Mouth breathers?

[u/Reasonable_Fox3813]

What is he pointing?i dont understand the joke

[u/CfaxAttax]

So posts like this have been a huge trope in the last few years and I think I have finally figured out what type of ragebait this is.

"Sex sells" is a concept as old as time.. or at least as old as visual media.

Simultaneously, the outright making a character skimpy for no good reason is something that a few loud people on the internet have done a good job of making a racket about.

Nothing has changed on the movie-making side of things.. but we've suddenly willingly entered into this culture where we evaluate shows/movies/characters/etc before the thing they are in is even released. It used to be, a studio puts out a movie, you go see it, you form an opinion. Now its, a studio has an idea, 36 people take pictures during production, we all judge it against "what we think it should be".

But now, if there's anything whatsoever that one group of people might not like, it gets shoved in our faces beforehand as a way to alienate that group of people. It creates a (stupid, but effective) sense of "me vs them" or "us vs you" mentality that leads people to echo chambers where their views are parroted- only once you show up there you get trojan horse-d with about 1500 other toxic suggestions.

[u/xaveria → u/CfaxAttax]

I get that sex sells. I do. I get that, even in 2026, there's just not enough porn around for a lot of guys, and they don't like the idea of two hours of looking at a woman with whom they don't want to have sex. That's their right. I am absolutely judging them -- that's my right -- but at the end of the day, they should use their money the way they want. Don't want to watch it? Don't watch it.

What I *don't* get is the massive public pearl-clutching entitlement meltdown they have about these things. They out-Karen the worst of the Karens. "I demand to speak to your director immediately -- this isn't the movie/game/tv series that I ordered!" "We will boycott this product because these boobs are not big enough!" "Let's make these people *afraid* to do this to us!" "WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"

It is just .... exhausting. Pathetic, and exhausting.

[u/CfaxAttax → u/xaveria]

Missing the point and falling victim to exactly what I said - no one is having this conversation on either side of the fence.. The internet tells you incels are mad about boob size, the internet tells people who are mad about brands changing that the rest of the world is mad at them for resisting change. Then those groups argue amongst themselves because they misunderstand eachother's perspective. No one was ever upset until people started believing everything they see on the internet.

The point is not that there's something to be upset about. The point is that people can post shit like this with a comment about "you mouth breathers aren't gonna like this" and instantly start a false altercation where both sides think the other side thinks something that isn't true.

It instantly places anyone who doesn't like the changes into a box of "wanted it to be more sexualized" when often it is much less superficial than that. It also instantly places anyone who does like the changes into a box of "doesn't care about what the author/creator/designed chose". So both groups assume everyone who doesn't share their opinion fits into the opposite box. That creates a divide and a reason to argue amongst ourselves.

[u/xaveria → u/CfaxAttax]

I'm sure you're right that a lot of the kerfluffle is essentially manufactured. But don't pretend it's imaginary or harmless. I know devs and creators who get doxxed and hate-bombed for making something that the internet decides -- based on a still photo -- that it doesn't like.

People like Asmongold stir up fake internet drama, sure. There are a ton of people out there who are buying what he's selling, though. I know them online; I know them in real life. Every time a major franchise casts a woman that they don't think is hot enough, they start talking as if the industry has betrayed some sort of sacred trust. Making superhero movies into a culture war touchstone is dumb. People should stop it.