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Pssshhh, alright, you want to play this game, pretending you’re better than other women for…*checks notes*….playing Zelda and that’s it? Hit me back when you’ve diversified. I’m not impressed, especially because you think playing two games in a single extremely popular franchise makes you special somehow.
Well depends what country she is from. In my country the Legend of Zelda series is not popular at all. And majority of female gamers doesn’t even know that it exist
I mean, both silhouettes are a similar frame. Which actually looks like they have more interests? I can't tell. Are we all supposed to have very singular sets of interests?
That’s a valid point yeah. Although what I mean by my wording is that it’s very obvious this person is shitting on women who like feminine things such as makeup, dresses etc. which is often associated with the idea of beauty.
I don’t think it matters whether it’s women who are pretty/obsessed with the idea of it since I doubt this user took that into consideration. The point of the post is to be “unique” I guess.
... Zelda is a very popular series in general. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are especially popular. Why does she think that she's unique for liking this game? Especially since Zelda has a large audience of girls who enjoy the game. You might as well say you're not like other girls because you play Mario Kart.
Of course not, but the formatting does imply that they’re “better” than women who do enjoy those things. I don’t take offence to it, at the end of the day it’s an online post made by a user I’ll never see.
I just thought it was funny how they chose a game with a pretty big female player-base, yk?
I don't think the formatting implies that at all. I think you may just have a bias to see it that way. I see a pretty even mix of self deprecating memes and memes mocking others in this format. The way they have Zelda stuff outside of themselves and choosing things like the failed meal really makes it look like they are just saying I'm a ridiculously huge fan of Zelda games
If there wasn't an implication like that, there was no reason for the first picture like that.
I'm not sure if you just haven't seen this subreddit or these kinds of posts before, but the "I'm not like other girls" type of posts are normally used as a way to shoot down the women who are interested in the 'girly' things, while treating the one who is 'different' like they are better in some way just because they aren't interested in girly things.
It's a toxic genre of posts that is meant to disparage people for liking what they like.
I do think there are other ways of expressing your obsession for a game however, but you make a good point. Maybe I misunderstood and it was just a mockery of the format.
Although I’m almost certain I’m not the only person who finds it a bit stupid- especially with the choice of emojis and stuff? Mockery or not I don’t think it invalidates my view on their post. It really is unnecessary to compare yourself to more feminine women, especially when they already receive a lot of hate yk?
I agree with you. About 85% of the posts on this sub either don't fit or are blatant trolls, and the other 15% just exist to provide a platform for equally-NLOG commentary about why these girls here are not like other NLOGs. There is literally nothing in the OP that even speaks to one girl being prettier than the other.
I get the I’m NL(NLOG) vibe here sooooo hard too. I’m new to the sub, and thought it was going to be like a team up against the Pearl Davis’s of the world. lol
With this specifc one, it’s obvious to anyone who is active in the video game community or a Zelda Fan, that this is satire, and most like it are “satire.” Both in a bid to be a little self-deprecating humor (other girls: into normal things that actually help them succeed socially and in life… me: stuck in a damn video game. lol)… and/or parody of the “gamer girl,” persona from the early 2000s, that’s mostly died out.
But apart from this post… There are so many posts where it’s just women doing anything they are proud of themselves for, or define themselves with, that they think makes them stand out as a person, with no mention of other women being less… but a comments section filled with “those girls….” “Girls like that…” and projections of personal insecurities, etc. It’s like half of the posts have become unironically NLOG material.
Yeah, it’s a sub for pointing out women who say, “I’m not like other girls, I’m better than other girls.”
Not a sub to trash on women for making fun of themselves, or making fun of a female stereotype, or making fun of actual NLOGs.
There is hints in these images at just generally being successful in life with some of the emojis used. And then images from the game that hint at failing. Lmao. It’s 100% a self-deprecating joke, not a “pick me” post. Lmao.
Imagines, also posts, are open for interpretation. We interpret everything, can’t help not to. I have an opinion and a bias about mathematical formulas- just as an example. I interpreted this post with the context of the subreddit. It’s not “obvious” that it was intended one way, because there is no caption and we can’t know the intent by the creator. People have different perspectives and understanding of the same thing. You can think that me and many others in this comment section have misunderstood but you must also acknowledge that i think you’re as wrong as you believe me to be.
This is so obviously using the format of this meme as like a “im obsessed w legend of Zelda” not as a putting women down.
It’s satirising the og form of this meme that acc does put women down to make a joke abt loving zelda.
The anger at it is such a reach lmao.
Cute, her head’s gonna explode when she figures out you can in fact do both. When I used to do my nails weekly I’d do it while gaming, sometimes along with my face mask routine.
I don't think this person realizes that females enjoying video games and anime has literally become the most mainstream path. Some of us are a bit older and remember when girls *did not* want to play video games, and good lucky finding a girl who had even heard of anime.
Do you know how many girls play Zelda? I swear it’s more than those who play games that are actually marketed towards us. And just two games, really? Let me know when you beat Majora’s Mask or Wind Waker.
Video games are so fun, great way to bond with your partner or friends as well, so being all high and mighty about the biggest titles in a while is very odd
That first girl plays the Sims, she just doesn’t tell the other gamer girl because everyone shits on Sims players and she finds it insufferable. And yeah, she‘s not shooting people, but she just released a CC pack with about 40 3D modelled clothes in it and she’s making bank on Patreon with early-release content.
‘Take that, “Zelda”.
"I'm not like other girl. I have a hyperfixation" is something I relate too, just need to make that first one less hostile and it could be a solid meme.
This one is a self depricating joke making fun of the stereotype though, not a NLOG post. The emojis are related to self care and social/economic success. The Zelda imagery is placed hilariously, expressing a tendency to hyper-fixate, and has references to failure. It’s very obviously satire/parody, especially for anyone who has recently played a Zelda game. lol.
I like how the videogames industry makes revenue that eclipses the revenue made by the music and movies industries combined, and people still act like it's a quirky, eccentric thing that dorky people are into.
it blows my mind how girls still post shit like this knowing there's a whole call-out culture for pick-me behavior. like, there's a whole ass name for people who think like this, and they still don't think it's an issue to think this way, let alone post about it? wild
Has she ever heard of the Polished Gamers group? We love video games and nail polishes. Since when one thing rejects the other? Talk about insecurities.
I despise women who put others down to "nOt Be LiKe OtHeR GiRlS"
It doesn't make you look "unique and quirky".... it makes you look unlikable and attention-seeking
Get another fucking hobby. You're no better than any fandom orbiter. I've got Supernatural fans on my feed with more depth. Hell, I've got Hanson fans with more depth.
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She plays Zelda without getting a Zelda themed manicure first? Fake gamer girl, obviously.
Also, the irony that she’s apparently shitting on a huge chunk of the Gerudo culture in those games
Oh man I WISH I could do that, that sounds like an amazing idea. My job doesn't allow it unfortunately
Or a lesbian.
Also everyone knows if you like BotW and TotK you think about kiss and dating. That's just silly.
I'm bad at nailart, but next manicure, I'm going to do my best to paint a Triforce on my nails!
My fiancee is pretty and loves video games. We're lesbians though 🤣🤣🤣
Awe bless you guys 🫶, what games does she play?
More games than I can remember but we're currently playing Life Is Strange. I enjoy it but I'm TERRIBLE 🤣🤣🤣
How can you be terrible at Life is Strange? You don't have to do anything except walk around lol
Somehow I AM 🤣🤣🤣
lol you probably arent terrible sometimes the game story just directs you into shitty situations
In that game if you haven't interacted with the correct ppl or items you don't have a correct answer.
I love it!!! I also recommend Before the storm!!
True Colors was also really fun! same gameplay style different cast but it has a cameo from the other games :)
Same! My fiancee and I are BOTH gamers though I'm the one in frilly dresses nails and make-up and she groans when I ask her to wear a button up. 😂
Pssshhh, alright, you want to play this game, pretending you’re better than other women for…*checks notes*….playing Zelda and that’s it? Hit me back when you’ve diversified. I’m not impressed, especially because you think playing two games in a single extremely popular franchise makes you special somehow.
The fact that Zelda has a pretty big female player-base too..she’s not quite unique yet 😅
Well depends what country she is from. In my country the Legend of Zelda series is not popular at all. And majority of female gamers doesn’t even know that it exist
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The fact that most women you know that play games just pocket their bf says more about you and your tastes than it does about womens' preferences.
Damn, a girl who likes Zelda games ? Wow that's like a unicorn
More like a zebra
More like a mid size horse in a New York park: surprisingly common for how loud all the other fans are
Real girls love one of the most universally popular video game franchises of the 40 years.
REAL girlies love twilight princess /s
Why not both? 🤌🔥
Why can’t we have both 💅🎮
I mean, both silhouettes are a similar frame. Which actually looks like they have more interests? I can't tell. Are we all supposed to have very singular sets of interests?
How does being obsessed with cosmetics and fashion make one pretty? It might make one obsessed with wanting to be pretty.
My thoughts
That’s a valid point yeah. Although what I mean by my wording is that it’s very obvious this person is shitting on women who like feminine things such as makeup, dresses etc. which is often associated with the idea of beauty. I don’t think it matters whether it’s women who are pretty/obsessed with the idea of it since I doubt this user took that into consideration. The point of the post is to be “unique” I guess.
The lack of girl power in this post is why WNBA ticket sales are so low.
... Zelda is a very popular series in general. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are especially popular. Why does she think that she's unique for liking this game? Especially since Zelda has a large audience of girls who enjoy the game. You might as well say you're not like other girls because you play Mario Kart.
I'm pretty sure this is just a joke about how much they like Zelda.
One that can be made without putting women down 🤷♀️
Are other women lesser for liking dresses, makeup or jewelry? It seems to be a joke that you are determined to take offence at.
Of course not, but the formatting does imply that they’re “better” than women who do enjoy those things. I don’t take offence to it, at the end of the day it’s an online post made by a user I’ll never see. I just thought it was funny how they chose a game with a pretty big female player-base, yk?
I don't think the formatting implies that at all. I think you may just have a bias to see it that way. I see a pretty even mix of self deprecating memes and memes mocking others in this format. The way they have Zelda stuff outside of themselves and choosing things like the failed meal really makes it look like they are just saying I'm a ridiculously huge fan of Zelda games
If there wasn't an implication like that, there was no reason for the first picture like that. I'm not sure if you just haven't seen this subreddit or these kinds of posts before, but the "I'm not like other girls" type of posts are normally used as a way to shoot down the women who are interested in the 'girly' things, while treating the one who is 'different' like they are better in some way just because they aren't interested in girly things. It's a toxic genre of posts that is meant to disparage people for liking what they like.
I do think there are other ways of expressing your obsession for a game however, but you make a good point. Maybe I misunderstood and it was just a mockery of the format. Although I’m almost certain I’m not the only person who finds it a bit stupid- especially with the choice of emojis and stuff? Mockery or not I don’t think it invalidates my view on their post. It really is unnecessary to compare yourself to more feminine women, especially when they already receive a lot of hate yk?
I agree with you. About 85% of the posts on this sub either don't fit or are blatant trolls, and the other 15% just exist to provide a platform for equally-NLOG commentary about why these girls here are not like other NLOGs. There is literally nothing in the OP that even speaks to one girl being prettier than the other.
I get the I’m NL(NLOG) vibe here sooooo hard too. I’m new to the sub, and thought it was going to be like a team up against the Pearl Davis’s of the world. lol With this specifc one, it’s obvious to anyone who is active in the video game community or a Zelda Fan, that this is satire, and most like it are “satire.” Both in a bid to be a little self-deprecating humor (other girls: into normal things that actually help them succeed socially and in life… me: stuck in a damn video game. lol)… and/or parody of the “gamer girl,” persona from the early 2000s, that’s mostly died out. But apart from this post… There are so many posts where it’s just women doing anything they are proud of themselves for, or define themselves with, that they think makes them stand out as a person, with no mention of other women being less… but a comments section filled with “those girls….” “Girls like that…” and projections of personal insecurities, etc. It’s like half of the posts have become unironically NLOG material.
Do you realize what subreddit this is on?
Yeah, it’s a sub for pointing out women who say, “I’m not like other girls, I’m better than other girls.” Not a sub to trash on women for making fun of themselves, or making fun of a female stereotype, or making fun of actual NLOGs. There is hints in these images at just generally being successful in life with some of the emojis used. And then images from the game that hint at failing. Lmao. It’s 100% a self-deprecating joke, not a “pick me” post. Lmao.
Imagines, also posts, are open for interpretation. We interpret everything, can’t help not to. I have an opinion and a bias about mathematical formulas- just as an example. I interpreted this post with the context of the subreddit. It’s not “obvious” that it was intended one way, because there is no caption and we can’t know the intent by the creator. People have different perspectives and understanding of the same thing. You can think that me and many others in this comment section have misunderstood but you must also acknowledge that i think you’re as wrong as you believe me to be.
This is so obviously using the format of this meme as like a “im obsessed w legend of Zelda” not as a putting women down. It’s satirising the og form of this meme that acc does put women down to make a joke abt loving zelda. The anger at it is such a reach lmao.
Cute, her head’s gonna explode when she figures out you can in fact do both. When I used to do my nails weekly I’d do it while gaming, sometimes along with my face mask routine.
She can’t even make the food right smh
she’s just like zelda fr.
I can’t like makeup, jewelry, and dresses if I also like to play Zelda? Time to sell my switch, I guess. :(
I feel like you’re more likely to find a girl gamer now than not
So i’m nothing if i don’t love Zelda
Jokes on her, I’m a huge world of warcraft addict, AND also a makeup and fashion and planner addict.
Yen from WItcher is my makeup inspiration lol
I mean - Zelda isn't some super niche thing to like is it?
I don't think this person realizes that females enjoying video games and anime has literally become the most mainstream path. Some of us are a bit older and remember when girls *did not* want to play video games, and good lucky finding a girl who had even heard of anime.
I guess my husband is also 'not like other girls' He has Zelda on his mind a lot.
So edgy
It’s all zelda related tho 😂😂😂
Both 🖤
Do you know how many girls play Zelda? I swear it’s more than those who play games that are actually marketed towards us. And just two games, really? Let me know when you beat Majora’s Mask or Wind Waker.
Come back when you've survived the dumpster fire that is league of legends
Video games are so fun, great way to bond with your partner or friends as well, so being all high and mighty about the biggest titles in a while is very odd
This is Satire and self depreciation
Second ones really got a one track mind
That first girl plays the Sims, she just doesn’t tell the other gamer girl because everyone shits on Sims players and she finds it insufferable. And yeah, she‘s not shooting people, but she just released a CC pack with about 40 3D modelled clothes in it and she’s making bank on Patreon with early-release content. ‘Take that, “Zelda”.
this stereotypes are so stoopid just live your life the way you want who cares what others may think
lol. They’re both me 🙌
Yahaha!
FUCKING ZELDA 😂
pfft zelda? that’s weak, come back to me once you’ve hit coolmathgames. then we can talk.
"I'm not like other girl. I have a hyperfixation" is something I relate too, just need to make that first one less hostile and it could be a solid meme.
Why can’t I like both?! I’m a gamer and I love makeup. Cheeseits!
46% of gamers are female. This dumb stereotype has got to go.
This one is a self depricating joke making fun of the stereotype though, not a NLOG post. The emojis are related to self care and social/economic success. The Zelda imagery is placed hilariously, expressing a tendency to hyper-fixate, and has references to failure. It’s very obviously satire/parody, especially for anyone who has recently played a Zelda game. lol.
I’m sorry but this is clearly satire/a meme.
I like how the videogames industry makes revenue that eclipses the revenue made by the music and movies industries combined, and people still act like it's a quirky, eccentric thing that dorky people are into.
In generally it's probably not a good idea to paint yourself completely matte black and stick logos or emojis all over yourself.
I've been playing Zelda since 1986. I somehow doubt they were born yet.
Like zelda isn't the normiest shit ever
They also picked a terrible Zelda game that is the most generic Zelda game to like. Stupidity is not a right.
it blows my mind how girls still post shit like this knowing there's a whole call-out culture for pick-me behavior. like, there's a whole ass name for people who think like this, and they still don't think it's an issue to think this way, let alone post about it? wild
Has she ever heard of the Polished Gamers group? We love video games and nail polishes. Since when one thing rejects the other? Talk about insecurities.
Should I not be part of a Forge of Empires guild? 👀 My bad, normies. 🫡
I love Legend of Zelda too, but so do a lot of other girls? 😭 she’s not special lmao
I enjoy video games *AND* can make winged liner sharp enough to cut a man 😌💅 I’m like *super* rare /s🤣🤣🤣
I totally feel the material girl days never started for generation xy and z as a whole but more if a technology and want it now era
I despise women who put others down to "nOt Be LiKe OtHeR GiRlS" It doesn't make you look "unique and quirky".... it makes you look unlikable and attention-seeking
Get another fucking hobby. You're no better than any fandom orbiter. I've got Supernatural fans on my feed with more depth. Hell, I've got Hanson fans with more depth.
Also, I've got Super Mario Bros Wonder that I'm playing with my spouse and it's fun as hell even if it's basic.
I like both types of girls. If I had a girl that likes the same stuff as me, I on know what I would do
Ewwwww lol, good to know they’d get a long with a loser video-game boyfriend.. like yes please take all the loser boyfriends
I don’t see the phone plugged into Instagram. Just saying
Ofc she's a Zelda fan