Doom Eternal "Mortally Challenged" Joke is Offensively Boring

The edgy humour in the recent Doom Eternal gameplay demo at QuakeCon 2018 may seem like harmless fun to some, but reading into the implications reveal some worrying possibilities.

[TheOptimist]

1. It is not boring.

2. It definitely isn't offensive. (If this is offensive to you, I wonder what people like Anthony Jeselnik would do to your fragile heart)

But hey, I don't live in a first world country, so what would I know anyways.

It's not surprising to see how they delve into polictics. If anything it is a mockery of prevalent trends and I love that.

Now taking offense on something in a game that's obviously a joke, that's offensive, not just to me, but to a medium where people should be able to express themselves freely.

[Chaosdreams]

When tired, always just go with "I'm offended that you're offended." It's usually a good way to end a pointless discussion that clutches to ones emotional stature.

[Aeery]

I dont know weather to laugh or cry ...
SJWs are a very bad plague.
They really are narrow minded and this is a real problem.

[MadLad]

It's hard to pull that one off when most people that know you are aware you are devoid of emotions in general. The struggle is real.

[zackeroniii]

on behalf of us all, you, JaffaMeister, are just a bich.

[RosweeSon]

Shiiii someone’s reading faaaar too much into something very minor. Get a grip Jaffa.

[TheCommentator]

Agreed! Check out these quotes:

"Until around the 1970s, people with physical disabilities were called “cripples.” That’s not common vernacular anymore, and when it is used nowadays then it’s often as a derogatory slur."

Cripple: A person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.
Disabled: Having a physical or mental condition that limits movements, senses, or activities.

"White people used to call Native Americans 'Indians'...”

Indian: A member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, especially those of North America.
Native American: A member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America.

"Transgender people used to be called “transsexuals..."

Transsexual: A person who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex.
Transgender: A person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex.

"British colonials used to call anyone from Asia 'Oriental'."

Oriental: A person of East Asian descent.
Asian: A native of Asia or a person of Asian descent.

"All of these words were phased out of parlance, on account of the fact that they were harmful or insensitive to the people they were being used to refer to because those people voiced discontent and fought to be treated with greater empathy."

Um, really? These words aren't insensitive to anybody that isn't TOO SENSITIVE to begin with. It's literally what the words mean, and in no case did I find anything in searching these definitions that mentions them being derogatory or insensitive... perhaps I should have looked in the Snowflakes' Dictionary of Harmless Yet Offensive Terminology instead???

Tomato, Tomahto...

[T2X]

Terms are offensive if people allow them to be perpetuated. As they say, sticks and stones. We are fortunate to live in a country where the worst thing some of us may encounter is someone else's slang terminology for something, be it race or sexuality.
Just know that some people put their lives on the line and have died so that we may only be offended and not rounded up and imprisoned because of what we say. People need to just stop being shitheads. In other words, if you can't argue intelligently, just be quiet.

[subtenko]

If its said to be offensive, its like they are the ones making it offensive when the other person is using it how its defined! The same situation can happen with any saying or word or even a made up thing like "Freaking Blueberry!" and in the other persons mind it could be some slur, but you dont know what they are thinking so you cant say that.

I wish people would just drop it all because its all just very stupid

[Noskypeno]

@subtentko, thats what they did in 2016 when i think some censorship was going on all over, so people made new insults like googles skypes and skittles. Thats where my username came from. It died out but the point still remains that when one term is banned people will find another.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Imagine if things were in the crappy, and we had a world war, famine, lack of safe drinking water, shelter, ect... It's crazy how incredible soft and sensitive people have become, it'd be eye opening to see how these people would handle the world as it was 100 years or more ago.

[RememberThe357]

I'm a pround supporter of human rights and kindness in general, but this shit is getting to be too much. Every adjective we use to describe something rare or different from the norm is being turned into some sort of insult that we then can't use anymore. I'm dyslexic and if people start making dyslexic a curse word I'm f*ckin done.

They're just words!

[TheCommentator]

@ Danny

Try reading buddy. The definitions, as mentioned in my OP, don't say anything about being derogatory. Matter of fact they're identical to one another. A small group of people can't just all of the sudden say that a word is insensitive when there's nothing wrong with the terminology being used, and every "socially acceptable" word I'd chosen was synonymous with the "offensive ones".
"Nigger", otoh, was a term given to an African slave by their white "owners" and is not synonymous with black or African American terminology. Look...

Nigger: A contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person.
African American: Relating to black Americans.

Notice the definition of nigger includes the word contemptuous yet none of the ones in my OP show anything similar? You're barking up the wrong tree on this one, but I respect the hardships you've dealt with in your country. In the long run, what I'm saying is that if these words are truly offensive to the entire culture and not just some people complaining too loudly, then the definitions would include additional context to elaborate that they are culturally insensitive.

I'm not going to go on, but you need to understand the difference between actual words and derogatory slang! FYI, I have Asperger's and have dealt with ridicule all my life so you need to back off a bit.

[Soc5]

Yup, I’m offended, as well. At the use of the term offensively boring. Boring people have been treated poorly for so long. It is offensive to correlate being boring as a negative. Why can’t being boring be good. Like man that nap was so boring!

Boring people unite!
It’s time to get offended once more.

[Kavorklestein]

I was born this kind of boring, and there's nothing I can do about it! I will always be this kind of boring, create laws about my preferred boring ass ways of life, and make all my boring friends have to cater to me and my boredom!

I'm not gonna stop until all boring people can be bored in peace! (Which honestly sounds Boring)

[trooper_]

This SJW crap is so stupid.

[SanFranfreako]

Sjws are a plague.

[LightofDarkness]

Anyone who uses terms like SJW (on either side) needs to be sterilised.

Hand it over, kiddo. You won't be needing it. We'll use it to make a more life like imitation for the lonely or more sexually adventurous. There's dignity in being an organ donor. But not in comments like yours.

[Eonjay]

Absolutely agree. Kids these days don't understand that the real plague is being offended at being offended. And not having the testicular fortitude to take an opinion. Like damn so what if someone finds something offensive. Calling someone SJW isn't a counter argument. It is a weak scapegoat tactic that saves you from engaging in a conversation. No one ever said you have to agree to anyone's opinion.

[Srhalo]

SJW has just become a word for people who lack the intelligence to explain what they don't like.

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

Social Justice Warriors are a plague.

[Surt]

Found the bleeding heart.

[SyntheticMan]

@Eonjay
How exactly is being offended at others being offended a plague? Do these people call you a cis white racist misogynistic male nazi? Do they try to censor any art that triggers them due to their insane, cult-like ideology?

That's why we get pissed off when people write articles like this. Anything an SJW does is agenda-driven trash. There is no discussion to be had with these people, they are incredibly closed-minded (ironically) and will just try to shut you down by calling you one of the many insults above. Most people don't waste their time anymore, you'll probably just get blocked/banned from their "safe spaces".

[Omnisonne]

What, you can't call people out for crying over nothing? If so you're crying yourself..? That makes little sense.
People aren't necessarily offended at someone else being offended, but rather tired or frustrated of the pettiness of it all, of the (quite frankly) children that are up in arms about a couple of lighthearted satire jokes.
Combined with the possibility of iD soft possibly removing said jokes should those children stamp their feet loud enough, I think people are right to call out these >SJWs< for their petty crap.

[Omegasyde]

So you tried to make SanFanFreako look like a douche, but it backfired on you.....

Pot meet kettle

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ 318;‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[annoyedgamer]

Will you be conducting this sterilization in gulags or concentration camps?

[TheCommentator]

@ Eonjay

I'm offended that you're offended by SanFranFreako being offended by SJW's being offended by inoffensive words... when does it end... when everyone's offended by everything? Being tolerant, not offended, is the way the world should work or eventually all of our liberties will be gone and everything will be offensive.

The real issue is that every small group of offended people think they can tell everyone else what's acceptable because the complain loudly enough.

[NecrumOddBoy]

Social Justice Activist = "This building doesn't have a handicap ramp, so let's petition the county to build one."

Social Justice Warrior = "Let's punish the people who own the building for discrimination against the upward-walkerly different.

[bluefox755]

Why? That's exactly what they are, they're moral police. People who would absolutely use the power of the law to censor things they don't like. We need a word to point these people out, as they're dangerous to society. I'll keep using it, and continue to reproduce :)

[madpuppy]

This is a bizarre comment, SJW's call themselves "SJW's" and don't think it's a slight.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

What else are you going to call them though? SJW is a blanket term for a wide variety of issues that a minority of people take issue with, no one is going to sit down and write down every possible term or offensive when they get stupidly petty.

I've sympathetic to people when life causes them hardship, but I have no sympathy for people who offended so easily by things like the phrases in this game and I think it's wrong to sympathize with them. I'm sure there are people that think my view is wrong, but tough bickies.

[Eonjay]

Until you guys realize that you are the ones being triggered by someone else's opinion, you will never understand how you are being used or how stupid a blanket term like social justice is. The guy has an opinion. Even if you don't agree, he still gets to express it. Be man enough to deal. You don't want to stop free expression. We fight nail and tooth to protect the artistic express of developers even if we don't agree with their underlying vision. Wake up. Until you can live in a world with dissenting opinions, you will never be anything more than a tool and you yourselves will lose rights.

Its not about saying you are right or wrong, its about the framework in which you choose to have discourse and your right to do so. It is your damn right to be disagreeable. Why don't you get this?

@Commentator

"The real issue is that every small group of offended people think they can tell everyone else what's acceptable because the complain loudly enough"

ITS BECAUSE THEY CAN. Don't you get it? You have the right as you are doing now, to tell me how I should react to someone's statements. And you HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO. Its like talking to brick walls. Deal with differing opinions. No one said you had to accept/agree or change yourself to satisfy them. But they and you and I don't lose our right to express ourselves. The moment we try to do that, we all lose.

[SoulMikeY]

Eonjay, it’s not being offended at being offended. If someone murders another person, they are referred to as a murderer. They’re not called that because someone’s offended, they are called that because that is what they are.

Calling it like it is, is not being offended.

Also, why is there this falsified deep internal fear that using terminology will lead to bad treatment? Using the term “retarded” doesn’t mean I’ve ever used it to describe a mentally handicapped person. Saying “faggot” has never been against a homosexual, or ever thought it’s tied to seeing them as any less of a regular ass human. Articles like this make people want to be... humans. “You wanna say some shit? I’m gonna say some shit. Don’t be a bitch.”

[Gh05t]

@Srhalo

"has just become a word for people who lack the intelligence to explain what they don't like."

The same could be said for "right-wing"

[ajax17]

wow, your comment is cringy as fuck

[GrubsterBeater]

You and the other bleeding heart, close-minded social justice warriors need to read a little book called 'The Gulag Archipelago' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. You SJW's, in your Nazi Brown Shirt-esque tactics of shutting down people's free speech, are quickly directing our country towards an Orwellian, propaganda filled world where those who speak out or use "offensive terms" will be sent to gulags and/or concentration camps to be "sterilized" as you put it, in order to "rehabilitate" those who don't share your crazy SJW, cult-like ideology.

You SJW's are all just a bunch of delusional, crazed, demagogues who, ironically, shut down opinions or thoughts contrary to yours.

Welcome to Seperated, Bigoted(against Whites), Social Justice Communism Nation (with no borders) States of America. Formerly known as the United States of America.

Fuck your feelings. I love this country and I won't let you crazy cult members destroy it and slowly erode our constitution.

You people are insane.

[TheCommentator]

@ Eonjay

The irony in your post is hilarious!

[RollingSquare]

''Like damn so what if someone finds something offensive.''

I would agree with you, were it not for the fact that the SJWs certainly care, and they do their best to make others care. They do their best to censor anythign they find offensive, and even when they don't, they try to sway public opinion, often with lies, half-truths, misinformation, or other forms of propaganda. They literally think being offended is a form of violence that has been done to them. In their mind, it gives them every right to try to destroy you. It's basically what's happening with the extreme leftist Antifa. Or that Hollywood actor who once said that because he disagrees with people, he can 'punch some people in the face'.

These people are dividing the US and all you fools do is sit there and go ''so what if somebody finds something offensive?''. It's not ''somebody'', it's entire media outlets and people being propagandized into aggressive mobs. And they're going to come for 'toxically masculine' video games too, eventually. But thanks for your intelligent input. And btw, nobody is required to engage in conversation, if people just want to call somebody an SJW (when they are) then that's fine.

It's ironic that you would say people don't ''have the testicular fortitude to take an opinion'', because you're getting pissed over the opinion that ''SJWs are a plague''.

[Omegasyde]

Good points.

Its like SJWs are the evolved version of “hipsters”.

Edgy people whom are in the minority trying to make everyone sway towards thier thinking despite the rationale.

[Oschino1907]

Ever see a leftist try to use the term "snowflake"? They can't even mock people without making up their own definitions to suit their agenda.

@Omega https://youtu.be/15iLHlJPp_... https://www.realclearpoliti...

[thejigisup]

Why are we forgetting about SIWs? Social Injustice Warriors have seemingly all been pushed to their limits about people being offended by people who voice their offense that both some SJWs and SIWs have taken offense at others being offended by another's offensive words or actions. Quite frankly that offends me.

[IanTH]

And you're offended that "SJWs" are offended, and the world goes round and round.

[AK91]

The replies to your comments from said SJWs actually proves your point, they really are a plague.

[senorfartcushion]

Social Justice Warrior used to be a lovely term. People started using it to describe old superheroes in Action Comics before they became what they were.

Now it's just *that* term used by a wide selection of idiots as they continue their ongoing war on niceness across the internet; we have sexed up selfish, middle-class idiots fighting against everything anybody says and deeming it "problematic" and we have sexless virgin incels giving the media an excuse to cheer for the selfish middle classers.

[Scatpants]

War on niceness? Is that seriously why you think people don't like SJWs?

[Gh05t]

I have a hard time taking anyone who uses the term incels un-ironically, seriously.

[senorfartcushion]

Gho5t

I thought of writing the C word but I'd be banned.

[Jinger]

Ahhh welcome to the current climate of comedy where you can't make jokes poking fun at current issues without a bunch of triggered nancy's getting their panties in a bunch.

[Omegasyde]

I am offended of your use of the word “Nancy”.

Nancy was my great great great great grandmother whom was a Survior of the Saxon war.

;)

[subtenko]

Nancy is a bad word in non English language, please dont say that....

[senorfartcushion]

Grandma Nancy truly was the social justice warrior.

[Araragifeels]

How can the word "Demon" is an offensive term? Jesus, Mortally Challenge aka SJW people get offensive just for any little and specially when you go near their imaginery bubble.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I'm offended by your lack of proofreading.

[Araragifeels]

I could care less about proofreading. I will focus on that once I get back to class.

[TheOptimist]

I love the comment and reaction here.

[Uglyday]

Demon and Jesus in one post! Careful or you might incapacitate the author of this article.

[G3ng4r]

Boohoo my feelings. Your freedom of speech ends where my feelings begin you know this. Pronouns etc.

[Gh05t]

Please tell that to the author of this article because that is where it should start.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I can understand if it was against your religious belief, but if that was the case you wouldn't be looking at a game like Doom in the first place.

[ReesesPuffs]

I thought it was hilarious. If you're getting offended by a throwaway joke in a video game or you're shocked you're being offended by a Doom game you need to take a step back and reevaluate your life decisions.

[garos82]

pathetic privileged spoilt brats. Go back to the hole from which youve crawled out of and just leave gaming alone

[PlatinumGX]

Garbage SJW article.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Not offended by it, I just think it's corny to see this in Doom.

[Nintentional]

Your comment is corny 🌽

[KwietStorm_BLM]

You used an emoji but my comment is corny. If it makes you feel better I guess.

[SCW1982]

Did you play the 2016 reboot, this is absolutely in line with that games humor.

[Nintentional]

Okay and I got 4 agrees to your 6 disagrees 🌽🌽🌽

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

You could argue it's a jab at modern society, which ironically this article could prove said case, although I doubt that was case, I find it hilarious when I think it like this.

[SCW1982]

Shut up. This is ridiculous

[franwex]

I thought it was a funny chuckle worthy joke, it's just a case of the Anti-sjw crowd now is praising it like if it was a laugh out loud riot that is kinda ruins it. It's a strange type of tribe that has formed. I thought the sjw where annoying, the anti-sjw are beyond annoying.

[Omegasyde]

So are the people who don’t understand how it can be offensive, anti-sjw?

There isn’t such a thing.

You either are offended or not offended. There is no science to it.

[franwex]

No sir, an anti-sjw tribe has formed, and anytime someone says something edgy they get all up in arms and try to defend whatever it was said. Often times without anyone really getting offended. The youtube comments on the reveal are full of comments like:
SJW comments inbound!
Hahaha, hilarious! Take that SJWs!!
They don't even talk about the game. It's getting kinda annoying. If there were any SJW comments then, yeah rip on them for commenting on a freaking DOOM video of all things. But when something gets populated with a bunch of anti-sjw comments-without anyone getting offended is cringy.

It's like people are getting offended by the prospect of other people possibly getting offended now.
An inception level of offending.

And that offends me.

[Omegasyde]

Pretty Sure it’s more like your “anti-sjw” are just people telling the sjws to stop whining.

[franwex]

Omega
Right. When there’s not even whining from them yet.
I’m pointing out the irony in getting mad at people that are getting mad.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I internally chuckled, to be fair, it's a pretty hot issue these days, even though it shouldn't be.

[Chaosdreams]

"This parodying of new words to replace offensive terminology is a commonplace gag in right-wing circles, often a means of ridiculing the stereotypical “social justice warrior” that, in the eyes of the right, have become too sensitive and overly-offended by the minutiae of controversial comedy."

Look. I'm on the left side of things, but there's merit in the sjw tag when you try to fabricate and connect dots with a garbage written piece like this. You can't nitpick at things that aren't even there and then claim to be doing some moral justice - which is what you're aiming to do, hence why people love to use the sjw term in the first place.

You do a huge disservice for when actual discussion ought to take place.

"At first glance, you’d assume that Doom Eternal exists purely to provide catharsis for those craving a responsive, ultra-violent shooter."

That's exactly what the game is about. Nothing more (well some plot) and nothing less.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Alot of people consider me pretty far left (looking at myself I'm not so sure that is true), but I can't see anything but the humor in it, not offended by the game at all.

[bluefox755]

So boring you felt compelled to write an article about it.

[TheOtherVitaOwner]

clutch those pearls dude

[The7Reaper]

Quit pouting over a joke.

[Sidewinder-]

The poor troubled author.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

It's okay, we'll get him a nice straitjacket or something and someone to talk to.

[masterfox]

what?, Doom Eternal gameplay was freaking awesome, not sure what the hell this article is aiming at and definitely not planning reading it after that nonsense article title.

[Azure142]

I had a good laugh for about 5 minutes after hearing it, i'm laughing even more now that people are so offended by it

[Darkwatchman]

If there was ever an article in existence that ever made me want to completely dissociate from the industry, it’s this garbage right here. IT’S JUST A MINDLESS KILLING DEMONS GAME FOR FUN. HAVE FUN. STOP FINDING REASON TO BE OFFENDED BY EVERYTHING

[spicelicka]

I read the article and it seems like very subtle satire, can anyone confirm?

[Lon3wolf]

I can confirm that if that was meant to be satire, it was so subtle no one else appears to have read that into it.

[equal_youth]

Ehehehehe

[isarai]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B...

[Surt]

Sjw get to be called SJW because they have placed there idiot self righteousness on feelings (mostly theirs) having more value than it actually does. More so in regards to logic. But Sentiment ain't logic. Nor is it equal to it. This trend of raising soy boys with skin as thin as tissue paper makes one wonder if Thorazine was never made would we have so many SJW as we do now? Like what if lobotomy was still a thing?

I'm just stating from an observation stand point. I know some sensitive lads and lasses that I actually like and would not want them to go thru with that, but question is still a interesting one.

[FrenchFryNarwhal]

Who approved this garbage and why did we let it get this high up?

[Vanfernal]

So this "journalist" says "demon" can be an offensive term on an article about Doom... Well the younger generation won't know. But when you were playing Doom back in the DOS days when you were about to quit the game it literally THREATENED TO SUMMON SATAN INTO YOUR HARDDRIVE. How about this guy stops playing games rated M for mature and goes back to his safe place.

[mandingo]

Here come the SJW’s. So sensitive my god

[jimbost79]

You've got to be fucking kiddin me.

[pinkystinkinc]

This offends me i will write article about poop blop blapp

[ps5fanboy]

Lmfao,fk satan,n his spawn with shotgun pellets. * evil bloodfaced grin of mad marine* :) you know d score,pass me the rpg n bfg.

[zachyBROosevelt]

Why is this even able to get published? Right, left,SJW,racist.... its fucking DOOM man. Can't we all just rip and tear together?

[Biunpe05]

Oh FFS......... Damn libs are gonna be the death of all thats is fun & good.

[CDbiggen]

Something tells me this game is gonna sell

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Controversy is always good for sales right?

[Profchaos]

Wow people are weird especially those who use outrage and offense like it's a sport constantly like who can we be mad at today

[MWH]

If you don't like turn your head, does this work for you?

[Smokehouse]

It’s like we live in a world of glass joes. “It’s so offensive that it’s boring”. So it’s not offensive then..........

[Futureshark]

As we say in the UK, "What a massive twat!"

[RyanShutup]

It's amazing, I love it, keep up the good work Bethesda. I think collectively the silent majority is fed up with this PC perpetually offended whiney culture. The majority LOVES shit like this... and the majority will buy the shit out of this game.

[ShockUltraslash]

Triggered Eternal.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Instead of Eternal, lets call it Doom: The Triggering.

[Angerfist]

The only offensive thing here is this article.
I get it, you have low t and are afraid of playing as a strong male but thats your problem not ours

[AK91]

What are you talking about? It was hilariously awesome.

[goathouse774]

*biggest eye roll on the face of the Earth*

Give it a fucking rest. Is it ever your day off from saving the world?

[Tankbusta40]

Cripple isn't used anymore??? NOW THAT'S NEWS TO ME

[ninsigma]

Yeah, can't say I was aware that cripple was now an offensive term 🤔 What isn't offensive now a days though? 🤷‍♂️

[CaitSith]

A game that rips through demons to shreds and they find offense in a little joke, because feelings?
Snowflakes.

[OhMyGandhi]

Reading this gave me indigestion. This is so stupid. Please.
This brings the entire concept of sensitivity, drags that bar to the extreme, and then shoves a slightly worn, but nonetheless lovable teddy bear into its arms, a night light to bathe it under a warm glow for protection and a pacifier to hush its cries and lull it to sleep while Kenny Rankin plays softly in the background.

Like, in this climate, it's amazing to me that anything gets published anymore. And then we, as a population, are surprised when that published thing gets watered down the point where it's so inoffensive as to almost make no statement whatsoever.

[Casepb]

This has got to be the dumbest thing on the internet that I've seen all day. If you truly give a fuck about something so trivial you need to get a life.

[warriorcase]

This is one retarded article. It's so full of PC "You shouldn't be Offensive" garbage that it almost reads like a parody or bit. Why is games media obsessed with politics and try to tie the two together so hard? It's like when everyone tried to make Wolfenstien 2 some big political piece for killing all white Nazis, which according to "games journalists" was either racist against whites or trying to cash in on Americas political climate (Because apparently the USA is overrun with Nazis....). Wolfenstien has been about killing Nazis without remorse since 1981.

[47]

Lol. It’s not. You know it’s not, but continue this tired trope anyway. Gamers are reclaiming the culture war and jokes like the “mortally challenged” joke heard in the Doom gameplay is only the beginning.

[madpuppy]

Well, it's not like the whiny SJW's are ACTUAL paying customers, SO THEY CAN GO POUND SAND!!!!!

[tigertron]

I'm far left and even I think the SJWs are ruining things. The Doom joke is NOT offensive.

[mastershredder]

“Offensively Boring” Pretty much sums up gaming journalism as a whole.

[2ndhandcorn]

Wow quick to point fingers the SJW morons such outrage over nothing , getting to a point of wanting to back hand the next person that gets all triggered in my real life ha ha .

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I can't believe we've become so PC we even have to discuss something so harmlessly fun, I think we need another flood or something, at least Id Software can fit in some jokes poking fun at how ridiculous our society has become.

[l33t_haxx0r]

In the future if a war breaks out, where all screwed if people cry about being offended all the time.. Ohe noes I can't defend my country I'm to upset they used mean words against me....

[bigmalky]

You are lame and boring and not one of my favourite crying article writers.

[BumpFrankie]

I respect your opinion in this article. I personally feel like you're making mountains out of mole hills. It was a dumb little joke, not a big deal in my opinion.

[zRude]

Quality S*IT "journalism"

[Matpan]

oh gimme a break... ffs.

[Nacho_Z]

I'm going to assume this is satire because the alternative is too ridiculous to contemplate.

[jznrpg]

It’s a dumb joke but not offensive imo. This is agree to disagree article . Pass

[mixelon]

I see where she’s coming from but I’ll wait and see where Bethesda are going with it. It’s interesting to have meta-commentary on issues in a medium regardless of agreeing with the politics of the comedy, I can imagine making jokes like this and I’m super leftist, I don’t think it’s saying what some people think it is.

I don’t tend to dissect jokes to this degree? This rarely happens in other mediums.. You can twist this around and use it to target the other side anyway, it’s.. down to interpretation. 😅

[Gh05t]

The issue is that jokes are always and will always be at someones expense if you believe the general philosophical consensus of humor.

Every joke made can be dissected into a "larger" problem. What bothers me and really what I read that bothers most people is the implication that by making or laughing at the joke you are complicit or defending the subject matter which is what is so absurd to the majority of us. If someone makes a joke about a van and free candy are they really saying they believe or support that the person driving/owning the van is a child abductor? No they are using a scenario with "throw away" humor to make a one liner just for grins joke.

Granted this was a little more in depth but to assume the worst intentions when it comes to humor is what gets me. I also dont believe this person feels the same way about humor that people she doesn't agree with would find offensive. Does she check herself and break down things she doesnt find offensive but others do to the same degree and analyze her own feelings and then compare them? I highly doubt it and that is why I dont trust her to begin with, She attacked a joke that offended her but didnt mention anything about self reflection of jokes made at others expense that DONT offend her.

[lociefer]

People like you are the reason why it sucks so hard living in present time. If this legit offends you, then you're better off locking yourself in a room and not having offsprings, you're not ready for the real world and we sure as hell don't need people like you

[AAWELLS09]

Some people literally look for things to be offended by. What a weak minded person you'd have to be to be offended by this. I'm so glad I'm not like that.

[ballisticvoodoo]

**SNOWFLAKE** ALERT!

[sampsonon]

i agree with the article, even though there are bigger fights to be fought out there.
remember though, they are the bad guys, and bad guys make these jokes.

it would be like watching a movie about the klan and complaining that they used the N word.

so maybe it wasn't supposed to be a joke, maybe it was written to show that the bad guys are just doing and saying what bad guys do.

[iofhua]

Poor snowflakes.

:`((

If you don't like the game, don't play it.

[Tankbusta40]

Man I am glad I wasn't born a millennial...

How did the world get from encouraging people to stand up to bullies, even if you lost the fight it was respectable to this stuff?

[THRASHMOUTH]

Sage goes in all fields.

[Drithe]

Guys like the original poster of this pc nonsense makes a living posting stuff like this because he is smart enough to know that people will click on his site and make him some money. I wouldn't even give him the satisfaction of going to his site. He and that site will do anything to get a click. Polygon is the WORST.

So when you see far left liberal and far right propaganda gaming sites avoid them like the plague. Infact when they are posted you can flag them. Sometimes a political discussion is a must, but definitely not this one.

[shadowraiserx]

People reacting to a miniscule line in a 9+ hours game are stupid and boring people.

[leemo19]

Amazing each day people get more triggered over something so small, Demolition Man society gets closer and closer.

[BadElf]

This type of "offended" person is what's wrong with the world. Sickening.

Don't even give this sh:tty site a click

[BadElf]

Arent these people TIRED of acting offended EVERY damn passing second of the day??

[BadElf]

Yo momma was offensively boring last night.(I have tons of these jokes!)

[CertifiedGamer]

SJW are upset over this. I might buy the digital and physical version now. I applaud Bethesta over this. These SJW warriors get triggered over every little thing. SJW outrage is annoying. https://www.youtube.com/wat... is not a gaming site but something that pretends to be. They want gamers to not buy Dragon Quest and now they are butt-hurt over Doom Eternal.

[RiverCityBoy]

sigh. Here we go yet again...

[OMNlPOTENT]

Honestly I feel sorry for people that take offense to this type of shit. Walking down the street must be a chore getting offended everywhere.

[mezati99]

fuck off

[djsilke45]

Cry cry cry

[ajax17]

Doom is the perfect game to mock this ultra politically correct climate. They didn't go far enough in my opinion.

[PyroMessiah86]

Literally offended at people being offended that sjws are offended right now. What will I do with my life? How do I get out of this? When does this insanity end?

[DafunkyRebel]

With Muslims and North Africans destroying Europe right now and leftist SJWs welcoming it I say this whole thing with demon invasion is a true side by side comparison