Mod users in FFXIV are getting out of control

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Like I mean, I don't think it' unreasonable to respect people's wishes and not view them in the buff.

Except they aren't seeing you naked, they're seeing a fictional character naked. No matter your investment or personal attachment, the avatar you play is not real. It's this distinction some people seem to forget. If I run a dungeon nude, that has no bearing on my actual self.

You kind of contradicted yourself here. If it's just pixels and they don't matter, then why would it matter to you if mods improving visuals get affected? After all, the visuals of this game are just pixels. Therefore they shouldn't matter or be worth defending. But we all know that's not the case.

You are omitting the context in which that statement was made. People have said it's only pixel in response to those attempting to draw a correlation between their character and their real world selves. Hence the replies of people mortified they are being seen naked when it's "pixels on a screen." There is a distinction here which we need to make.