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ColonizedMind
10/21/23 3:17:35 AM
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  • Spider-Man is extremely anti-gun and goes on a tirade against a gun club and exclaiming they should ban guns and gun clubs
  • Peter Parker is given a job at utopian startup that develops ethical GMO crops and climate engineering, Harry Osborne makes sure that hes appointed a diverse board
  • One of the collectibles is collecting BIPOC murals
  • Miles love interest is a deaf girl
  • One of the villains is physically disabled
  • Theres planned parenthood booths at the college fair
  • Theres hundreds of LGB and especially trans flags all over the game, some of the characters use gender neutral pronouns
  • All the Spanish in the game is gender neutral
  • Theres Ukrainian flags everywhere
  • All the bathrooms are all gender


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pegusus123456
10/21/23 3:22:01 AM
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Yeah, I'm waiting for the buttmad people to bitch about the bathrooms.

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DarthAragorn
10/21/23 3:22:17 AM
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Yeah it's pretty cool tbh

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NittanyLions23
10/21/23 3:26:05 AM
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I just watched 10 minutes of gameplay and I didnt notice any of these things

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pegusus123456
10/21/23 3:30:55 AM
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NittanyLions23 posted...
I just watched 10 minutes of gameplay and I didnt notice any of these things
They're all true though

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loafy013
10/21/23 3:37:55 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Yeah, I'm waiting for the buttmad people to bitch about the bathrooms.
For some reason, the subreddit kotakuinaction keeps popping up on my home page. From what I can tell they are a bunch of buttmad incels mad about not all games having sexy women. Saw a title saying the new game is too woke and they should all boycott it. I'm sure the bathroom thing is high on the list. Didn't care enough to actually read what they were foaming at the mouth about.

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boxoto
10/21/23 3:39:48 AM
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Spider-Man (and Marvel) has always been progressive, iirc.

I remember reading a story, as a kid, where Peter was thinking about maybe revealing his identity to the world, and MJ said he shouldn't because, revealing he's a white guy, he could be taking something from people who could imagine him as part of themselves, or something like that.

and this was in the 80s or 90s.

there was also a thing about JJJ hating on masked figures, like Spider-Man, because he investigated the KKK when he was younger.

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potdnewb
10/21/23 3:41:12 AM
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all of that is well and good except
ColonizedMind posted...
All the Spanish in the game is gender neutral


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ChrisTaka
10/21/23 3:53:47 AM
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NittanyLions23 posted...
I just watched 10 minutes of gameplay and I didnt notice any of these things


It's almost like you have to play the game to see the things that are in the game

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YellowSUV
10/21/23 3:54:38 AM
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  • Spider-Man is extremely anti-gun and goes on a tirade against a gun club and exclaiming they should ban guns and gun clubs
  • Peter Parker is given a job at utopian startup that develops ethical GMO crops
Interesting how Spider-Man wants to ban guns when he has super powers while normal people do not. If he didn't have super powers I bet he might think differently.

There is nothing inherently unethical about GMO crops.


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DarthAragorn
10/21/23 3:57:26 AM
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I'd imagine Spider-Man would want to ban guns because they make his job so much fucking harder than it needs to be

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008Zulu
10/21/23 4:00:49 AM
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DarthAragorn posted...
I'd imagine Spider-Man would want to ban guns because they make his job so much fucking harder than it needs to be
In the first game you squared off against goons with rocket launchers. Spiderman being pro gun control is fairly obvious.

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NittanyLions23
10/21/23 4:04:26 AM
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ChrisTaka posted...
It's almost like you have to play the game to see the things that are in the game

so if the controller was in my hand, I would magically see these things?

And if someone else is playing the game, the things are invisible to me?
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Dark_Arbron
10/21/23 4:06:42 AM
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YellowSUV posted...
* Spider-Man is extremely anti-gun and goes on a tirade against a gun club and exclaiming they should ban guns and gun clubs
* Peter Parker is given a job at utopian startup that develops ethical GMO crops
Interesting how Spider-Man wants to ban guns when he has super powers while normal people do not. If he didn't have super powers I bet he might think differently.

There is nothing inherently unethical about GMO crops.

I wonder, if he called out cars for their pollution would people (rightly) remind him that not everyone can swing between buildings?

Its tricky to push real world issues through superheroes.


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boxoto
10/21/23 4:17:24 AM
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YellowSUV posted...
Interesting how Spider-Man wants to ban guns when he has super powers while normal people do not. If he didn't have super powers I bet he might think differently.
yea, because only fictional characters, who have powers, are anti-gun.

idk if it's ever a main focus in the comics, but Uncle Ben died to gun violence.

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ColonizedMind
10/21/23 4:19:14 AM
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NittanyLions23 posted...
so if the controller was in my hand, I would magically see these things?

And if someone else is playing the game, the things are invisible to me?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/1/AAet-YAAE9Sb.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/2/AAet-YAAE9Sc.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/3/AAet-YAAE9Sd.jpg

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ColonizedMind
10/21/23 4:21:14 AM
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https://streamable.com/49psut
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Nukazie
10/21/23 4:25:13 AM
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next gen of progression

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loafy013
10/21/23 4:25:14 AM
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NittanyLions23 posted...
so if the controller was in my hand, I would magically see these things?

And if someone else is playing the game, the things are invisible to me?
That how insidious the woke is. Invisible to outsiders so teh libruls can deny the brainwashing that is going on behind the scenes. /s because it is sadly needed for what I typed.

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potdnewb
10/21/23 4:35:22 AM
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YellowSUV posted...
There is nothing inherently unethical about GMO crops.
you should do more research before you post erroneous statements

monsanto is an evil company and round up has been poisoning the population for decades

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YellowSUV
10/21/23 4:52:49 AM
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potdnewb posted...
you should do more research before you post erroneous statements

monsanto is an evil company and round up has been poisoning the population for decades

Did you even read what I said? I didn't mention Monstanto at all. I'm talking about GMO crops in general.

Just because a company unethically uses GMOs doesn't mean GMOs are inherently unethical.


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Dark_Arbron
10/21/23 4:56:49 AM
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In which case is it fair to assume the statement clearly meant develops GMO crops and makes sure its done ethically and you two dont really disagree and are just getting distracted by semantics?

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pegusus123456
10/21/23 5:05:25 AM
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Yes, I just did that mission in the game. They state at least twice that corporations patent GMO crops as a criticism and say outright that the foundation's crops will be freely available. One of the side missions is hybridizing plants for FEAST, a homeless shelter.

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majin_nemesis
10/21/23 5:09:30 AM
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YellowSUV posted...
* Spider-Man is extremely anti-gun and goes on a tirade against a gun club and exclaiming they should ban guns and gun clubs
* Peter Parker is given a job at utopian startup that develops ethical GMO crops
Interesting how Spider-Man wants to ban guns when he has super powers while normal people do not. If he didn't have super powers I bet he might think differently.

There is nothing inherently unethical about GMO crops.
No he wouldn't since normal people having guns is the major problem in the US,in other countries normal people don't have guns and there's less shootings and no school shootings and no need for metal detectors or any protections against school shootings because they simply don't happen
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Cheetaluv
10/21/23 5:13:42 AM
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Idk if I would notice all this but I'd imagine heavily left or right leaning ppl would.

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Dark_Arbron
10/21/23 5:17:01 AM
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Cheetaluv posted...
Idk if I would notice all this but I'd imagine heavily left or right leaning ppl would.

Youd definitely notice.

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pegusus123456
10/21/23 5:27:33 AM
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Cheetaluv posted...
Idk if I would notice all this but I'd imagine heavily left or right leaning ppl would.
I've noticed most of it, but maybe I'm considered heavily left leaning.

The gun club thing didn't really jump out to me, it's just banter. He says they should be a compliment club instead.

I noticed the BIPOC thing just because I didn't know what BIPOC stood for.There's a mission where you go around to different exhibits, but I've not seen any sign that they're a collectible.

Hailie, the deaf girl, is pretty cool. They incorporate sign language into her scenes and when she calls you, she uses text-to-speech.

One of the villains being disabled is probably Dr. Conners? I've not gotten to that part yet, but he's missing an arm. I don't know that you could include that, he's not quite as disabled when he's an eighteen-foot tall dinosaur.

The booth isn't really Planned Parenthood, it's just a booth for contraceptive. I thought it was kind of weird (it's a school fair for Miles' and the other booths are for like astronomy and water filtration), but I didn't connect it to pro-life or anything.

I only noticed the bathrooms because I walked down a dead end in the Foundation building and figured I'd see if you could go into the bathroom there. I aimed for the men's room, but they're unisex.

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ArtiRock
10/21/23 5:52:15 AM
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Probably not, it's probably the most aggressively "progressive" game ever made though.
ColonizedMind posted...
All the Spanish in the game is gender neutral
And most people are saying that it sounds French and it actually sounds dumb. There hits a fine line between progressive and oppressive, and that has crossed the line for this.

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Trelve
10/21/23 6:05:23 AM
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ColonizedMind posted...
* All the Spanish in the game is gender neutral
This is not a good thing.
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DuuuDe14
10/21/23 6:23:34 AM
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Trelve posted...
This is not a good thing.

A coworker and I were just talking about this. At first we thought it was a mistake honestly.

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superbot400
10/21/23 6:26:59 AM
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ColonizedMind posted...


* Theres Ukrainian flags everywhere

What did you mean by this? In what ****ing universe is supporting a country that got invaded by Russia is progressive signaling.


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ColonizedMind
10/21/23 6:30:05 AM
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Because its extremely unusual for a game to come out in support of a country in a current conflict like that. Im not commenting on if its good or bad but its certainly progressive.
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punkfanalways
10/21/23 6:40:16 AM
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Whats the bathroom thing?
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UnfairRepresent
10/21/23 6:40:26 AM
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superbot400 posted...
What did you mean by this? In what ****ing universe is supporting a country that got invaded by Russia is progressive signaling.
Our one sadly

The right wing is very pro-Russia and pro-Putin. If Trump waspresident, Ukraine would not have support

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ColonizedMind
10/21/23 6:42:22 AM
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punkfanalways posted...
Whats the bathroom thing?

The bathrooms are gender neutral
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pegusus123456
10/21/23 6:42:25 AM
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punkfanalways posted...
Whats the bathroom thing?
I don't know about every bathroom in the game, but the ones in the Emily-May Foundation are all marked as all-gender bathrooms.

And I'm now rolling my eyes at the inevitable news story about Nexus Mods banning a mod to replace those signs when this game comes to PC.

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Trelve
10/21/23 6:45:00 AM
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ColonizedMind posted...
Because its extremely unusual for a game to come out in support of a country in a current conflict like that. Im not commenting on if its good or bad but its certainly progressive.
Maybe they'll patch in a few Israeli flags next time.
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EndOfDiscOne
10/21/23 7:05:40 AM
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Is Spider-Man still pro cop like he was in the last game?

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IceCreamOnStero
10/21/23 7:16:54 AM
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Spider-Man is extremely anti-gun and goes on a tirade against a gun club and exclaiming they should ban guns and gun clubs

This is a lie. He finds some mooks robbing a gun club and quips that he'd prefer a compliment club instead of a gun club. An understandable opinion given his job involves getting shot at pretty much every say, and its not a tirade by any longshot.

There is nothing inherently unethical about GMO crops.

The main difference is that the startup makes their GMOs open source rather than patented. No one implies GMOs are inherently unethical.

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pegusus123456
10/21/23 7:17:18 AM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
Is Spider-Man still pro cop like he was in the last game?
It hasn't come up, but unless he plans to build and operate a prison, he kind of has to be.

I don't really get this criticism for superheroes, the worlds they live in are already pretty idealized and it's not like any of them would support the sort of cops people have an issue with.

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IceCreamOnStero
10/21/23 7:21:31 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
It hasn't come up, but unless he plans to build and operate a prison, he kind of has to be.

I don't really get this criticism for superheroes, the worlds they live in are already pretty idealized and it's not like any of them would support the sort of cops people have an issue with.
I think its pretty reasonable suspension of disbelief. The story isn't about an analysis of policing, its a story about two dudes with spider powers. Having Spidey work with the exclusively good cope we see is fine, so long as it doesn't veer into actual copaganda imo

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pegusus123456
10/21/23 7:26:23 AM
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IceCreamOnStero posted...
Having Spidey work with the exclusively good cope we see is fine
I don't think you played the first game's DLC lol

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IceCreamOnStero
10/21/23 7:27:32 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
I don't think you played the first game's DLC lol
You mean Yuri?

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Soliloquy_Rhap
10/21/23 7:31:28 AM
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Cishet white male protagonist so it can't be by definition.
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Dark_Arbron
10/21/23 7:34:58 AM
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Soliloquy_Rhap posted...
Cishet white male protagonist so it can't be by definition.

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Soliloquy_Rhap
10/21/23 7:39:42 AM
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Dark_Arbron posted...
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lol I'm not being completely serious but tbh it does seem pretty off to say the most progressive game ever made has a straight white male protagonist unironically.
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DnDer
10/21/23 7:46:55 AM
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YellowSUV posted...
If he didn't have super powers I bet he might think differently.

He's a white, college-educated journalist.

Even without powers, he might still be anti-gun.

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majin_nemesis
10/21/23 7:50:57 AM
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DnDer posted...
He's a white, college-educated journalist.

Even without powers, he might still be anti-gun.
so the only people that can be against guns are white?
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DnDer
10/21/23 7:53:24 AM
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majin_nemesis posted...
so the only people that can be against guns are white?

No. Exercise a little critical thought on this.

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majin_nemesis
10/21/23 7:54:14 AM
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DnDer posted...
No. Exercise a little critical thought on this.
so why does his race matters?
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