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(CW: nazi symbols) someone at GOG better get fired for this, yikes 😬 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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The "Bro visited his friend" meme template. In panel one, a character says "hi GOG any new deals tod-" and another character, labeled with the GOG.com logo, replies with the screenshot of a mail header titled "Slavic adventures 𖥞 ꥟ ϟϟ". In the second panel, the first character looks at the second one with a worried look on their face.

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[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think that this person that definitely was born yesterday should read the GOG response:

I want to briefly address the discussion as a GOG representative. The Sowilo rune is part of my cultural and historical heritage. As a Pole, I am fully aware of both its history and the sensitivities surrounding it. Its use in this promotion was intended solely as a reference to the sun, which is central to the game being promoted.

What was displayed in several devices as doppelrune is out of our control. ᛋ was displayed as ϟ on several devices. We should pay more attention to checking it on a different systems and devices. I also recognize that placing two such runes next to each other could create an unfortunate association with symbols used by the Nazi regime. This was noticed before distribution, and out of respect for local sensitivities, the material was not sent to the German community.

At the same time, I do not believe that symbols with a history spanning more than a thousand years should be defined solely by their misuse in the modern history. Allowing that would mean accepting that those who corrupted these symbols now own their meaning.

As a Pole, I have every reason to treat this history with seriousness and respect. Precisely because of that, I reject any suggestion that this promotion carried an extremist message. It did not. It was a reference to the historical symbol of the sun, nothing more.

Yeah lil bro that was born yesterday, GOG knew that the symbols could be a problem and decide to send this shit to everyone minus Germany where they could face legal repercussion.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago

The Sowilo rune is part of my cultural and historical heritage. As a Pole, I am fully aware of both its history and the sensitivities surrounding it. Its use in this promotion was intended solely as a reference to the sun, which is central to the game being promoted.

hitler-detector ^beep^ ^beep^ ^beep^ ^beep^ ^beep^

I also recognize that placing two such runes next to each other could create an unfortunate association with symbols used by the Nazi regime.

then why post it? soviet-hmm

At the same time, I do not believe that symbols with a history spanning more than a thousand years should be defined solely by their misuse in the modern history.

No, no their history doesn't span a thousand years, they got used, then forgotten, became a historical artifact and were revivded over a thousand years later by a certain political movement.

It was a reference to the historical symbol of the sun, nothing more.

yeah yeah and the wolfsangel just means "national identity" it just kinda looks like a nazi symbol nothing sus going on there

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

German here, it was sent to me.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago

So not even this part of their response is true LMAO.