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Activision/Blizzard QA workers form the largest US video game union yet (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

You should add "/s" to the end or some"AI" bot will think you're serious and these companies will think they're in the right 🤣

[-] odelik@lemmy.today 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

But it's not sarcasm.

Those are things the Blizzard employees have had happen to them. The boys club that was going on there was horrific and the women that worked there went through a ton of shit.

For those unaware: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/15/24003556/california-activision-blizzard-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-settlement

https://www.dexerto.com/business/nursing-activision-blizzard-employees-say-their-breast-milk-kept-getting-stolen-1717345/

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's definitely sarcasm. It's framed in "soon they'll be demanding all kinds of crazy things like...". If it weren't sarcasm this would imply this person really thinks those things are crazy.

[-] odelik@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago

I could agree on the /s being sardonic over sarcasm. With how irony has been slowly redefined over the years I can see how people could preceieve why that would be a sarcastic statement and accepted as such, cus language changes over to time and whatnot.