Sure. Closed practice is usually in reference to religious practices. Voodoo/Hoodoo are the 2 most commonly referenced closed practices, but a lot of Native Americans have closed practices as well. It basically means unless you are part of that culture, it is not for you and you should not attempt to practice. You miss a lot of the cultural significance and often cause damage to the practice (using white sage for cleansing rituals is a great example). They are often appropriated and misrepresented as evil.
AAE, while not religious in nature, has a lot of cultural reference and significance. It is often misrepresented and appropriated without regards to the cultural origin.
From a cursory search, there seem to be some expressions claimed as AAE that weren’t a thing until the 2010s, colliding with non-AAE ones. That’s not going to end well.
Like, trying to keep a dialect segregated, because marginalized people want to… what, be more segregated? Seriously?
It feels like you are listening but not understanding. Think of AAE as a closed practice. You can learn about, you can view it from the outside, but it is not yours to use as you please. It is about solidarity, not segregation. A fine line, but one that has been set by the people who's culture it is
PS: should there be a “marginalized” tag for people?
I don't think so, and it is not just black folks on Lemmy asking people outside the culture not to use AAE. I know no culture is a monolith, but a majority have been saying that for a long time.
I still think of people of color as just people
This has some real "I don't see color" vibes. I get the sentiment, you try not to discriminate, but that also ignores black folk's lived experiences.
You don't get to decide what is or isn't appropriation. Black people are constantly telling non-black people to stop using AAE. It is not slang. Also, even if you still believe that language on its own can't be appropriated, AAE is deeply rooted in black folks history and is a huge part of their culture.
At the very least you should listen to marginalized people when they are telling you to stop, even if you disagree
I dunno if you read the response, but Linus was a fucking fool for asking for receipts. He looks like your MAGA uncle asking you to prove vaccines aren't harmful
I don't think they were bought by anyone, but their distributor did recently approve them for ads. I suggested that as a possibility, but she was pretty sure it was PocketCasts inserting them. We shall see either way.
My partner noticed a ton of ads in a similar situation (listening to older podcasts). She was also under the impression these older casts did not have ads, but she is getting more and more each listen. Maybe it is the creator inserting them in older episodes, but she is trying AntennaPod, so we shall see
Vernacular is specifically used for informal language, and in this particular case, linguists did not want to imply slang. I am not a linguist, but the sources I found from people who study AAE cited that as the reason for the name change
Of note here, AAVE is an outdated term. AAE - African American English (still a little outdated) or AAL - African American Language (the newest, most accurate term) are more accurate. Linguists dropped the "Vernacular" because it is not a slang language, and are starting to change "English" to "Language" because it is most likely derived from creole, not English
It is not just slang, though. It is a whole language that black folks have been constantly asking white people to stop using as slang. This is just one public instance of it happening
Everything you said plus the fact that you cannot become that wealthy without exploiting people. Just fucking sickening to see people defending billionaires
It might just be that Taash isn't the companion for you. I did not find them unlikable, just incredibly direct.
Dunno where you saw that, steamdb (https://steamdb.info/app/1845910/) has it listed on 38.99€ at a 35% discount, which is horrendous for a not even 2 month old release.
I found an article from about 3 or 4 weeks after release, so clearly the price dripped a couple times. And agreed, it is a bad sign for sales
I don’t think so. The writing of Taash was so bad and uncomfortable for the most part that I genuinely didn’t know if they were trying to mock trans-people with this representation
I disagree. The writing of Taash, while basic, has a lot in common with folks early in discovering their trans identity. Yeah, it is awkward and uncomfortable. Guess what, self introspection often is. I would say with Taash we see a lot of what would be internal struggles being vocalized. The good news is that Taash isn't the only character you can interact with.
Breaking with an established formula can be a big detriment to a franchise.
Of course it can, but it doesn't solely make it a bad game.
Veilguard, on the other hand, doesn’t get better. It just stays bad and even confusing at times.
I disagree. I really like the gameplay. It gets better almost immediately after the tutorial, though the tutorial is a little long for my taste.
All time peak on steam is 90k - that’s horrendous. Obviously, that’s not the total sales and it’s also sold on other platforms, so we do not know the real number. However,the game went on discount not even 2 months after release, and a pretty hefty one at that, 35% I think.
Yeah, again, I don't think the numbers are great, but 90k on 1 of 4 or 5 big platforms isn't dismal. And the discount could be telling, but (I just looked it up) it was around 29%, which is still $50. Part of that could be backlash to the $70 AAA price tag. All that being said, all of this is speculation without numbers being released from EA
If the discourse I’m seeing on dev/gaming twitter/bluesky is anything to go off of
It's probably not. Everyone I know that has actually played has found it to be quite fun. It's not perfect, but highly enjoyable 7/10. Most of the negative reviews I have seen are 1 of 3 things:
It'S tOo WoKe
And
It not a CRPG like Origins
The writing is not up the same standards as previous Dragon Ages
So the first one can be thrown out. 2 is true, but doesn't make it a bad game. 3 is true for the tutorial portion for sure, but after that things open up. The story isn't amazing, but it suits the gameplay well.
EA hasn't released any sales numbers, so hard to say on that part, but probably not in the multiple millions. From what I can find it is probably selling fine. Not amazing, not bad, but fine. That also could be due to a variety of factors like marketing clarity or using an IP in a way that fans of the IP did not want. It does not necessarily mean the game is a bad game
Yeah, I almost could not finish it, and I really do not think it was necessary after the fact. Basically, it is worse than everything you have probably heard. So so so much worse
Sure. Closed practice is usually in reference to religious practices. Voodoo/Hoodoo are the 2 most commonly referenced closed practices, but a lot of Native Americans have closed practices as well. It basically means unless you are part of that culture, it is not for you and you should not attempt to practice. You miss a lot of the cultural significance and often cause damage to the practice (using white sage for cleansing rituals is a great example). They are often appropriated and misrepresented as evil.
AAE, while not religious in nature, has a lot of cultural reference and significance. It is often misrepresented and appropriated without regards to the cultural origin.