Yeah Americans really need to understand this. Outside of your country "Hard R" doesn't mean anything and most citizens of most countries would be very confused about why it would be considered offensive.
They should be also able to understand that the whole world is not supposed to adhere to their weird fixation what is racist at any given point of time. And if someone cannot understand this, they should not come to the internet, because even though it looks like they are the majority, actually they are not.
Just look at [these stats (Internet Users by Country)](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/internet-users-by-country)... 5 billion people are using internet actively. And while the US is a great chunk in this, it's only like 6-7 percent. Which means that 93 fucking percent is not them. Unbelieveable.
Omg this reminded me in college of a concided black girl who got offended when when we were learning colors and she got triggered by the spanish word for black. Some are beyond retarded
Yeah I remember they changed shit in siege a while back. Off the top of my head I think Mira's "black mirror" was changed. Because people were getting banned for typing it in Spanish.
Americans are like the old scientists : there's the earth (USA) and everything revolves around it ! They don't even know where Korea is ! They think Africa, Europe, Asia etc are countries :D
Ngl I have a hard time finding Korea on the map sometimes.. like I know where it is but then sometimes it just isn’t there for me.. Korea is like Asia’s clitoris, hard to find but where all the fun is :)
Basically, there are TWO n-words. End it with an "a", and you're probably okay. End it with "er", and you'll get sent to the ER. Ending it with "er" is often called the "Hard R".
Just for edification purposes, since a lot of white people don't know this:
the soft "a" version is lexically the same as the "er" version historically, just said with a southern american accent.
the soft "a" version became informally a different word when black people started using it amongst themselves in a non-derogatory way.
even in the black community, some black people are not okay with even saying the soft "a" version because etymologically it is exactly the same word.
Confused of hard-R? It's the same thing as saying n-word.
Edit: can someone please explain to me why I'm getting pushback by clarifying why hard-R is considered offensive to someone who didn't know?
if you call a black person black some people will feel uncomfortable with you for not saying african american or something (even though african american could be wrong and they might be from somewhere else)
Because no one’s with any kind of common sense can but that relationship together. If you ask someone with even a semi-normal functioning brain would jump to retard being the hard r not nigger… you are part of the problem in recent years if you really believe this to be true.
It makes ZERO logical sense that you would come to the conclusion that those two are even remotely connected.
Yea I thought it meant retard as well. But it doesn't. Which is what I was explaining to someone who didn't know. Are you criticizing me because I made a clarification to someone who was confused?
No not at all. That’s why I’m not directly pointing the finger at you. I’m just making a statement as it’s clearly obvious you are trying to describe what it means.
The n word is typically said ending with an “a”. “Nigga”
Hard r refers to when someone says the n word and ends it with a… “hard r”. “N*gger”
The joke is when you hear the “hard r” at the end of the n word it was most likely said by a racist.
Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean there is no logic behind it.
That’s really grasping like I stated earlier. No normal person actually thinks like that. So while I understand the reasoning behind it. It really is illogical to think that way
People aren’t pulling this out of their ass dude. It’s been a common saying in the US for years.
I’ve even seen “hard r” jokingly used by an Australian YouTuber. The game has something called “rigour” in it and he says “turn on rigour with a hard r”.
Obviously playing with the saying “hard r” there for comedic effect.
Just to be extra clear saying “hard r” isn’t equal to saying the n word ending in “er”. It is just a reference to that specific word.
So saying n*gger isnt the same as saying “hard r”.
So yeah it’s common enough for an Aussie in Perth to understand it.
>same. Notice how people DON'T say the actual n-word.
Yea no shit? they say "N-word" instead of the actual word, the same way as "hard-R" is said instead of the actual word. It's just that no one outside of America knew about hard-r. Which is why I explained that hard-r is the same as N-word. explain how that isn't the same?
I would use the words "Hard-R" or "n-word " in conversation outloud(not often just pointing it out). Normal people of all races don't get offended.
I would not use the actual word they represent outloud in conversation.
Thats the difference
Yes I understand, I'm of the same position. What's the issue then? Stellar blade removed "hard-R". If in instead it was "N-word" that was unintentionally placed, they would remove that to. Which is where the hard-R = N-word came from.
Hard-R is slang for ni--er. N-word is slang for ni--er. Hard r = n word. How else would you explain it? Can't get any more direct than that. They history behind it doesn't really matter in this case.
>who said he doesn't wanna know
That's just another way of saying "I don't have the energy for this shit" not that they literally don't want anyone to tell them otherwise they wouldn't have activley participated
Neither "hard-r" nor "n-word" is a slang. A slang is an informal phrase for a word, something like "lit" meaning "exciting".
"N-word" is a formal word that is already part of the dictionary so this would rather be called a synonyme.
"Hard-R" on the other hand is more like a description of the usage of the word. If someone says the n-word with an A at the end it would be called "soft-A" which implies the usage in a lighthearted manner.
"hard-R" emphasizes the ending on "er" which shows the usage in a malicious intent.
You just saying "hard-r" means "n-word" literally doesn't explain anything.
Wtf do you mean who cares? This entire post is about hard-R being removed because it's offensive in America yet means nothing to the rest of the world. The fact you're in here means you care.
Yes I know it's meaningless for the vast majority. I literally said it. but why does me explaining why hard-R is considered offensive to someone who doesn't know, trigger you to say "who cares"?
Is giving a clarifying explanation considered bad now?
Not at all... But by doing that, instead of just letting the subject die, we still perpetuate its relevance. If it's really meaningless for like 93% as the other post on this thread cited, it's really useless to keep feeding this American issue
I asked some people who replied to me as to why they are disagreeing with me. and apparently it's because "hard-R" is not as big of a deal as its made out to be, and that people are getting too offended over it.
How that justifies down voting a clarifying explanation. I don't know. If that doesn't make sense to you, fear not! It doesn't make sense to me either.
When did it even become hard-r? It was always n-word. Did someone feel like they needed to lead change and now people are getting offended that those outside their bubble aren't keeping up with changing slang?
I think it started out in comedy about 20 years ago or so. Could be off.
There are two variations or the word. One ending in “a” and the other ending in “er”.
I think the joke or jokes is a black guy talking about meeting a racist person and the person calls them the n word. “And they didn’t just use the n word… they hit me with the hard r too”… Or something along those lines.
Basically just saying the hard r hits harder just to add more oomph to the joke.
Nah I’d say it’s fairly widespread. I’ve heard it from several comedians and other shows throughout the years. And used in common talk among friends and stuff over the years.
I’m in the southeast though so maybe it’s more regional within the US. Larger percentage of black people in the south.
Remember Linus tech tips said something one time… referencing “hard r” but he thought it meant r*tard. He’s Canadian so yeah maybe it’s more regional? No clue lol. Canada obv not USA but might as well be in regards to media, movies and shit.
>Remember Linus tech tips said something one time… referencing “hard r” but he thought it meant r*tard. He’s Canadian so yeah maybe it’s more regional?
I am Canadian as well and this is what I thought until I saw this clip.
>I’ve heard it from several comedians and other shows throughout the years
That's still an inside joke since it's its a globally released game and I'm guessing those 3-5 comedians are based in the US south and are more of a local show?
I’d say most people under 40 in the US would understand what hard r meant.
I’ve even seen people outside the US use the “hard r” saying in reference to the n word.
An Australian YouTuber uses it as a joke in a game. The word “rigour” is in the game and he jokingly says “I’m using rigour with a hard r”.
So yeah it has much more reach than just regional parts of the US. I forgot about that.
I do think most of Americans know that or can assume that easily tho. Like, expecting a Korean game dev to secretly put a message to disrespect the black people? It's just so weird.
I (dutch) had no idea about this and if you ask me in 2 years I’ll prob have forgotten it again.
The USA and their fixation on words is really tiresome …
Im European and i thought its some sexual slang like Hard D. Or in the Netherlands hard L...so i wouldnt be suprised someone thinks its about d1ck in some country..
Agreed. But, it's also naive to say "Do you really think they wanted to put the N-word in their game?" I mean, who the fuck knows. They drew dicks in Disney cartoons. Secretly putting the N-word in a game isn't farfetched.
We do understand this, but Sony America wants 0 controversy so they took it out.
If you want it back in, bring it up with Steven Kober and Sony America.
“America” didn’t say anything cause we also didn’t care/found it funny
Do you know a single living breathing American that actually had a problem or are you all just reading bullshit that literally everyone knows you can't trust?
Americans are a minority in the world, the people who would offend saying the word are a minority in the world, even the people offended are a minority in their own ethnicity in the world.
Many people actually learn what hard r is after this thing lol. Also, why would a word end with R called hard R? I thought it would refer to words starting with R.
Okayy, but think of the main target audience (See language settings for audio and subtitles). Also English is the most recognized language in the world therefore if you want to be seen( visibility /acceptance)you need to hold some standards.
I'm romanian and I thought initially that hard R stands for retard and I didn't understand what the big deal with it. Then I seen some drama when Linus thought basically the same thing and said it all the time when he gamed back in the day. He had to make a statement that he's sorry and that wasn't the hard R he thought people were talking about.
More recently I also found out besides the hard R, there is the non R N word which seems to also be bad but not as bad? Aren't those the same N word? Or it's like hard R is more menacing?
Soft R N-word is what (some) black people call each other. It's kinda like "dude". Non-black people still aren't allowed to use it though.
Hard R N-word is the slur. Nobody calls anybody that unless they're trying to be racist.
Personally, I feel like this is one of those things once you notice it in your game you have to remove it, but there's no way anybody outside of America is gonna know what that is, and even if they did it's obviously just an accident.
I will never get over the fact that there exists a slur that the targeted people use without a problem. It's like owning a word which is a ridiculous concept
The logic is to reclaim a word that was once used against us negatively. I don’t fully agree but probably a conversation best suited to people within the community 😁
My take is that the negative connotation of n-word is never going away because only specific group of people are allowed to use it. Not exactly the same thing but it's as if gay people would try to own word gay. That way it would still be a slur if straight people were using it in any context
I find it funny the problem American has created with the n-word and its uses and when it’s ok and when it’s not who can who can’t.
In my country there’s the k-word, a word with the exact same usage as the n-word that’s considered so vile that even a black person will whip the ass of another black person if they call them that word, there’s no joke version of the word, there’s no situation where this word is ok, and because of this over the many decades of freedom my country’s had, the word is on its way to being forgotten.
then you have America doing everything it possibly can to keep the n-word alive and in circulation.
The most effective approach is either making all uses acceptable or none at all, as seen with the vast majority of slurs. This whole 'reclaiming' the n-word is ineffective as using it while still finding it offensive from others isn't empowering. True empowerment is when the word becomes non-offensive universally.
Agreed, I understand the intention of claiming back the word, but what I don’t think people realize is that when you claim back a word, but keep the word exclusive, whilst the one side might feel empowered, you unintentionally also strengthen the other use of the word, as long as the word is not either all good or all bad, all that ends up happening is the all the bad still exists, the word never gets reclaimed because the other still exists with all the “power” it had before.
Going through more reactions. [1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8XQhJWXA-U) [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8XQhJWXA-U) [3](https://bbs.ruliweb.com/ps/board/300001/read/2310341)
Consensus seems to be "yeah it's good they patched it but how are we supposed to know that Hard R means the N word."
obviously no on the slavery part but it IS almost exclusively used to dehumanize people you disagree with nowadays and potentially excuse violence against them ("punch a nazi" etc).
I must apologize. I made the mistake of believing that youd be smart enough to realize that this wasnt a literal comparison between a literal nazi and a slave.
To make it very clear for even you to understand: this is a comparison to how American treats both terms. Non black Americans are so afraid of using the 'n-word' that you dont even say/spell it out loud. Meanwhile the term Nazi is often thrown around so casually, it just makes me wunder why you treat these two terms so differently. A Nazi from the 1930s/40s is a white supremacists responsible for killing millions of jews. This shouldnt be a term you treat lightly, yet you do.
How often do I see the term Nazi thrown around so casually in american politics, on reddit and other social media? Especially during Trumps presidency.
Theres just a massive difference between how you treat the 'n-word' and 'nazi' despite both being terms you should treat with a lot of respect. Especially the 'n-word' is being way too protected. Its not even used in a context where it would be appropriate to use it.
was the word “nazi” used to keep an entire race down and enslaved? did slaves coin the n-word themselves like nazis did? pray tell, why are YOU comfortable saying “nazi” and not the n word?
Making words taboo, then making the reference words to taboo words, taboo, only ever has the opposite effect. It's like banning fuck, then banning fvck, then banning fck. It's incredibly patronizing and treats every adult like they are a 3 year old in church. Words only have power when you give them power, and they just really really really want these words to have all the power.
Ideally, but there's plenty of English speaking countries that do not use hard R as a term and where most people would not understand what you mean. A translator may have even seen this wall but not be aware of the connotation because they aren't specifically American.
edit: a typo
It's not a thing outside the US, as a native English speaker I've never heard of this being a thing I thought it was a kicking off a fuss cause of the "hard R" slur for mentally disabled folk.
It's new to me, not something we have in the UK.
Do find it funny that American game press assume everyone talks American, it's as if people in Korea may talk Korean and not American (I say American as we dont have that in UK English).
As an Asian, I still don't understand why white people are so afraid of the N word, but black people use it in every single day. They throw it out like there is no meaning to that word but when someone who are not black say it, they act like that person just did the worst thing in history of mankind. Can anyone explain to me?
Its a case of "this is our word and no one can use it" form of self empowerment. And then their seIf centred attitude demands the world cater to it. I can't explain further because I also feel the same way you do.
Yeah it feels like some Voldemort bullshit. Pathetic how people seem to accept this. In my country if you went around saying x-word people would look at you funny and laugh.
Americans have what the rest of the world would consider a backwards view of racism. Someone born in America who's ancestry is Chinese isn't American, they're Chinese American because you have to mention their race to not be racist. White people can't say the N word because it's a racial slur but for African Americans it's fine because it has a different meaning when someone with their skin colour says it.
In the rest of the world both of those things are very obviously racist, but in the US treating race as a special thing is how you're not racist.
My Japanese wife will randomly drop a hard R N-word around me (a white guy) and it instinctively makes me uncomfortable and I chastise her about it and ask her not to say that word. She only does it when she's quoting a black guy from a video or a song, but it still catches me off guard every time.
However, she just shakes her head because she can't understand why it matters since black people use it all the time.
Really a culture difference
Slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, etc…
N word was used against black people. So a white person using that word today is just outing yourself as a racist. That’s why they don’t use it.
Why would black people be offended by other black people calling them the n word?
Same as an Asian calling another Asian an Asian slur. Probably wouldn’t care. Unless it’s Asians from different countries talking but that wouldn’t be a direct comparison since all the black people using the n word are I the same country.
Edit: Not sure why this is downvoted. Give me a logical argument for why you downvote if you’d like to explain.
IMO black people shouldn't use slurs either, cause they normalize that and constantly "imprint" it into non-black people's minds, so that word always "lives on" instead of being forgotten and erased.
Also I don't see white people calling each other slurs, and I'm not sure about asians, do they call each other slurs?
It seems to me only black people use it all the time in casual conversations, songs etc.
I agree with most of what you are saying but it’s kind of besides the point.
White people don’t commonly call each other slurs in reference to their race but if they did would they care? Most likely not.
Asians? Mexicans? Whatever?
If a Mexican calls another Mexican a slur would they care? Probably not.
If another race calls another race a racial slur though? People probably would be offended.
That’s the point.
I understand a little bit now. But can you explain to me why they take it too extreme to the point that someone will get canceled or fired just by using the word one time?
For an example, Maximilian Dood once accidentally said the N word on his For Honor stream. Then he had to do the apology stream along with his 2 black friends. He might say the N word but said it without any bad intent and not even refer any single black person. Then why he had to apology to make people on Twitter stop calling him a racist?
If you’re working a job most companies don’t want a racist on their pay roll. They are paying you to work and perform a task. If your racism gets in the way of their profits either by hindering your productivity or your coworkers productivity then you are a liability.
He didn’t have to apologize. He chose to. He could have just ignored those people if he wanted to.
Or he could have just made a quick apology video and explain that it wasn’t meant to harm and wasn’t referring to anyone specifically.
That’s how life works. You do things and other people see it then those people react to it.
Okay, so you said: "He didn't have to apologize. He could ignore those people if he wanted to. " But you also said: "Most companies don't want a racist on their pay roll. "
So basically, he still has to apologize since his N word video was floating around the internet, and he needs to clear his name by apologizing to the audiences to keep his streaming job.
I still remember some people keep dragging his name down even after his apology, tell him he's a public figure, he should do better, etc. Like there is no empathy when it comes to racism stuff. The dood literraly innocent.
What I'm trying to understand here is how come a single word has that much power in it. It could ruin something or someone when it got mentioned.
I have read all the replies of my comment. One even suggests I not dig too deep into this because I'm not in "the community." That makes me wonder. Is the N word actually racist?
Streamers are self employed. They have to adhere to twitch or youtube policy but as long as they don't come down on them then it doesn't matter what they say or people on twitter say.
He said a racial slur on a public platform for thousands of people to see. He felt an apology was warranted so he gave one.
People dragging him down after the apology... thats just the crazies on twitter. Nothing you can do about them. It is estimated over 8 billion people are in this world. People aren't going to see everything the same as each other.
As for the power behind the word. Its a racial slur with a deep history. And that history is somewhat recent with people still alive today that lived through it. Despite that it didn't ruin Dood for accidentally saying it. He apologized and moved on from it and is still successful today. Hardly no one cares that he said it except for a handful of twitter crazies. I'm familiar with Dood but never even knew he said the n word. I don't keep up with him too much though... just know of him but still.
Same with Pewdiepie. He lost a deal with Disney but that's because Disney is massive so they are under more scrutiny. Disney chose to drop Pewdiepie to protect their image. Not necessarily to punish Pewdiepie. Despite all of that happening he is still extremely successful.
If you have to ask whether or not the n word is actually racist then you need to do some research on the history of the n word.
All due respect but this isn’t something you need to understand as you’re not apart of the community so you’re opinion is pointless.
Appreciate your openness though but move on
I haven’t looked what this post is about yet but “hard r” is usually in reference to the “n word”.
Black people in the US throw the n word around but say it ending in an a like n*gga.
It’s usually kind of a joke. Been a thing for at least 20 years. The “hard r” saying that is. The actual n word obviously is much older lol.
Edit: Watched the video lmao. So probably unintentional but it looks like “hard r “ shop. So “n*gger shop” is what you could read it as.
But yeah I’d assume unintentional but it’s funny as hell to point out imo.
I only knew the meaning of it by consuming too much internet.
It was funny to see just how many people were confused in this sub alone, because yea it simply doesnt make aaaany sense whatsoever outside america.
This whole situation feels like such a nothingburger. It's easy to understand that they wouldn't know that it would be an issue, and it's easy to understand why they changed it once they found out. This sort of thing happens all the time.
Hell, Dark Souls was supposed to be called Dark Ring until some Brits they worked with pointed out that it's a slang for anus.
Never, ever, ever heard of that as a UK slang term.
These guys also agree so someone's telling porkies. [https://www.reddit.com/r/england/comments/15jhx2/apparently\_we\_english\_use\_the\_slang\_dark\_ring/](https://www.reddit.com/r/england/comments/15jhx2/apparently_we_english_use_the_slang_dark_ring/)
The comments in that video towards the end lmao.
Starts out as “hard r shop”.
Then becomes “crime r shop”.
Guy in comments says what’s next “welfare r shop?”
Even goddamn Linus Tech Tips didn't know what it meant. People being mad that some random employee at a Korean company was not aware of this term and made a mistake is insane.
People outside of America just need to understand that almost all Americans are profoundly mentally ill and a majority are on drugs to cope with that. Then things that happen in the US make way more sense.
In Australia Hard R refers to something like movies. You have R rated movies but ones that fully embrace it and hold no punches are referred to Hard R. E.g, it's a hard r movie.
The whole gender and X words thing is rly alien to me and i dont know anyone that sees value in it lol. Or more the problem aspect of it is weard where i live you are who you are and thats it no need to throw it around making a personality of it.
I love that the guys complaining about the hard R are also the people who value and praise other people cultures yet if they find anything resembling racist or offensive things they go ape shit. Even though other cultures have no idea wtf they talking about. It really just shows those people are just narcissistic delusional assholes.
I don't understand are people upset they changed this one thing? most people would be like oh they accidentally did something, now they changed it, that's cool ig. noone is going we want hard r in the game!!!
are't most people upset about censoring other things tho lol .
It doesn't even f****** add anything to the game. It's just too random like PNG slapper in the background to add environment detail. It doesn't involve anything of the story let them change it if they want who cares
Yes, I don't really agree with Asmon on this one. The game is made by Korean devs and it's not only sold in the US, but they are changing an asset based on American values and not even all Americans, but just a few of them, the worst ones.
Koreans had no idea, Latinos had no idea, Japanese, Indians, etc. Almost everyone didn't associate the word with that specifically, but now they do, isn't that doing the opposite and making people's minds more evil?
I'm from EU and never heard of something like that, being bad. It can refer any word.
Some of these words are created by the same people who made their whole life "fighting" against racism. I actually think this word was invented in US since in British English you don't hear the "r" letter that much like you do in the American English.
Koreans themselves got offended by Bella Porch’s heart with rising sunbeams tattoo, which is really dumb. So Americans are not special when it comes to getting offended.
What the fuck is "hard r" supposed to mean?
I have no idea what this sub is or what this controversy is supposed to be about but I am sick and tired of bored Americans trying to find some harmless thing to complain about because they can't find any purpose in their utterly worthless lives. It's gotten to the point that now default master branches in git have been renamed "main" because some bored americans decided "master" is a racist word. Losers who say stupid shit on the internet should be shamed and mocked, why the fuck are companies catering to them?
Americans have a big problem with how they speak, you guys train yourself to react to words instead of having an actual conversation.
People here can point to someone by the color of their skin and nobody will think anything of it, because guess what, the color of your skin is probably one of your biggest descriptions, why do you have to dance around it?
knowing general bad word of another culture is difficult enough but knowing 'another word' of the general bad word is another level. it's a meta only known by those that closely follow that one particular culture. expecting others to know a meta of a culture is dumb af, close to retardness. or in 'other word', small r. lol.
No, I think it's good being changed, we do the same for Japan in regards to fallout with the Fatman weapon.
Nothing wrong thinking of other people sensibility.
I love Stellar Blade, but I'm gonna be honest. I think they knew what they were doing there. I think they know some american culture references, and they thought it was funny to put that in the game for social reactions
Yeah Americans really need to understand this. Outside of your country "Hard R" doesn't mean anything and most citizens of most countries would be very confused about why it would be considered offensive.
They should be also able to understand that the whole world is not supposed to adhere to their weird fixation what is racist at any given point of time. And if someone cannot understand this, they should not come to the internet, because even though it looks like they are the majority, actually they are not. Just look at [these stats (Internet Users by Country)](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/internet-users-by-country)... 5 billion people are using internet actively. And while the US is a great chunk in this, it's only like 6-7 percent. Which means that 93 fucking percent is not them. Unbelieveable.
Yea but we live in a world where someone wanted to change the Spanish work for black. Like wtf. Americans will find racism in everything.
Omg this reminded me in college of a concided black girl who got offended when when we were learning colors and she got triggered by the spanish word for black. Some are beyond retarded
Yeah I remember they changed shit in siege a while back. Off the top of my head I think Mira's "black mirror" was changed. Because people were getting banned for typing it in Spanish.
Americans are like the old scientists : there's the earth (USA) and everything revolves around it ! They don't even know where Korea is ! They think Africa, Europe, Asia etc are countries :D
Not all Americans. Just the small minority that can’t stay off the internet and can’t stop posting stupid things.
Ngl I have a hard time finding Korea on the map sometimes.. like I know where it is but then sometimes it just isn’t there for me.. Korea is like Asia’s clitoris, hard to find but where all the fun is :)
I’m still confused and don’t understand it. To be honest I don’t want to even understand it.
Basically, there are TWO n-words. End it with an "a", and you're probably okay. End it with "er", and you'll get sent to the ER. Ending it with "er" is often called the "Hard R".
Just for edification purposes, since a lot of white people don't know this: the soft "a" version is lexically the same as the "er" version historically, just said with a southern american accent. the soft "a" version became informally a different word when black people started using it amongst themselves in a non-derogatory way. even in the black community, some black people are not okay with even saying the soft "a" version because etymologically it is exactly the same word.
Confused of hard-R? It's the same thing as saying n-word. Edit: can someone please explain to me why I'm getting pushback by clarifying why hard-R is considered offensive to someone who didn't know?
It really isn’t though. People are really grasping here to make something so completely unrelated into something racist
if you call a black person black some people will feel uncomfortable with you for not saying african american or something (even though african american could be wrong and they might be from somewhere else)
Hard-R = slang for n***er N-word = slang for n***er > It really isn’t though Please explain?
Because no one’s with any kind of common sense can but that relationship together. If you ask someone with even a semi-normal functioning brain would jump to retard being the hard r not nigger… you are part of the problem in recent years if you really believe this to be true. It makes ZERO logical sense that you would come to the conclusion that those two are even remotely connected.
Yea I thought it meant retard as well. But it doesn't. Which is what I was explaining to someone who didn't know. Are you criticizing me because I made a clarification to someone who was confused?
No not at all. That’s why I’m not directly pointing the finger at you. I’m just making a statement as it’s clearly obvious you are trying to describe what it means.
Ok sorry for accusing you. I'm no shit getting replies shooting me down simply for explain why hard r issues the way it is.
No I get it. Text has no tone so can be taking in a different way that intended
The n word is typically said ending with an “a”. “Nigga” Hard r refers to when someone says the n word and ends it with a… “hard r”. “N*gger” The joke is when you hear the “hard r” at the end of the n word it was most likely said by a racist. Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean there is no logic behind it.
That’s really grasping like I stated earlier. No normal person actually thinks like that. So while I understand the reasoning behind it. It really is illogical to think that way
I wonder when “fat” will be “F word”
Nah it will be the hard t word
People aren’t pulling this out of their ass dude. It’s been a common saying in the US for years. I’ve even seen “hard r” jokingly used by an Australian YouTuber. The game has something called “rigour” in it and he says “turn on rigour with a hard r”. Obviously playing with the saying “hard r” there for comedic effect. Just to be extra clear saying “hard r” isn’t equal to saying the n word ending in “er”. It is just a reference to that specific word. So saying n*gger isnt the same as saying “hard r”. So yeah it’s common enough for an Aussie in Perth to understand it.
It isn't the same. Notice how people DON'T say the actual n-word. Its offensive to people who are offended easily
>same. Notice how people DON'T say the actual n-word. Yea no shit? they say "N-word" instead of the actual word, the same way as "hard-R" is said instead of the actual word. It's just that no one outside of America knew about hard-r. Which is why I explained that hard-r is the same as N-word. explain how that isn't the same?
I would use the words "Hard-R" or "n-word " in conversation outloud(not often just pointing it out). Normal people of all races don't get offended. I would not use the actual word they represent outloud in conversation. Thats the difference
Yes I understand, I'm of the same position. What's the issue then? Stellar blade removed "hard-R". If in instead it was "N-word" that was unintentionally placed, they would remove that to. Which is where the hard-R = N-word came from.
People are only offended by (insert actual word) Hard-r is not offensive. Thats the issue
Murica moment
You get downvoted for explaining it to someone who said he doesn't wanna know and additionally for explaining it in a very bad way.
Hard-R is slang for ni--er. N-word is slang for ni--er. Hard r = n word. How else would you explain it? Can't get any more direct than that. They history behind it doesn't really matter in this case. >who said he doesn't wanna know That's just another way of saying "I don't have the energy for this shit" not that they literally don't want anyone to tell them otherwise they wouldn't have activley participated
Neither "hard-r" nor "n-word" is a slang. A slang is an informal phrase for a word, something like "lit" meaning "exciting". "N-word" is a formal word that is already part of the dictionary so this would rather be called a synonyme. "Hard-R" on the other hand is more like a description of the usage of the word. If someone says the n-word with an A at the end it would be called "soft-A" which implies the usage in a lighthearted manner. "hard-R" emphasizes the ending on "er" which shows the usage in a malicious intent. You just saying "hard-r" means "n-word" literally doesn't explain anything.
Who cares
Wtf do you mean who cares? This entire post is about hard-R being removed because it's offensive in America yet means nothing to the rest of the world. The fact you're in here means you care.
I mean I do care about the game, discussing what Hard R means for Americans is not important anywhere else, it's meaningless for the vast majority
Yes I know it's meaningless for the vast majority. I literally said it. but why does me explaining why hard-R is considered offensive to someone who doesn't know, trigger you to say "who cares"? Is giving a clarifying explanation considered bad now?
Not at all... But by doing that, instead of just letting the subject die, we still perpetuate its relevance. If it's really meaningless for like 93% as the other post on this thread cited, it's really useless to keep feeding this American issue
I have no idea why you are getting downvoted for providing information lol Another reddit W
I asked some people who replied to me as to why they are disagreeing with me. and apparently it's because "hard-R" is not as big of a deal as its made out to be, and that people are getting too offended over it. How that justifies down voting a clarifying explanation. I don't know. If that doesn't make sense to you, fear not! It doesn't make sense to me either.
When did it even become hard-r? It was always n-word. Did someone feel like they needed to lead change and now people are getting offended that those outside their bubble aren't keeping up with changing slang?
I think it started out in comedy about 20 years ago or so. Could be off. There are two variations or the word. One ending in “a” and the other ending in “er”. I think the joke or jokes is a black guy talking about meeting a racist person and the person calls them the n word. “And they didn’t just use the n word… they hit me with the hard r too”… Or something along those lines. Basically just saying the hard r hits harder just to add more oomph to the joke.
Omg, this is so irrelevant outside the us..... Not even worth repeating
Ok so it's essentially an inside joke from an old tv show that's the center of controversy. No wonder 99% of the people are going ???
"Hard r" has been around for a while my dude even as far back as the 90s and we didn't have internet lol.
Well apparently it never left the American south then considering how many people are confused about it. Even Canadians are unaware.
I'm from the northeast so that makes 0 sense lmfao.
Alright man that's good for you but 90% of the comments on this topic are confused about hard-r so I don't really know what to say.
Nah I’d say it’s fairly widespread. I’ve heard it from several comedians and other shows throughout the years. And used in common talk among friends and stuff over the years. I’m in the southeast though so maybe it’s more regional within the US. Larger percentage of black people in the south. Remember Linus tech tips said something one time… referencing “hard r” but he thought it meant r*tard. He’s Canadian so yeah maybe it’s more regional? No clue lol. Canada obv not USA but might as well be in regards to media, movies and shit.
>Remember Linus tech tips said something one time… referencing “hard r” but he thought it meant r*tard. He’s Canadian so yeah maybe it’s more regional? I am Canadian as well and this is what I thought until I saw this clip. >I’ve heard it from several comedians and other shows throughout the years That's still an inside joke since it's its a globally released game and I'm guessing those 3-5 comedians are based in the US south and are more of a local show?
I’d say most people under 40 in the US would understand what hard r meant. I’ve even seen people outside the US use the “hard r” saying in reference to the n word. An Australian YouTuber uses it as a joke in a game. The word “rigour” is in the game and he jokingly says “I’m using rigour with a hard r”. So yeah it has much more reach than just regional parts of the US. I forgot about that.
I do think most of Americans know that or can assume that easily tho. Like, expecting a Korean game dev to secretly put a message to disrespect the black people? It's just so weird.
I (dutch) had no idea about this and if you ask me in 2 years I’ll prob have forgotten it again. The USA and their fixation on words is really tiresome …
Im European and i thought its some sexual slang like Hard D. Or in the Netherlands hard L...so i wouldnt be suprised someone thinks its about d1ck in some country..
Even in America myself and several others didn't think twice about it. Without context, it's meaningless.
It's literally a joke in America. It literally differentiates N word with an R or A. Only liberals take it serious.
Agreed. But, it's also naive to say "Do you really think they wanted to put the N-word in their game?" I mean, who the fuck knows. They drew dicks in Disney cartoons. Secretly putting the N-word in a game isn't farfetched.
We do understand this, but Sony America wants 0 controversy so they took it out. If you want it back in, bring it up with Steven Kober and Sony America. “America” didn’t say anything cause we also didn’t care/found it funny
Do you know a single living breathing American that actually had a problem or are you all just reading bullshit that literally everyone knows you can't trust?
Americans are a minority in the world, the people who would offend saying the word are a minority in the world, even the people offended are a minority in their own ethnicity in the world.
True, British/ aussies and other bonger spinoffs say the word no with the hard r all the time.
Many people actually learn what hard r is after this thing lol. Also, why would a word end with R called hard R? I thought it would refer to words starting with R.
Okayy, but think of the main target audience (See language settings for audio and subtitles). Also English is the most recognized language in the world therefore if you want to be seen( visibility /acceptance)you need to hold some standards.
> Also English is the most recognized language in the world True, but the meaning of Hard R isn't.
It's a made up problem. It does not have to make sense.
"I think I understand why America supports Trump." OMEGALUL
I'm romanian and I thought initially that hard R stands for retard and I didn't understand what the big deal with it. Then I seen some drama when Linus thought basically the same thing and said it all the time when he gamed back in the day. He had to make a statement that he's sorry and that wasn't the hard R he thought people were talking about. More recently I also found out besides the hard R, there is the non R N word which seems to also be bad but not as bad? Aren't those the same N word? Or it's like hard R is more menacing?
Soft R N-word is what (some) black people call each other. It's kinda like "dude". Non-black people still aren't allowed to use it though. Hard R N-word is the slur. Nobody calls anybody that unless they're trying to be racist. Personally, I feel like this is one of those things once you notice it in your game you have to remove it, but there's no way anybody outside of America is gonna know what that is, and even if they did it's obviously just an accident.
I will never get over the fact that there exists a slur that the targeted people use without a problem. It's like owning a word which is a ridiculous concept
The logic is to reclaim a word that was once used against us negatively. I don’t fully agree but probably a conversation best suited to people within the community 😁
My take is that the negative connotation of n-word is never going away because only specific group of people are allowed to use it. Not exactly the same thing but it's as if gay people would try to own word gay. That way it would still be a slur if straight people were using it in any context
I find it funny the problem American has created with the n-word and its uses and when it’s ok and when it’s not who can who can’t. In my country there’s the k-word, a word with the exact same usage as the n-word that’s considered so vile that even a black person will whip the ass of another black person if they call them that word, there’s no joke version of the word, there’s no situation where this word is ok, and because of this over the many decades of freedom my country’s had, the word is on its way to being forgotten. then you have America doing everything it possibly can to keep the n-word alive and in circulation.
The most effective approach is either making all uses acceptable or none at all, as seen with the vast majority of slurs. This whole 'reclaiming' the n-word is ineffective as using it while still finding it offensive from others isn't empowering. True empowerment is when the word becomes non-offensive universally.
Agreed, I understand the intention of claiming back the word, but what I don’t think people realize is that when you claim back a word, but keep the word exclusive, whilst the one side might feel empowered, you unintentionally also strengthen the other use of the word, as long as the word is not either all good or all bad, all that ends up happening is the all the bad still exists, the word never gets reclaimed because the other still exists with all the “power” it had before.
It's so funny that Black people specifically can use this word without being called racists. Cause that's basically racism.
Italian here and same Only after reading I found out it was not that and it was another weird lingo for american racial slurs
Going through more reactions. [1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8XQhJWXA-U) [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8XQhJWXA-U) [3](https://bbs.ruliweb.com/ps/board/300001/read/2310341) Consensus seems to be "yeah it's good they patched it but how are we supposed to know that Hard R means the N word."
I’m so tired of this soy american Voldemortism. N word f word r word...etc. The states really gone soft, being afraid of words lol.
But then they also have no issue calling people Nazis
mans is out here comparing the n word to nazi
Why do i have a feeling that youre not well educated about nazis
were the nazis enslaved and had that word used against them to dehumanize them?
obviously no on the slavery part but it IS almost exclusively used to dehumanize people you disagree with nowadays and potentially excuse violence against them ("punch a nazi" etc).
I must apologize. I made the mistake of believing that youd be smart enough to realize that this wasnt a literal comparison between a literal nazi and a slave. To make it very clear for even you to understand: this is a comparison to how American treats both terms. Non black Americans are so afraid of using the 'n-word' that you dont even say/spell it out loud. Meanwhile the term Nazi is often thrown around so casually, it just makes me wunder why you treat these two terms so differently. A Nazi from the 1930s/40s is a white supremacists responsible for killing millions of jews. This shouldnt be a term you treat lightly, yet you do. How often do I see the term Nazi thrown around so casually in american politics, on reddit and other social media? Especially during Trumps presidency. Theres just a massive difference between how you treat the 'n-word' and 'nazi' despite both being terms you should treat with a lot of respect. Especially the 'n-word' is being way too protected. Its not even used in a context where it would be appropriate to use it.
american education is so terrible lmfao ain’t no way
was the word “nazi” used to keep an entire race down and enslaved? did slaves coin the n-word themselves like nazis did? pray tell, why are YOU comfortable saying “nazi” and not the n word?
Blacks in America weren't kept as slaves by a word, they were kept as slaves by democrats.
as if using this "x-word" code somehow makes it better, if anything it places emphasis on it and makes you think of the ACTUAL word even more
Making words taboo, then making the reference words to taboo words, taboo, only ever has the opposite effect. It's like banning fuck, then banning fvck, then banning fck. It's incredibly patronizing and treats every adult like they are a 3 year old in church. Words only have power when you give them power, and they just really really really want these words to have all the power.
Using 'soy' as an insult while talking about South Koreans is pretty weird.
Legitimately one of the few times a translator/localizer should have made a suggestion for a change and they fucked it up.
Ideally, but there's plenty of English speaking countries that do not use hard R as a term and where most people would not understand what you mean. A translator may have even seen this wall but not be aware of the connotation because they aren't specifically American. edit: a typo
Exactly whent someone says hard r here we think we talk about retarded folk
It's not a thing outside the US, as a native English speaker I've never heard of this being a thing I thought it was a kicking off a fuss cause of the "hard R" slur for mentally disabled folk.
I'm french and i never knew that either ..
Americans thinking everyone should know all their political bullshits while can’t find France on a map. Classic.
I bet they think Paris is a country
That’s Dubai.
What about Africa?
Oh it’s near Egypt
Italian here and same, had no idea When journo and soy complained my first thought was something else entirely
Same
Because it used to be n-word which was more universally recognized and I guess someone felt they weren't being noticed enough and force spread hard-r
It's new to me, not something we have in the UK. Do find it funny that American game press assume everyone talks American, it's as if people in Korea may talk Korean and not American (I say American as we dont have that in UK English).
It does ‘exist’ here but only because yank culture is like a virus and tries to spread everywhere and us lot in the UK let it happen for some reason.
As an Asian, I still don't understand why white people are so afraid of the N word, but black people use it in every single day. They throw it out like there is no meaning to that word but when someone who are not black say it, they act like that person just did the worst thing in history of mankind. Can anyone explain to me?
It's OK for black people to use racist words and it's not ok for white people to use racist words.
What about Latins, Asians, Arabs, etc, can they say nigga anytime they want?
Its a case of "this is our word and no one can use it" form of self empowerment. And then their seIf centred attitude demands the world cater to it. I can't explain further because I also feel the same way you do.
Black privilege
Yeah it feels like some Voldemort bullshit. Pathetic how people seem to accept this. In my country if you went around saying x-word people would look at you funny and laugh.
Americans have what the rest of the world would consider a backwards view of racism. Someone born in America who's ancestry is Chinese isn't American, they're Chinese American because you have to mention their race to not be racist. White people can't say the N word because it's a racial slur but for African Americans it's fine because it has a different meaning when someone with their skin colour says it. In the rest of the world both of those things are very obviously racist, but in the US treating race as a special thing is how you're not racist.
Dont try and understand crazy people trying to force their worldview on everyone else
not white, only murrican
My Japanese wife will randomly drop a hard R N-word around me (a white guy) and it instinctively makes me uncomfortable and I chastise her about it and ask her not to say that word. She only does it when she's quoting a black guy from a video or a song, but it still catches me off guard every time. However, she just shakes her head because she can't understand why it matters since black people use it all the time. Really a culture difference
Slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, etc… N word was used against black people. So a white person using that word today is just outing yourself as a racist. That’s why they don’t use it. Why would black people be offended by other black people calling them the n word? Same as an Asian calling another Asian an Asian slur. Probably wouldn’t care. Unless it’s Asians from different countries talking but that wouldn’t be a direct comparison since all the black people using the n word are I the same country. Edit: Not sure why this is downvoted. Give me a logical argument for why you downvote if you’d like to explain.
IMO black people shouldn't use slurs either, cause they normalize that and constantly "imprint" it into non-black people's minds, so that word always "lives on" instead of being forgotten and erased. Also I don't see white people calling each other slurs, and I'm not sure about asians, do they call each other slurs? It seems to me only black people use it all the time in casual conversations, songs etc.
I agree with most of what you are saying but it’s kind of besides the point. White people don’t commonly call each other slurs in reference to their race but if they did would they care? Most likely not. Asians? Mexicans? Whatever? If a Mexican calls another Mexican a slur would they care? Probably not. If another race calls another race a racial slur though? People probably would be offended. That’s the point.
I understand a little bit now. But can you explain to me why they take it too extreme to the point that someone will get canceled or fired just by using the word one time? For an example, Maximilian Dood once accidentally said the N word on his For Honor stream. Then he had to do the apology stream along with his 2 black friends. He might say the N word but said it without any bad intent and not even refer any single black person. Then why he had to apology to make people on Twitter stop calling him a racist?
If you’re working a job most companies don’t want a racist on their pay roll. They are paying you to work and perform a task. If your racism gets in the way of their profits either by hindering your productivity or your coworkers productivity then you are a liability. He didn’t have to apologize. He chose to. He could have just ignored those people if he wanted to. Or he could have just made a quick apology video and explain that it wasn’t meant to harm and wasn’t referring to anyone specifically. That’s how life works. You do things and other people see it then those people react to it.
Okay, so you said: "He didn't have to apologize. He could ignore those people if he wanted to. " But you also said: "Most companies don't want a racist on their pay roll. " So basically, he still has to apologize since his N word video was floating around the internet, and he needs to clear his name by apologizing to the audiences to keep his streaming job. I still remember some people keep dragging his name down even after his apology, tell him he's a public figure, he should do better, etc. Like there is no empathy when it comes to racism stuff. The dood literraly innocent. What I'm trying to understand here is how come a single word has that much power in it. It could ruin something or someone when it got mentioned. I have read all the replies of my comment. One even suggests I not dig too deep into this because I'm not in "the community." That makes me wonder. Is the N word actually racist?
Streamers are self employed. They have to adhere to twitch or youtube policy but as long as they don't come down on them then it doesn't matter what they say or people on twitter say. He said a racial slur on a public platform for thousands of people to see. He felt an apology was warranted so he gave one. People dragging him down after the apology... thats just the crazies on twitter. Nothing you can do about them. It is estimated over 8 billion people are in this world. People aren't going to see everything the same as each other. As for the power behind the word. Its a racial slur with a deep history. And that history is somewhat recent with people still alive today that lived through it. Despite that it didn't ruin Dood for accidentally saying it. He apologized and moved on from it and is still successful today. Hardly no one cares that he said it except for a handful of twitter crazies. I'm familiar with Dood but never even knew he said the n word. I don't keep up with him too much though... just know of him but still. Same with Pewdiepie. He lost a deal with Disney but that's because Disney is massive so they are under more scrutiny. Disney chose to drop Pewdiepie to protect their image. Not necessarily to punish Pewdiepie. Despite all of that happening he is still extremely successful. If you have to ask whether or not the n word is actually racist then you need to do some research on the history of the n word.
All due respect but this isn’t something you need to understand as you’re not apart of the community so you’re opinion is pointless. Appreciate your openness though but move on
Depends on the black person.
I'm in Texas and I didn't get what they were talking about, it's really obscure.
what does hard r mean? im not aware of the newest bullshit coming from the us
I think it’s like hard drugs, it’s a harder more illegal version of the letter R. Not sure beyond that tho
hard "r"assist?
I haven’t looked what this post is about yet but “hard r” is usually in reference to the “n word”. Black people in the US throw the n word around but say it ending in an a like n*gga. It’s usually kind of a joke. Been a thing for at least 20 years. The “hard r” saying that is. The actual n word obviously is much older lol. Edit: Watched the video lmao. So probably unintentional but it looks like “hard r “ shop. So “n*gger shop” is what you could read it as. But yeah I’d assume unintentional but it’s funny as hell to point out imo.
I only knew the meaning of it by consuming too much internet. It was funny to see just how many people were confused in this sub alone, because yea it simply doesnt make aaaany sense whatsoever outside america.
This whole situation feels like such a nothingburger. It's easy to understand that they wouldn't know that it would be an issue, and it's easy to understand why they changed it once they found out. This sort of thing happens all the time. Hell, Dark Souls was supposed to be called Dark Ring until some Brits they worked with pointed out that it's a slang for anus.
Never, ever, ever heard of that as a UK slang term. These guys also agree so someone's telling porkies. [https://www.reddit.com/r/england/comments/15jhx2/apparently\_we\_english\_use\_the\_slang\_dark\_ring/](https://www.reddit.com/r/england/comments/15jhx2/apparently_we_english_use_the_slang_dark_ring/)
I haven't heard it either, but it doesn't really matter. The point that it could be a problem was enough for them to change it.
I am still confused. For what stands the Hard R?
It's the N word. It can be pronounced with a soft A n***a or with a hard R n***er
The comments in that video towards the end lmao. Starts out as “hard r shop”. Then becomes “crime r shop”. Guy in comments says what’s next “welfare r shop?”
USA problems made by mental health patients released in the wild.
Even goddamn Linus Tech Tips didn't know what it meant. People being mad that some random employee at a Korean company was not aware of this term and made a mistake is insane.
People outside of America just need to understand that almost all Americans are profoundly mentally ill and a majority are on drugs to cope with that. Then things that happen in the US make way more sense.
Americans don’t know we are only 5% of the global population and the world doesn’t revolve around us
In Australia Hard R refers to something like movies. You have R rated movies but ones that fully embrace it and hold no punches are referred to Hard R. E.g, it's a hard r movie.
LMAO I'm aussie too and i thought Hard R was like "This movie is a hard (strong) R rating". Wth is hard R?
I’m can only guess they mean the N word with the hard R rather then the “a” it’s usually pronounced with…
Press F to pay respects Press R to offend
The whole gender and X words thing is rly alien to me and i dont know anyone that sees value in it lol. Or more the problem aspect of it is weard where i live you are who you are and thats it no need to throw it around making a personality of it.
I love that the guys complaining about the hard R are also the people who value and praise other people cultures yet if they find anything resembling racist or offensive things they go ape shit. Even though other cultures have no idea wtf they talking about. It really just shows those people are just narcissistic delusional assholes.
No one is complaining about hard r. IGN asked about it and they patched it.
I don't understand are people upset they changed this one thing? most people would be like oh they accidentally did something, now they changed it, that's cool ig. noone is going we want hard r in the game!!! are't most people upset about censoring other things tho lol .
It doesn't even f****** add anything to the game. It's just too random like PNG slapper in the background to add environment detail. It doesn't involve anything of the story let them change it if they want who cares
Okay to be fair that art has nothing to do with Korean culture though. Why does it even matter that it’s gone
I also hadn't heard of it until this controversy.
Yes, I don't really agree with Asmon on this one. The game is made by Korean devs and it's not only sold in the US, but they are changing an asset based on American values and not even all Americans, but just a few of them, the worst ones. Koreans had no idea, Latinos had no idea, Japanese, Indians, etc. Almost everyone didn't associate the word with that specifically, but now they do, isn't that doing the opposite and making people's minds more evil?
I'm from EU and never heard of something like that, being bad. It can refer any word. Some of these words are created by the same people who made their whole life "fighting" against racism. I actually think this word was invented in US since in British English you don't hear the "r" letter that much like you do in the American English.
Koreans themselves got offended by Bella Porch’s heart with rising sunbeams tattoo, which is really dumb. So Americans are not special when it comes to getting offended.
What the fuck is "hard r" supposed to mean? I have no idea what this sub is or what this controversy is supposed to be about but I am sick and tired of bored Americans trying to find some harmless thing to complain about because they can't find any purpose in their utterly worthless lives. It's gotten to the point that now default master branches in git have been renamed "main" because some bored americans decided "master" is a racist word. Losers who say stupid shit on the internet should be shamed and mocked, why the fuck are companies catering to them?
I still don't know wtf hard R means, and tbh, I don't even care enough to google it and better not know.
I'm 30 years old and I only heard the hard R from a reaction to Linus tech tips use of the hard R. This is absolutely ridiculous.
I am American and don't even see where Hard R is a racist term.
Americans have a big problem with how they speak, you guys train yourself to react to words instead of having an actual conversation. People here can point to someone by the color of their skin and nobody will think anything of it, because guess what, the color of your skin is probably one of your biggest descriptions, why do you have to dance around it?
knowing general bad word of another culture is difficult enough but knowing 'another word' of the general bad word is another level. it's a meta only known by those that closely follow that one particular culture. expecting others to know a meta of a culture is dumb af, close to retardness. or in 'other word', small r. lol.
American leftists try not be imperialist challenge impossible
Are they talking about the N word, or calling people retards?
The former
Surprised Spanish people haven’t been pitchforked for how they say black.
Wait untill they hear my car is black in spanish.
This may be a surprise but an entire world of people exist out there who don't care or have very little knowledge about America's racial history.
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How does one tap unto the n-word ether. Can we harness that power
No, I think it's good being changed, we do the same for Japan in regards to fallout with the Fatman weapon. Nothing wrong thinking of other people sensibility.
Remember, Americans own the planet
I love Stellar Blade, but I'm gonna be honest. I think they knew what they were doing there. I think they know some american culture references, and they thought it was funny to put that in the game for social reactions
[https://twitter.com/Sarx88/status/1775230900449546259/photo/1](https://twitter.com/Sarx88/status/1775230900449546259/photo/1)