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1980s Dungeons and Dragons Breakdown -- Satanism And The Occult

Started by Shawn Driscoll, November 12, 2019, 02:02:10 AM

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Shawn Driscoll

1980s Dungeons and Dragons Breakdown. Satanism And The Occult. Another take on something that didn't happen in my Los Angeles. Not that I'm a denier or anything. It's just that D&D was understood to be a fantasy wargame for nerds at the time.

[video=youtube;lfa6SEI0N5s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfa6SEI0N5s[/youtube]

Omega

We just had a satanic panic thread a couple of weeks ago.

Dimitrios

I was playing D&D at the time, and my impression was and is that the satanic panic was very region dependent. It was  big deal in some places and had no impact at all in others. And by "region dependent" I don't mean regions of the country, or even state by state variations. It was more like county by county.

hedgehobbit

Quote from: Dimitrios;1113627I was playing D&D at the time, and my impression was and is that the satanic panic was very region dependent.
Not only did it vary by region but it overall effect has been vastly overblown in the last two decades. If it wasn't for the constant belly-aching by RPGers, no one would even remember it.

MonsterSlayer

Quote from: hedgehobbit;1113631Not only did it vary by region but it overall effect has been vastly overblown in the last two decades. If it wasn't for the constant belly-aching by RPGers, no one would even remember it.

This^

tenbones

I'd lose a few levels wrestling with that succubus. That's all I got.

RandyB

Quote from: hedgehobbit;1113631Not only did it vary by region but it overall effect has been vastly overblown in the last two decades. If it wasn't for the constant belly-aching by RPGers, no one would even remember it.

I believe that the issue is currently being astroturfed, to draw attention away from the Woke Problem.

Steven Mitchell

Quote from: RandyB;1113639I believe that the issue is currently being astroturfed, to draw attention away from the Woke Problem.

Got it in one.  Not the first time its been revived for similar reasons, either.

Brad

Quote from: Steven Mitchell;1113646Got it in one.  Not the first time its been revived for similar reasons, either.

I watched 20 seconds of that video before that dude's voice and delivery turned me off forever...can you expand on this?
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

RandyB

Quote from: Brad;1113647I watched 20 seconds of that video before that dude's voice and delivery turned me off forever...can you expand on this?

I didn't need to watch the video. It's "Whataboutism" in reaction to the anti-Woke activity among RPG players.

jeff37923

Goddamnit, just read the fucking Pulling Report already......

So many of these YouTube "experts" can't tell the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground yet people think that they are valid sources.
"Meh."

Ratman_tf

Quote from: RandyB;1113639I believe that the issue is currently being astroturfed, to draw attention away from the Woke Problem.

[video=youtube;l8o5fxnDUjs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8o5fxnDUjs[/youtube]
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RandyB

Quote from: jeff37923;1113654Goddamnit, just read the fucking Pulling Report already......

So many of these YouTube "experts" can't tell the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground yet people think that they are valid sources.
It didn't happen in a vacuum, either. It was one piece of a greater whole.

Anthony Pacheco

Quote from: jeff37923;1113654Goddamnit, just read the fucking Pulling Report already......

So many of these YouTube "experts" can't tell the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground yet people think that they are valid sources.

Just like Boomers watching 60 Minutes. Imma like these dudes couldn't report their way out of a paper bag and my older relatives were all like "mah Wallace poser!"
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Bren

Quote from: RandyB;1113657It didn't happen in a vacuum, either. It was one piece of a greater whole.
True and to be fair, someone's  mommy burning their kid's D&D rules because she believed the hysteria is in no way comparable to the effect on those people arrested for (or even worse convicted of) imaginary Satanic sex crimes.
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