Not everything is about Nazis, not everything needs to be made about Nazis. It's just a funny name.
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This is the correct response. The other comments saying that "the name being a Nazi reference isn't that big of a deal" is missing the point. Because it's not a Nazi reference.
It's just a self-aware joke about elitism in PC enthusiasts.
That doesn't remove the connotation for larger audiences. A layman will never know those details and will read master race as being about race. The social context and history are irrelevant, it's genuinely a dumb hill to die on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) "master race" is definitionally about race and the use of that social categorization to commit genocide; the concept of race and so-called "race science" are not really funny tbh
I'm in agreement with you btw lol I think the names dumb, wanting to keep the master race title is the dumb hill to die on.
Never made the connection. I think its a bit far fetched to get worked up about, but PC Gaming Race could work i guess
So far fetched the tech industry has been working to get rid of master/slave and blacklist/whitelist for years. Definitely just OP noticed tho
I mean, haven't you heard the discussions around PC vs Console?
It's a tongue-in-cheek commentary of the vitriol surrounding that discussion, at least that was my take.
Only someone from an inferior console race would suggest that