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I hate the phrase “world building” but I’m not sure why

I just know it irks me much like the word “snacks&rdqu...
Lascivious heaven hairy legs
  09/09/26
it's overused for sure
iridescent sex offender
  09/09/26
Tikkun olam (/tiˈkuːn ʌˈlɑːm/, or more classically tik...
Fragrant nofapping queen of the night
  09/09/26
This runs deeper than I thought
Lascivious heaven hairy legs
  09/09/26
...
bronze disrespectful address
  09/10/26
If you succeed in mass politics you just get to collectively...
Lavender mewling hell background story
  09/09/26
I use this term a lot. Western Game Apologists like it too. ...
Domesticated electric furnace library
  09/09/26
I hate it too reminds me of faggy Redditors who live their e...
Snowy stage
  09/09/26
...
iridescent sex offender
  09/09/26
...
Turquoise telephone den
  09/09/26
There’s this repulsive tendency of Redditors to be mor...
Lascivious heaven hairy legs
  09/09/26
they also love pointing out "tropes"
Turquoise telephone den
  09/09/26
I hate when people talk about "lore" and "can...
Snowy stage
  09/09/26
Wow so glad this latest episode introduced more lore. Also w...
Snowy stage
  09/09/26
Nothing happened and nothing was said but the Lore Expanded
Lascivious heaven hairy legs
  09/09/26
Cr we should go back to redditors discussing revolutionary p...
Lavender mewling hell background story
  09/09/26
i hate the work "irks", its an unpleasant word and...
Vibrant knife institution
  09/09/26
probably because it sounds too much like worried balding
Doobsian flickering police squad
  09/09/26
Very funny champ
Lascivious heaven hairy legs
  09/09/26
Totally agree. It puts the cart before the horse and is done...
Richard Ames
  09/10/26
🤔🧐🤯
bronze disrespectful address
  09/10/26
Weren’t BotW and TotK also about Black Oil
Domesticated electric furnace library
  09/10/26
?
Lascivious heaven hairy legs
  09/10/26
Both had black shit everywhere like around hyrule castle
Domesticated electric furnace library
  09/10/26
Ummm ackshually, it was called Malice in BotW and Gloom in T...
Richard Ames
  09/10/26
The terms "gameplay loop" and "diegetic"...
Disturbing Beady-eyed Pozpig Dilemma
  09/10/26
The credited thing now is to just not play the game imo
Domesticated electric furnace library
  09/10/26
your hairline needs a "recomp" champ
Disturbing Beady-eyed Pozpig Dilemma
  09/10/26
Games made by people who don't actually like to play games a...
Richard Ames
  09/10/26


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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: Lascivious heaven hairy legs

I just know it irks me much like the word “snacks” does. Disgusting word.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125746)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: iridescent sex offender

it's overused for sure

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125750)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Fragrant nofapping queen of the night

Tikkun olam (/tiˈkuːn ʌˈlɑːm/, or more classically tikkun ha'olam; Hebrew: תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם, romanized: tiqqūn ʻōlām, lit. 'repairing the world'), is a religious concept in Judaism, which refers to various forms of action intended to repair and improve the world.

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In the modern era, particularly among the post-Haskalah movements, tikkun ha'olam has come to refer to the pursuit of social justice,[2] or "the establishment of Godly qualities throughout the world",[3] based on the idea that "Jews bear responsibility not only for their own moral, spiritual, and material welfare, but also for the welfare of society at large".[4] This understanding of tikkun olam has deep roots in midrash, musar, and Jewish thought that connect tikkun ha'olam to building society, loving one's neighbors, and to religious humanism in general.[1]

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125752)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: Lascivious heaven hairy legs

This runs deeper than I thought

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125758)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: bronze disrespectful address



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126754)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:42 PM
Author: Lavender mewling hell background story

If you succeed in mass politics you just get to collectively leave the sludge world infested with the detritus of 80 dicks behind afaik

Almost had some success with that as I recall

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125773)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: Domesticated electric furnace library

I use this term a lot. Western Game Apologists like it too. it lets them sidestep the whole "gameplay" and "story" thing.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125754)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:38 PM
Author: Snowy stage

I hate it too reminds me of faggy Redditors who live their entire existence in fantasy games and anime

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125760)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:38 PM
Author: iridescent sex offender



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125763)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: Turquoise telephone den



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125765)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: Lascivious heaven hairy legs

There’s this repulsive tendency of Redditors to be more engrossed in “lore” and canon than concerned with a story or idea worth expressing.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125766)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:44 PM
Author: Turquoise telephone den

they also love pointing out "tropes"

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125780)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:51 PM
Author: Snowy stage

I hate when people talk about "lore" and "canon" too, because that also reminds me of the same faggy redditors

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125795)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:52 PM
Author: Snowy stage

Wow so glad this latest episode introduced more lore. Also wow can't believe the people saying x, thats just pure head canon. Although the idea of y has now been retconned and isn't canon anymore. It has been fully erased from lore.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125798)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:59 PM
Author: Lascivious heaven hairy legs

Nothing happened and nothing was said but the Lore Expanded

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125817)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:46 PM
Author: Lavender mewling hell background story

Cr we should go back to redditors discussing revolutionary politics instead

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125784)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: Vibrant knife institution

i hate the work "irks", its an unpleasant word and feels pointy.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125818)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 9:15 PM
Author: Doobsian flickering police squad

probably because it sounds too much like worried balding

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125830)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Lascivious heaven hairy legs

Very funny champ

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50125833)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 11:35 AM
Author: Richard Ames

Totally agree. It puts the cart before the horse and is done in place of good storytelling and writing.

"World building" in a story should be emergent, not the dominant, driving force.

Imagine if The X Files' pilot episode started with some big "black oil" mystery montage instead of an investigation into the Bellefleur case.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126760)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 11:35 AM
Author: bronze disrespectful address

🤔🧐🤯

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126763)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 12:23 PM
Author: Domesticated electric furnace library

Weren’t BotW and TotK also about Black Oil

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126860)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 12:31 PM
Author: Lascivious heaven hairy legs

?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126883)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 1:16 PM
Author: Domesticated electric furnace library

Both had black shit everywhere like around hyrule castle

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50127029)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: Richard Ames

Ummm ackshually, it was called Malice in BotW and Gloom in TotK.

LOL they really are the Same Game.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50127125)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 12:14 PM
Author: Disturbing Beady-eyed Pozpig Dilemma

The terms "gameplay loop" and "diegetic" starting coming up a lot too in the last few years I feel, like stfu and let me just play the game

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126833)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 12:23 PM
Author: Domesticated electric furnace library

The credited thing now is to just not play the game imo

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126862)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 12:29 PM
Author: Disturbing Beady-eyed Pozpig Dilemma

your hairline needs a "recomp" champ

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50126876)



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Date: September 10th, 2026 1:40 PM
Author: Richard Ames

Games made by people who don't actually like to play games and learned about "what makes games fun" by reading theory. Not good!!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902092&forum_id=2#50127121)