• JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    782·
    1 year ago

    Good. Defy unjust laws brazenly whenever possible, otherwise change will never happen

  • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    621·
    1 year ago

    This isn’t Nintendo “defying” anything, they’re just going with the times.

    Clarification: There is no law specifically banning gay marriage in Japan(it’s just not included yet), courts support giving gay people constitutional protection, they legally reckognize gay marriage if married in another country, around 70% of people openly support it, etc.

    There are also dozens of large cities and wards that have a “civil union” style system that helps with the strict apartment renting system in Japan and similar things like having a right to see your loved one in a hospital, some add provisons so gay couple can adopt as well.

        • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          In popular anime and Japanese games there are dozens of characters that are gender neutral, open cross dressers, transgender, etc. Some anime have characters that are specifically made to be gender neutral, as a part of the plot.

          Individuals don’t care that much, it’s just that the culture in and of itself is a bit conservative. So long term/permanent changes take a long time to implement, specially when it comes to things like the constition and federal laws. To further illustrate: Some companies still use floppy disks…

          As an example:

          Felix Argyle - A male charcter in a fairly popular anime(In Japan and internationally), which dresses and acts feminine but is fully open about being male if you ask. It’s just that most people in the show don’t ask.

    • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1025·
      1 year ago

      I mean, legality aside, lots of companies have suffered financially for doing anything perceived as supporting anything LGBTQ lately. Target, Starbucks, Bud, etc. They’re definitely defying the urge to stay silent and neutral when it seems best to for business.

        • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
          171·
          1 year ago

          They haven’t, every single one of them are up Y/Y on revenue as of their last earnings. This dude is just trying to drum up outrage.

        • beefcat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          91·
          1 year ago

          Jesus christ you fucking killed him man.

          Also I had no idea the conservative backlash against these companies was so anemic. It really warms my heart to know that these bigoted fuckwits really are a loud minority.

          • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            It almost always is! There’s a lot of shit wrong in this world, but where American hillbillies choose to spend their money is absolutely not worth the media/social media attention we give it for some reason.

        • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          118·
          1 year ago

          Look at their stock prices though… everything has been bullish. Theirs have been dropping.

      • UlrikHD@programming.dev
        English
        15·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think a Japanese company targeting the youth is concerned about what American conservatives think.

        • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          Cool. I think it’s generally “easier, albeit lazy and wrong, for companies to choose be silent, and I give Nintendo some credit for not going with the “easy” option.

      • Hypersapien@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        You have to look at their customer makeup. Budweiser losing money doesn’t surprise me at all but I’m kind of surprised at Starbucks. Although they probably have a lot of Karens going there, too

        • oatscoop@midwest.socialEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Starbucks could just be a victim of the economic downturn: anyone looking to spend less is going to start with expensive coffee drinks.

      • magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
        41·
        1 year ago

        I not sure if there’s that cause and effect. It’s probably more something in the lines of:

        “How can we turn around this failing business? I know! Let’s openly support LGBTQ! That will make people return to buy our product. Oh no! People didn’t care.”

        • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          38·
          1 year ago

          Those businesses weren’t failing. The decline in sales is perfectly timed with right wing outrage. 30-40% of this country is now triggered by rainbows.

            • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              18·
              1 year ago

              Sorry. Sales wasn’t the right term.

              Their stocks have dropped by an average of 20% when others have done the reverse.

              Corporations like to see their stocks go up not down. FYI.

              • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
                91·
                1 year ago

                Their stock prices dropped because they missed previous earnings. SBUX and BUD are up big since they beat. Share prices are closely correlated with earnings FYI.

                Stop pulling nonsense out of your ass to elicit an emotional reaction.

                • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  28·
                  1 year ago

                  Stop being emotional

                  Ok, dude. You seem really unable to have a discussion at all. You’re the only one who seems upset on the attack and doing the keyboard warrior dance.

                  I don’t mind being corrected, or discussing the details. I’ve shown no emotion in this.

  • BirdieNumNum@lemmy.world
    English
    431·
    1 year ago

    Surprised Mario Kart hasn’t been labeled “woke” by conservatives yet over Rainbow Road!

    • pizza_rolls@kbin.social
      25·
      1 year ago

      In this case, sure. But they are also doing a lot of big shitty corporation things, like going after emulators despite not offering any alternatives to be able to play older games.

      • pale_tony@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        141·
        1 year ago

        PR or not, they’re doing something fairly radical as a Japanese company. It means a lot coming from them and in defiance of government/public discrimination.

        I agree with your sentiment about their actions towards emulators but I think the issues can reasonably be separated out.

  • mightyfoolish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    1 year ago

    It’s incredible to see Nintendo change their stance on anything. One of the most conservative companies I can think of when it comes to why topic.

    • richyawyingtmv@lemmy.ml
      English
      14·
      1 year ago

      Nah, they’ve changed since the old days. Look at how much is released completely uncensored on the Switch compared to PlayStation - Sony’s rules are significantly stricter.

      When it comes to emulation and game preservation though…ha, no - Nintendo have stayed just as bad and clueless as ever