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My brother doesn't "believe" in Skyrim modding. What can I show him to convince him? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Graphine@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world

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He's 19, 4 years younger than me. I played Vanilla when it released and started modding when I was 15. He still plays Skyrim now from time to time and honestly, he knows it better than I do. Does glitches, has full ebony armor, etc. Anyway, I've been doing some Xbox modding recently and he has this stupid mentality that mods are "retarded" and ruin the feel of the game, and that the flaws of vanilla are what make it good. Even when I've said, "Well you gotta run out of content, so what then? Why not mod?" And his response is essentially just, "It's not made by Bethesda therefore it's bad, and it's not canon so it's equally bad. Every mod doesn't fit in Skyrim". I've tried showing him the Inigo mod and explained how much better he is than vanilla followers but he just won't have it.

I am at a loss. He is missing out on HUNDREDS of new content.

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[–] dewritoninja@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone who still uses that word is a complete asshole. Just accept that your brother is a lost cause

[–] Graphine@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Retarded?

I mean, maybe it's because I live in North Texas but on occasion me and close friends will use it when talking about subjects. What's the problem there?

[–] hypelightfly@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What’s wrong with "retard"? I can only tell you what it means to me and people like me when we hear it. It means that the rest of you are excluding us from your group. We are something that is not like you and something that none of you would ever want to be. We are something outside the "in" group. We are someone that is not your kind. I want you to know that it hurts to be left out here, alone.”
– John Franklin Stephens, Special Olympics Virginia athlete and Global Messenger

When saying the R-word, “What we mean is that he is as stupid as someone who is mentally handicapped, and we mean that in the most derogatory sense. The implication is that the only characteristic of mentally handicapped individuals is their stupidity.”
– Crystal, Stanford, CA

https://www.spreadtheword.global/resource-archive/r-word-effects

[–] Graphine@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Oops, sorry. I didn't realize I was being so retarded.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s been a slur for at least a decade now. Same with the F-Slur, it’s just not an acceptable term to use to describe people any longer. The other commenter linked a really good quote about why too.

[–] Graphine@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Tbh I don't care.