As we used to say, "MMORPG means Many Men Online Role-playing Girls".
Which has went in a couple different directions, looking back.
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Ah, the Internet. A place where the men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents.
And the moderators have beards. Women too
And the moderators have beards.
Bold of you to assume that moderators are married.
GIRL is also an acronym for Guy In Real Life.
There are no girls on the internet
The Internet: Where men are men, women are men and the children are FBI agents.
We've always been trans-inclusive.
I genuinely wonder whether generation of people who played female avatars in MMOs to get free stuff has put the seed of TERFdom and assorted other anti-trans stereotypes into a generation of people's brains.
Nah. transpanic jokes are way older then that. The reveal at the end of the first Ace Ventura movie is an example of that. Good thing the second movie is way better.
If anything, guys playing as girls in MMOs would have softened the idea of trans people to a lot of people who would have never thought much about it.
That's... a good reason why when I watch Ace Ventura, I skip the first one and pretend there's no third one.
Honestly, even disregarding the reveal at the end of the first one, the second one is still better. It just takes the concept farther and has a better location. I don't even think most people know there's a third movie.
That was the conclusion I had even before I came out as trans
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I can remember the Yahoo chat rooms of the 90's. It's always been doods cybering lesbian sex with each other.
I put on my robe and wizard hat
I can confirm it happened at least once in MSN too 😬
why would you do this to me david
Scissor me xerces
Scissor me timbers
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There are a few reasons I can think off:
- Trick people;
- Get items;
- ~~egg~~ Experimenting the thought of not being your current gender.
But just like the anon described, it's one of the first two.
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Pretending to be a girl for free handouts in MMOs was peak metagaming.
I had a friend get a fucking voice changer just to keep the lies going when he did that in D&Donline. It still irritates me that it actually worked. Dude was rolling in gifts and invites.
And then there's us that pretended to be a girl in MMOs not for handouts, but because it turns out we're trans
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