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Jul. 28th, 2003 01:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snarklyboojumMy Monopoly game is sexist. I know! It shocked the hell out of me, too.
We're talking the little computer game found inside Cheerios boxes lately (which isn't all that bad a game for something you have to pry out of cardboard). The iron damn-near has the accent of a Jewish housewife, and had dialog like this:
What the fuck? Granted it's cute that the game pieces are together, but give me a break. And who the hell doesn't know what happens at a waterworks plant, at least vaguely? None of the pieces react that way, in the slightest. And the trademak millionaire treats the women-voiced pieces differently. He flirts with the battleship.
*grumble grumble roar*
Am I overreacting to this? Probably. Do I care? No.
We're talking the little computer game found inside Cheerios boxes lately (which isn't all that bad a game for something you have to pry out of cardboard). The iron damn-near has the accent of a Jewish housewife, and had dialog like this:
when landing on Waterworks - "I'm not really sure what happens here, but I'm sure it's interesting!"
when going to jail - "The slammer so soon? I hope wheelbarrow likes TV dinners!"
What the fuck? Granted it's cute that the game pieces are together, but give me a break. And who the hell doesn't know what happens at a waterworks plant, at least vaguely? None of the pieces react that way, in the slightest. And the trademak millionaire treats the women-voiced pieces differently. He flirts with the battleship.
*grumble grumble roar*
Am I overreacting to this? Probably. Do I care? No.
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Date: 2003-07-29 02:59 pm (UTC)