portachking Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hey Guys, Not going to beat around the bush here. I love Launchbox, but I hate the Thank You button. It's totally inappropriate and reinforces a stupid and frankly tired Asian stereotype. Can we change this something more inclusive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm sorry but I have to disagree. The text from the thank you message is based on bad grammatical translation in some games it doesn't poke fun of Asian people in general but at the translations from the games. People have become to over sensitive to matters of race and political correctness. It is a small harmless joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 You raise a good point, @portachking. I most often don't even think about video game mistranslations from a racial perspective, but I imagine some people could be offended by it. @DOS76, you're very right, the over-sensitivity is getting ridiculous. That said, I'm not out to offend anyone, and especially not racially. So, sigh, I'll have to take it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portachking Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Jason, I really hope I haven't upset you or anyone. I don't think in an oversensitive person, but the text rubbed me wrong. What else can I say? I really like the idea of a videogame themed thank you. Rather than look at this as an experience you need to remove something, perhaps it's be better to see it as an opportunity to improve it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 No offense taken, @portachking, I appreciate you keeping me in check, as I do not want to be blindly offending people when that was not at all the intent. Yeah, I replaced it with what we had just so I could replace it quickly. I'm very much up for ideas! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd00 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Ha, great idea @bd00. I love it. Any other ideas before I jump on that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd00 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 This thread just made me think of that, thought it was funny. @hippyshake had some good ideas, maybe he could pipe up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippyshake Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 bd000 said This thread just made me think of that, thought it was funny. @hippyshake had some good ideas, maybe he could pipe up. I appreciate that, but those were the height of my creativity. lol (Sorry for the late reply...money's been tight lately and I forgot to pay the ISP bill, then couldn't for a while. ) This is not a knock against portachking because I can certainly see his viewpoint, but the "all-inclusiveness" thing has gotten a bit out of control, in my opinion. I actually had to scrap a sermon recently that was about the different facets of God as "God the Father,*" because (I was told) not everyone grew up with a father and so they might be offended and wouldn't know what I was talking about. Yet, we constantly refer to him in Worship Services and prayer as "God the Father" (and the entire point of the sermon was to define him for everyone in the same way). For my part in the Asian translation debacle (because I did suggest some of them), it's never been about being insensitive. The poor translations I quoted were never about making fun of people (nor would I ever find someone actually struggling with the language as humorous); rather, they were about poor quality control of a marketed product. I find them to be kind of funny in the same way I find or to be kind of funny: They're just honest mistakes that should have been caught before being sold. With the video game references, it's also that the collector and geek in me loves the history behind them, and makes me squee a little with joy at how innocent the medium was back then. All of that being said, however, I'm adding a "Thank You" to portaching's original post, because I can definitely see where some people might find this kind of thing offensive and stereotyping. In that case, motive doesn't matter, so it's something I should be aware of. In all sincerity, I say: Thank you for opening my eyes a little wider. Oh, and one more, because it's my favorite: XD (*How he loves us, guides us, and disciplines us) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd00 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 LOL Love those! I have to agree, it is getting pretty ridiculous these days. But it is what it is and not something that can be tackled easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Glad you're back, @Hippyshake. You were missed. :) I still love @bd00's suggestion, but the forums software has some irritating limitations, and I can't get it implemented well. It automatically adds spaces around the user's name, and there's no way to get rid of the colon. So, hmm. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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