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    A mob in the level 100 Dungeon "Tender Valley" should be renamed to avoid a slur

    One of the mobs between the first and second boss of Tender Valley is called a "Digger" - this is a non-human mob that speaks briefly in the duty, and Tender Valley appears to be at least someone based on Arizona/New Mexico.
    If you weren't aware, the term "Digger" can be/is used as a slur against the Southern Paiute people of the Colorado River Basin (California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada).
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    ...or we could stop being so sensitive about every single thing in a video game and see a slur in everything because one niche IRL society of scumbags use an english word in an undesirable manner.

    Context of how a word is used matters far more than the word itself. A digger in this case is just a description for someone who moves around soil, usually with tools.
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    That is a really unfortunate coincidence.

    The forum's probably not a great place for this complaint; the devs never read it, and people here are extremely oversensitive to anything they perceive as "SJW-adjacent". Try sending in a report through the in-game Support Desk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crystals-acest-miqo View Post
    One of the mobs between the first and second boss of Tender Valley is called a "Digger" - this is a non-human mob that speaks briefly in the duty, and Tender Valley appears to be at least someone based on Arizona/New Mexico.
    If you weren't aware, the term "Digger" can be/is used as a slur against the Southern Paiute people of the Colorado River Basin (California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada).

    Or...it can mean "somebody who DIGS"? Can we stop being offended for everything? Imagine if the devs had to check WORD BY WORD that they are not using a slur in some english speaking sub region. Not even that, Imagine they also have to check if every word is not a slur in another language?
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