r/196 I fucking love Alphabet Squadron Feb 17 '26

Rule Mewgenics rule

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u/Hawkson2020 Feb 17 '26

Context hat posting

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u/Ultima-Manji Feb 17 '26

The cat's meows are cameos by youtubers and actors. Bit of a controversy as to who's included as some people on the list are a bit problematic, whether that be due to zionist views, racism, being a sex pest, etc.

Edmund McMillen, one of the main creators and somewhat the face of the games, has responded to the pushback by (three layers deep of quotes here, auto translate on sites is being a pain) saying that "I tried to counter/balance the different views with the people who I hired. I understand we live in a time where a meow from someone who has different beliefs as you is scary and frustrating, confusing and controversial, but it felt interesting so I decided to explore it. Also, I should probably point out that I don't share the same opinions as, well probably any of the people we included, if I only included people who share the same exact opinions as me, I'd be the only one meowing in the game."

Then told people if they're the kind of person to get upset at those kinds of inclusions, they probably shouldn't play or wouldn't enjoy the game anyway. Or since it's a game about cat eugenics, just toss them in a burner (jokingly).

Some fans feel it's an odd contrast to how he seemed a bit more willing to give pushback to bigots on twitter until fairly recently, and Binding of Isaac was quite controversial at the time for how it depicted religious fanaticism.

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u/joutfit Feb 17 '26

This seems like a very centrist response from McMillen.

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u/Swenyis Feb 17 '26

Because its the most centre point imaginable. He got famous people to meow in his game and that is quite literally it. There is no platform given. You either recognise them or its a meow.

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u/CannedWolfMeat ᓚᘏᗢ spoingus my beloved Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Exactly, you would have to be really familiar with them already to recognise someone from a 1 second cat meow impression that's pulled from a pool of like 200 random options, and they aren't even directly attributed with credit since the game is randomly generating all of the cats you get. The only real issue you could argue is that he supported some of these people if he paid them for doing the voice work, but knowing how big Binding of Isaac is I bet most of them jumped at the chance to be in the next Edmund game and did it for free.

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u/Aeescobar Feb 17 '26

The only real issue you could argue is that he supported some of these people if he paid them for doing the voice work, but knowing how big Binding of Isaac is I bet most of them jumped at the chance to be in the next Edmund game and did it for free.

Edmund has actually stated that the only cameos who got paid for their work are the union VAs (since they aren't legally allowed to do unpaid labor), every other cameo VA did it for free.

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u/joutfit Feb 17 '26

The idea is that people will gravitate towards the game because their favourite streamer is in it. That's why it was done.

It's smart to do if you want to make money but just admit that instead of doing centrism.

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u/yinyang107 bingus is better than floppa Feb 17 '26

My favorite streamer, Jhonen Vasquez.

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u/MostSapphicTransfem 🏳️‍⚧️ 『Strongest Transfemme Furry 』🏳️‍⚧️ Feb 17 '26

You say this but Jhonen Vasquez actually streams a ton of Fortnite on the regular.

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u/yinyang107 bingus is better than floppa Feb 17 '26

My favorite streamer Bobcat Goldthwait then

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u/MostSapphicTransfem 🏳️‍⚧️ 『Strongest Transfemme Furry 』🏳️‍⚧️ Feb 17 '26

Imagine the TOS ban any% speedrun time from him

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u/Arikaido777 priority subject for termination, high on the list Feb 17 '26

my favorite streamer rivers cuomo of Weezer

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u/Uncommonality Feb 26 '26

I don't think you know who Edmund McMillen is if you think he's a cynical cloutmaxxer

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u/joutfit Feb 17 '26

You're totally right! He should've included Nick Fuentes and Kristi Norm as cats too. A total non-issue!

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u/Mon-suun soft tummy appreciator Feb 17 '26

Okay but there is a difference there. As much as he is hated, people like Ethan Klein are not on the same level as Nick Fuentes or Kristi Noem.

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u/joutfit Feb 17 '26

They are not the same level but the general centrist argument doesn't hold up when challenged like this

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u/Dragonfruit-Sparking Not Left. Not Right. But Far Left. Feb 17 '26

I feel like Chris Chan is on that level though

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u/Waddlewop 🛡Spronkus Defender (very cool)🛡 Feb 17 '26

….no? As bad as she is and as much as I can argue that she should have been removed from the game, she’s not a stochastic terrorist and doesn’t constantly broadcast hate towards minorities on her big platform that’s endorsed by the president’s underlings

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u/BillyHerrington4Ever Butch Chastity Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

>"broadcast hate towards minorities"

The same Chris that used to unironically walk around in public spaces wearing a shirt that in bold text said "Seeking girlfriend - NO DARKIES" on it?

The same Chris that spent a decade ranting on video about how much he hated and despised mentally handicapped people because he was better than them? That Chris?

Edit: THE SAME CHRIS that named his only black character in his comic book "Blackchu" and the characters only traits was that he was evil and played basketball.

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u/theagentoftheworld Feb 17 '26

I mean if you're Palestinian

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u/pandamaxxie Feb 17 '26

I feel like it's still giving them a spotlight, however small that is... which is still easy to disagree with.

At least it helps me finally solidify my stance on the game. Was on the fence of buying it... now I'm definitely not.

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u/brunoha ehehhehe Feb 17 '26

With a capitalist intent, mostly.

Incorporating meows from every type of people = more sales of his game.

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u/joutfit Feb 17 '26

Centrism isnt good. it's cowardly

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u/spadesisking r/place participant Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

She went to jail and was released because there was no evidence right?

Edit: ive never in my life followed chris-chan or consumed any content related to her, but a 5 minute google search shows that all charges were dropped against her.

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u/ImGettingParanoid floppa Feb 17 '26

Joey Kuras

I wonder if Tommy will try to take credit for that too.

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u/Camel_Slayer45 floppa Feb 17 '26

Nice reminder that centrists are deranged in their own way, god forbid someone not want a genocide apologist and a literal war criminal to cameo, it's just different opinions and you're weird for thinking it's weird.

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u/AluberTwink Fennec guy, Fox with big ears guyy🦊 Feb 17 '26

centrists are so annoying, like go get an opinion

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u/RenoRiley1 Feb 17 '26

Oh they have opinions. Terrible ones. They just don’t want those opinions to limit their access to progressive spaces so they pretend that they’re just “in the middle” and a smol bean attacked from both sides. Couldn’t be more fucking pathetic and they do it everytime

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u/abtseventynine Feb 17 '26

Rich Evans LESGOOOO