nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 hours agoSteam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist contentwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down121
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·12 hours agoWasn’t it co-opted by racists around 2016 or something? They also took the “OK” finger gesture from the circle game, the fuckers.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoThey did, but I don’t think they still have them. Pepe is now (or again) a beloved element of Twitch chat, and the OK symbol… I dunno, that was eight years ago. I just don’t hear anybody talking about it, unless it’s to half remember that it’s bad now or something.
Wasn’t it co-opted by racists around 2016 or something? They also took the “OK” finger gesture from the circle game, the fuckers.
They did, but I don’t think they still have them.
Pepe is now (or again) a beloved element of Twitch chat, and the OK symbol… I dunno, that was eight years ago. I just don’t hear anybody talking about it, unless it’s to half remember that it’s bad now or something.