Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[HyoMinPark]

I don't agree with that at all. Pixels are pixels. If pixels don't matter, which is a blanket statement in and of itself, then you can't turn right around and go "oh but THESE pixels are important, they should be defended." That's being hypocritical. Cosmetics and graphics all boil down to pixels on a screen that don't physically exist, so it's just plain silly to make fun or downplay people that place an importance on their avatar's pixels when just about everyone cares about some aesthetic aspect in this game. Otherwise this very mod we're debating wouldn't exist: it was clearly important enough for someone to make and others to install and to use.

The issue you have is you are conflating yourself with your own character. Separate the two, because they are not the same. When people use “your character is just pixels on a screen, it’s completely different from real life” as a response, it’s because you’re saying that someone seeing your character naked is the same thing as someone seeing YOU naked in real life. They are not the same thing, no matter how much of yourself you put into your character. They are not you.

I have had my character (Hyomin Park) since 2012. I have used her in FFXIV since 2015. But she is not me, no matter how attached I am to her, no matter how much time I put into her. She is not me. Her being nude on someone’s screen has little to no bearing on me, because it is not like I am the one naked on their screen. Aside from the fact that I wouldn’t even know about being naked unless they sent me messages telling me as such.