Maven (famous)

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The most annoying thing about being famous is having to tell everyone how famous you are.

Also: @Maven@lemmy.world

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Cake day: February 15th, 2024

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  • I used to be a (semi)pro gamer! Basically the college football of gaming… But like… It was Team Fortress 2 so it’s more like the college mens Volleyball of gaming…

    Anyway!

    RGL Advanced Highlander Season 5 - Grand Finals.

    lay civ 5 vs I Hate Mondays

    Neither team was favored to win the season but after multiple upsets during playoffs, they both ended up there.

    It was EXTREMELY close!

    The first round on Ashville went to I Hate Mondays with every round being almost dead even.

    The second round, on vigil, went to a tie breaker within the round as lay civ 5 and I Hate Mondays trade blows. Eventually lay civ 5 got the points.

    With a score of 1-1 the game went to a tie breaker on swiftwater…

    Round 1 went to I Hate Mondays by about 30 seconds.

    Round 2 was incredibly close. Both teams had better scores but ultimately lay civ 5 won with literally 0 seconds left on the clock.

    The final round… The tie breaker of the tie breaker…

    Lay civ 5 starts and gets a solid time. About the same as round 1…

    And just like round 1, I Hate Mondays manages to sneak away with an extremely close victory. Making them the unlikely champions of Season 5 Advanced!

    Despite division dysphoria having an undefeated score and even Home Depot Esports having more wins than both of the teams in grands… I Hate Mondays took home the gold and I firmly take the credit for it!

    Of course… I was playing for lay civ 5… But I promise you… I was the reason that I Hate Mondays won.
























  • Intent doesn’t really matter if the entire butt of the joke is that this person is asking like a “lesser” group.

    Even if intent did matter… How would a passive observer be able to tell if the person meant it or not? You really can’t without knowing both parties involved, their history together, and if that person regularly does similar styles of joke.

    It’s easier to just pick a different word to insult someone’s intelligence instead of one that’s designed to hurt a specific group of people.


  • The main issue that seems to be the disconnect is simply that you are using the word as an insult.

    Calling someone unintelligent is fine (I feel at least) but specifically using words that are associated with disabled people as an insult towards abled people is blatantly putting one group on top of the other.

    The insult in that case cuts both ways. The person you are directly talking to is insulted because they are acting like a “lower group” and you’re also insulting the entire group by saying they are inherently lesser.

    You can not use a group of people as an insult without inherently viewing that group as insult worthy.