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    Quote Originally Posted by NamiRocket View Post
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    The fact that we continue seeing the term unironically used here by people who are strictly talking about unsubbing from a video game because they are unhappy with the product is deeply goofy and unserious. The people doing it are extremely out-of-touch. It's called a boycott, not a strike. And, while there's nothing wrong with being unhappy about a product and wanting to use the power of your wallet to hopefully enact a change in said product, seeing people continually equate it to a strike is so unbelievably asinine.

    I'm sure you already know all this, but OP and people like OP clearly do not.
    Asinine that may be but uhh..
    The use of 'strike' in FFXIV was originally to do with the healer 'jobs' going in strike, refusing to participate in instances. So in an RP sense (this is an RPG) it's makes a lot of sense to use that word.
    And now it's somewhat part of the zeitgeist of the game. And so it is not without 'meaning' to communicate a sentiment, and to act as a short have to draw parallels and invoke other complaints at part of painting a bigger picture.

    They know what they mean. You know what they mean. So as 'asinine' as it might be, to take issue with it actually maybe incorrect in that you neglect the 'wider context' it 'communicates', your criticism is perhaps a little 'anal retentive'.
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    Last edited by Gurgeh; 01-05-2025 at 08:41 AM.