This is the basic Formula that explains the ongoing failing of all DEI initiatives, including D&D. I also talk about why companies like #wotc keep doing this, to the point that Elon Musk got involved.
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This is my first hearing of the death of Meatball.  My condolences.  I know what it's like loosing a pet and friend like that.  My prayers for you and your fur ball.

Sorry to hear about Meatball's passing.  Great video!

my condolences on Meatball. Losing a pet is losing a member of the family.

At work so can't watch yet, but Rest in Peace, Meatball

My deepest condolences on the passing of Meatball.

Greetings!

Absolutely, Pundit. My sincere condolences on your loss with your cat, Meatball.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Quote from: BadApple on November 23, 2024, 06:44:36 PMThis is my first hearing of the death of Meatball.  My condolences.  I know what it's like loosing a pet and friend like that.  My prayers for you and your fur ball.

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone for their condolences.

Sorry about the loss.

wotc's fall started when the 90s wave of SJWs took over the company and its just snowballed over the years as they follow one marketing fad after another.

The other problem is that Hasbro keeps forgetting just how inept wotc is and taking the dog off the leash and then stupidly wondering why the dog wrecked the house. Over and over and over.

wotc is a company that apparently cannot stand success and for every step forward they are compelled to take ten back.

The only think keeping the sinking ship afloat is the fact the gaming community is ruthlessly ignorant and will forgive every sin the second wotc tosses them some new scraps. While clubbing them over the head at the same time.

Another thing that infests all levels of media is this completely insane obsession companies have with placing people in charge of a product... who despise the product and/or the customers.

I'm sorry to hear of your loss I only hope my condolences help.

Thanks.

I'm sorry about the death of your pet.  It is agonizing losing a much-loved companion like that.

WotC is making the same basic mistake that pretty much every company that has fallen for this DEI scam has been making.  They have been sold this idea that there is some large, lucrative "modern audience" and that they can make a lot of money if they cater to this audience.  The problem is that this modern audience is largely imaginary.  They have been courted in most kinds of media and they have consistently failed to appear.  The obvious explanation is that they never existed in the first place.  They are alienating their real audience to court an imaginary one.

One thing that has become obvious but that they refuse to acknowledge is that most consumers do not actually give a shit about capital D Diversity or representation.  They have been told "If you build it, they will come".  Well, they built it and they did not come.  Diversity and Representation are not actually selling points for most people.  At best, they are a neutral.  At worst, they are an indication that the project puts political posturing and social justice lecturing above all else.  People want things to be good.  They don't actually care if they are diverse.

Representation doesn't matter and hasn't for decades.  It was significant when Nichelle Nichols play Uhura in Star Trek.  That was in 1966.  It's not 1966 any more.  Another black female character in a TV show is not even slightly significant now.  Neither is a gay character or a female lead or any of the others things that we constantly hear are marginalized or need more representation.  People keep hearing this but we can all see for ourselves that it's bullshit.

They are trying to sell product to an imaginary audience based on something that has been a non-issue for decades that almost no one actually cares about.

 

Sorry to hear about Meatball; I know what that's like, my condolences.