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Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P <esp@snet.n> Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd,rec.food.historic Subject: Re: [Wargamer] DnD fans debate whether sushi is unrealistic in a make-believe game Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 09:34:29 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <vbf0d5$r4ij$2@dont-email.me> References: <vbebkr$u3v$4@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:34:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e7d67219b91f9026049775ab84e20f92"; logging-data="889427"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/4l/UsIKrKHiSib9rknRMOnRJHb+gaseY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wyxr4+ooMjtTSYZAndiZBaAlwNI= In-Reply-To: <vbebkr$u3v$4@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2586 On 9/6/2024 3:40 AM, Kyonshi wrote: > Source: https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/taco-sushi-debate > > > DnD fans debate whether sushi is unrealistic in a make-believe game > > New art from the Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook has sparked > debates about racism and what real-world foods fit in a fantasy game. > > Mollie Russell > > Published: 2024-09-05 > Dungeons and Dragons > > Bewilderingly, sushi and tacos have become the focus of a heated > Dungeons and Dragons discussion online, as art from the new D&D Player’s > Handbook happens to feature both of these foods. After a fan Tweet from > September 1 decried this artistic choice as “nonsense”, several members > of the D&D community rushed to defend sushi and tacos’ status as fantasy > game food. > > That original tweet came from X user osgamer74, who shared new art for > the Heroes’ Feast spell from the 2024 Player’s Handbook. “Tacos? Sushi? > What the fuck is this nonsense?”, they comment. > > That original post has gained a lot of traction (so much that its > creator has now muted the post), so osgamer74 has expanded on their > original thought. Apparently, their, er, ‘beef’ with the artwork is that > sushi and tacos are too “contemporary” for D&D’s mostly faux-medieval > settings. They equate them to McDonald’s meals, as osgamer74 can buy > both in their local mall. > Better just to eat pizza while playing the game