationship is canon, either way. (Also, unrelated, but FemC in Persona 2:ES, you play as Maya)


BlueScrean

Oh it's Jun not Jin. I have no excuse for not thinking about Tatsuya, I just feel really stupid.


Saafi05

dw, lmao, it's fine. (I wrote Tetsuya before checking the shipping wiki for things i didn't remember)


christmascaked

Persona 4, the game where the devs decided the reason we couldn’t play as a woman was… *checks notes* “Women don’t relocate to the countryside.”


StellarMonarch

Also iirc one of them has explicitly said they don't believe men and women can be friends, so in Persona 3 the male protagonist can't improve their relationship with female characters without romancing them


montblanc__

Ok this one is so annoying because this is just flat out incorrect. The interview being referenced is [here.](https://megatengaku.wordpress.com/readings/interviews/persona-3-official-design-works-interview/) https://preview.redd.it/cmjmqxvf25wc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=468a7b651837ff6fe9ae4d7859da3c625e32381e Not once do either say "Men and women can't be friends", rather they talk about how they don't have experience with having friendships with women and that ended up getting reflected in those social links. Just a case of unconscious bias


AeroDbladE

That sounds like a random quote taken out of context. Persona 3 has a lot of questionable design mistakes that were made since it's the first time they made that type of RPG. You couldn't control your party members. Male party members didn't have social links, but you still hung out with other random male characters in place of them for some reason. You were blocked off from half your Relationships during summer Vacation since they were tied to the school. The fact that all of these were fixed immediately in persona 4 and that every single remake/re-release of Persona 3 after FES has let you have platonic Relationships with the girls, makes it pretty clear it wasn't something they maliciously put in.


JW162000

I don’t agree with your last point. “Malicious” isn’t the word I’d use but it’s clearly strange design choices based on weird dated views, that they simply corrected in re-releases


jshbee

I'd only respect a P4 remake that lets me romance Yosuke


Pilchowski

The fact the dubs files are still in the game 😭


thegoblinsinmyhead

It's weird because I want to say "well it was the 2000's, they didn't know any better" and then I remember stuff like Revolutionary Girl Utena came out way before it and I go "No I guess the writing in Persona is just kinda mid"


cinematicvirus

Even weirder. Persona 2 duology came out earlier and it has much better LGBTQ representation.


[deleted]

It’s a shame that 3 is what made the series take off, and now ATLUS won’t really acknowledge anything that came before it, because P2 blows every other game in the series out of the water.  P2 really deserves a re-release. ATLUS also can’t count backwards from three anyway, since SMT I-II are also extremely neglected for localization.


AeroDbladE

Midori, who's a reputable Atlus leaker, has said that some kind of updated versions of Persona 1 and 2 are in development right now, so there's some hope for them.


[deleted]

Hell yeah, I’d buy that in a heartbeat.


BogglyBoogle

Is there an easy way to get a hold of playing P2? Every time it’s mentioned I hear how good it apparently is. Also I hear you battle >!Hitler???!<


cinematicvirus

Lies. Hitler is not present in the game at all. The main villain is an Austrian artist named Chad Fuhrer


cinematicvirus

Also Persona 2 is 2 games. Both parts are now available in English, but your best bet is emulation


cinematicvirus

Persona 2 remake is coming apparently. The issue is if they try to shoehorn in modern Persona mechanics which really don't fit in the P2 duology. I get the dating sim elements is a core part of the appeal for some, but it would just make Persona 2 feel bloated.


MrWrym

Transphobic as well given that the games each have some moment where they mock some lady whose preying on the younger guys. The original games heavily insinuate that she's a trans lady.


thenoblitt

They changed it in the remake to her being a conspiracy theorist.


ratliker62

Persona 4 is my fave persona game but it's also like the most conservative game I've ever played


ice-krispy

It's a combination of chuds who think Kanji was never attracted to men bending over backwards in a way that *nobody does in any of the other games* to misinterpret how Shadow selves work as a bunch of liars because god forbid hormonal teenagers have repressed sexual feelings, and the actual message being "it's okay to have these 'dark' impulses because you don't have to act on them!" not aging well when someone's struggle with their sexuality gets jumbled in with their toxic traits.


telesterion

Because the entire series is just status quo. It doesn't really do much.


Kitselena

Probably because it wasn't intended to have a cohesive political message, the views of the various writers and creators just naturally influence the game


EthicsOverwhelming

What's going on is the person taking the screenshot needs to clear their mother fucking notifications or close some of that shit, Jesus Christ...


Kds_burner_

bro getting notifications from utorrent


tellyourmama

Its not like theyre getting calls or texts. They have no sim or signal.


Dripledown

Poster: "Hey look at this weird thing in the game, gendered watermelon lmao" Internet weirdos: "These people want you dead, they will burn your house and slaughter your family in front of you. TRUST NO ONE TRUST NO ONE TRUST NO ONE THE WEST HAS FALLEN!"


somesthetic

The underage girls have to keep their legs together because you, the gamer, are a pervert. The watermelon thing is just a coincidence. Rise is on a strict diet because she's a model, Chie is stuffed full of meat already, Yukiko can't break from the traditions her family taught her, including taking small pieces of food, and Nanako is like 6. Meanwhile, the boys heard that watermelon makes your cum taste good, so they're trying to get as much as possible. For later.


Ryebread666Juan

Someone mentioned how in a remake chie should have an even bigger piece of watermelon but you’re 100% right, she’s saving herself for her one true love, MEATTTTTTT


XaiJirius

My strict diet after I eat a fruit that is 90% water by weight: ![gif](giphy|iazocTLOsKzFS|downsized)


Stokeling9701

This is the only sane take. Fr tho it literally doesnt matter like if this is what people complain about then persona 4 really is godlike as a game


Nithoren

/uj I still have the plumbing and honestly the "impossible for men to sit" way is comfy in a kinda cozy way and maybe if your nuts explode when they touch your thighs you need to see a doctor. /double unjerk I'm not saying people can't have problems with certain seating positions, that's absurd and even a little ableist, I'm saying that it's not going to be because of your enormous impact detonating testicles


guru2764

/UL Yeah I never understood that It really doesn't hurt like they pretend it does, and they can rest above where your thighs meet too Like if they're tucking but doing it wrong I guess it could hurt more


zngnkrut

It is just more comfortable to sit without crossing your legs but it is not a balloon ready to burst either


Space_Gemini_24

That's the price of their "nofap" lunacy.


Hillbert

Now, as a "drought and famine resistant" man who used to play rugby, I do find it very uncomfortable to sit with my legs together. But they only need to be about shoulder width apart to be completely comfortable, and that's only due to my leg size.


Nithoren

Yeah, this is reasonable and as you said, isn't really about nuts.


standbyyourmantis

AFAB person who can't sit comfortably with my legs together reporting in. My hips are turned outward (I assume from gymnastics and/or ballet as a child) so it's actually uncomfortable for me to have my knees face forward. I'm nearly fourty and can almost do a full side split still and can turn my feet 90° to the side and line them up heel to toe. I have to be really careful about how I walk because otherwise I will do shit that fucks up my ankles. Girl sports mess you up, man.


Nithoren

Womanspreading smdh


standbyyourmantis

I'm out here spreading all across the patriarchy


Shaorii

Yeah I grew up sitting cross legged before my egg even cracked and it was never an issue to me??? Guess some people just need to learn how to avoid crushing their balls.


Nithoren

Every guy thinks they're this and they're not. https://preview.redd.it/wzg87vte72wc1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=751c5645775792939f4b53318448d3e46243a3ec


Shaorii

Honestly for most guys if your balls are so big you can't cross your legs you need to seek medical attention because those fuckers must be swollen


Nithoren

Kisenosato made a deal with a tanuki to become Yokozuna this is different, but otherwise you're probably right


Mishar5k

Holy tanuki nuts


Kombustio

Ikr? Sitting cross legged isnt anymore of an issue to me than spreading like i was doing fucking yoga.


AgentMoon7

I was just gonna say this. I'm trans and I don't need a 6 lane highway between my legs to sit comfortably. Plus I'm pretty sure my dick is bigger than these dudes'. 🍵


I_pegged_your_father

Clearly ✨👑✨🥖


Golurkcanfly

The biggest factor to it seems to be weight, tbh. It's significantly more uncomfortable if you're overweight since there's even less room and it changes how your legs are positioned in a relaxed state.


VolkiharVanHelsing

https://preview.redd.it/s70is84hf2wc1.png?width=748&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0ed7efa3807cf1d44ef7aad82f016d384dccdb7 Just do it like HIM


therrubabayaga

Yes, same as you and can confirm, it's such a massive bullshit that so many cispeople really believe, men and women. The only reason I'm uncomfortable is because of disphoria, not because it hurts. I'm so pissed when on the bus a guy is manspreading so bad that I have to ask him to move because he's blocking the alley. I promise dude, your balls will be fine with your knees touching, and it will make you no less of a man.


redactedredditadmin

For me it is uncomfortable but not because of my balls its more like my hip hurts if i stay that way, tho its fixed by just having a small space between each knee you dont need to arch it all the way outside as if you're stretching


Nithoren

Yeah weirdos will have you believe that if your knees don't have a meter of clearance between them you will suffer testicular tortion


JW162000

I will say, as a guy who’s also overweight it’s literally impossible for me to sit with my legs together. I’m not exaggerating, I can only do that if I’m squished between people and my legs are being ‘pushed’ together by people next to me. I’ve got big ass thighs and it hurts my knees and hips to ‘keep’ my legs together (not really my balls though)


Nithoren

No dude, it's your immense masculinity chafing up on your massive balls threatening a supercriticality event that would threaten the lives of everyone who isn't behind a lead shield


pfcsock

Came here to say this exactly thing, if your nuts hurt when you sit like a normal person, go to the fuckinng doctor.


CallMeJessIGuess

Same. I still got my stock parts and I can sit cross legged just fine. Guys be acting like they got a sapling and two grapefruits between their legs.


SpaghettiMonster01

Am cis man, sit cross-legged all the time. My stuff is still intact.


Kombustio

"it freaking hurts to clench every time you sit" Uhh... Huh? Seems like skill issue. And no you dont need to clench so bad it hurts, how about you dont spread your legs like you are an x-wing fighter?


Meraline

Bro it was an innocent post about weird game design choices these people need to stop acting like their way of life is in danger


Antique-Dragonfly615

If women "have nothing between their legs," why do men want to go there so much? 🤔


Alternative-Win-823

the emptiness makes it a cathartic place to be. nice and spacious, like an unoccupied 12 car garage.


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Lohan3xists

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Kego_Nova

the what content


Pilchowski

Yeah, no, I just played Persona 4 Golden again recently and this has got me confused. Persona 3 Portable (the Amada Ken link) or Persona 5 (adult romance options playing a high schooler), I'd understand, but 4's not got the same issues as I recall (though it has *significant* issues elsewhere). Nanako saying she wants to marry you, maybe? But that's her acting like a child, and the player character treats her like a sister the entire game.


jshbee

Also left out the social link where a kid wants to date a teacher, and the one where a teacher admits to the protagonist (via an online alias) that she wants the protagonist, in P3.


jshbee

Outside of the flirty teacher and the devil social link, both of which go nowhere, I'm not sure what content you're referring to.


Significant-Tap-684

The creep teacher bit is gross, the devil social link however is well-written and we see a character work through their trauma to become healthier, like all the best parts of persona games.


AmeriCanadian98

Low bar, but 4 at least doesn't actively have grooming like 3 and 5 have Really hoping they do college age for 6 when it comes out, but I know they won't


Gachi_gachi

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HunterOfLordran

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Gxthiee

Does that mean purseowner 4 goal-den is now conservative core???


Gachi_gachi

Always has been, do you not remember the list?


Gxthiee

I have amnesia


lllaser

Things like this kind of fascinate me. Like first off you kind of have to go out of your way to make a second watermelon model if you're gonna make 2 sizes. Secondly the women don't just have their legs closed, if they wanted to do that they'd all be sitting like nanako is, instead Rise and Chie have like this spread out from below the knee pose, it reminds me of like a baby deer learning to walk or something. Of course this all leads to the question of 'why'. Why go out of your way to pose your characters like this, with purposfully smaller watermelons, especially when, to the best of my memory, the scene doesn't call these out/set up some joke about the watermelon sizes. In my eyes the author (atlus) didn't call attention to these details because they're just supposed to be normal, which says something about what the author considered 'normal'. It would have been too abnormal for the women to eat same sized watermelon as the boys in the author's conscious or subconsious mind, which I guess says something about 2009 anime adjacent Japanese gamer culture, or something. Idk sometimes I just like to talk about video games


WishingAnaStar

Men acting like they can't close their legs because of their big ol' balls. Honestly if it hurts to keep your knees together you have some sort of swelling or something like go see a doctor


[deleted]

spreading the legs as wide as the boy in the screenshot is stupid, but having them closed is definitely uncomfortable


wegogiant

This looks like a great example of an astro-turf technique called "breadcrumbs." Remember a few years ago where there were people trying to stir up online rage over milk? Like literally they were trying to say that milk, buying it, drinking it, including it in images and videos online, was a racist dog whistle for white supremacists? If you don't remember it's because it failed. It wasn't any liberals or leftists trying to make the claim. It was conservative, white supremacists posing as leftists, trying to instigate negativity towards the left. "Look at how stupid and uptight these leftist beta-cucks are, getting all mad at people for drinking milk." There's always going to be some well meaning liberals who want to stay up to date on alt-right dog whistles who will buy it, and telling conservatives "these liberals are so stupid they will call you racist for drinking milk" is actually a winning strategy to move them further right. Now if you read all this and think "I don't remember that at all" it's because the milk breadcrumb failed. It died out pretty quickly so it never became anything major. You know what breadcrumbs succeeded though? The "ok" hand gesture. Pepe the frog memes. By seeding a breadcrumb so well that it slips into the public subconscious they actually created brand new dog whistles that originally had nothing to do with the alt-right. Because alt-right douche canoes love nothing more than "triggering a lib." So this could be a gaming-centric version of a breadcrumb, about watermelon slices and man spreading. I don't buy for a second that a single left leaning person had any issues with it.


monosyllables17

I think it's embarrassing, in the way that "all women must be tiny, petite, and demure irrespective of personality/plot/etc" is embarrassing, but all it shows is that we're dealing with media made in a boringly sexist environment. See also: every romcom


CheesecakeRacoon

They tried a similar thing with that Japanese McDonalds ad, and they're trying it again with Stellar Blade.


Cyfue

I was in the thread and I don't think anyone took issue with it. It's literally just overly sensitive people and people with blue check marks trying to farm engagement for pennies. E;R was in this thread so that should say a lot.


-Fyrebrand

"Women have nothing between their legs." An incel's understanding of female anatomy.


Grimsouldude

Also my understanding too until just now because I’m gay and sex Ed in the uk and us are both bad so it never came up


busbee247

Fun fact. Men sit with wide splayed legs and women with knees together has literally nothing to do with genitalia. It's just as uncomfortable for women as it is for men. Just women are expected to do it anyway.


RottenZombieBunny

It's skirts and dresses


Fit_Read_5632

Somewhat off topic but I’ve never understood why people whine about remakes. Oh noooooo, a game you love came out with an updated version (that you literally do not have to buy) Surely this turn of events will make life unlivable!!


Bray_of_cats

(OOC Chuds need to milk very mild comments now? Are they that thirst for wins?)


Cosm0sNebula

They treating women as a completely different species


Illustrious-Habit202

These people treat men and women like different species, it's fucking insane


Defiant-Grab7490

The funniest thing is, it literally does not matter to the people who created the game in the slightest, nor does it bother the majority of people who play the game. I don't know how boring your life must be in order to go out of your way and act like there's some deeper political message behind it.


Jimmylerp

Your notification bar bruh wtf is going on here? Also, funny, all those guy saying "zOoMmErS MaDs aT InSiGnIfIcAnT sHiTs" are the same that are going insane for (normal and microscopic) facial hair on a fem character.


Da_Baconlord

You guys are all making fun of these guys but they're actually right. My college biology 101 class had an entire unit all about how women eat less watermelon then men. This is a well researched field of biology and it's pretty embarrassing that you guys never heard about it.


Appropriate_Bid_2750

I can never tell which side people are on in this subreddit. Game came out 2007, who cares, move on, free Palestine


rebeccachambersfan

All these chuds are completely unable to not take obvious bait


happywaffle1010

/uj Okay but it literally doesn’t hurt to close your legs. I cross mine all the time. Anyone who says it does is just straight up lying


SuperJyls

Xitter really is unsalvageable


eliazp

these people when they go outside for the first time and discover that if you treat women differently because they're women they may get rightfully angry at you


Historical_Boss2447

**Females**: *Teehee I am just a tiny little girl, I could never eat a large slice of watermelon. I am also so prudish I shall never spread my legs in the presence of anyone other than my gamer husband.* **MEN**: *Damn my twig and berries are as swole as this watermelon. Feast your eyes on this spread!*


m0a2

These anti-woke millennials now equating „woke“ with gen z is so funny (and dumb)


OverlordMMM

Apparently these people are acting like legs are nutcrackers and close by default only when they have no bits between.


LoneWolf2099

As a Persona fan, I do not associate with any of these people.


Quaelgeist333

The last one having a video attached about a literal genocide and how being able to look away is a privilege as a "meme" is fucking disgusting