• @froztbyte
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    112 days ago

    Where does this NPC meme even come from

    probably fucking 4chan once again

    • @bitofhope
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      122 days ago

      It did in fact come from the *chans, but what I’m wondering is how it became a thing. Anons making wild leaps of logic after being told some people don’t experience verbal inner monologue is still a couple steps removed from the kind of right wing mainstreaming of the weird idea that most people supposedly lack sentience.

      I guess the supposed appeal is in the implicit dehumanization and racism.

      • @froztbyte
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        81 day ago

        I guess the supposed appeal is in the implicit dehumanization and racism.

        yeah, that’s actually how I’ve always read it. looking at people in lives stretched to the limit of tolerance by the pure drive for survival, and instead of having a fucking lick of empathy and going “wow yeah, all this is kinda shitty, maybe we should change it” they go “oh yeah very clearly this person is incapable of self-directed behaviour and action”