A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoBy improving the performance of a Nerf gun, you "buff" it, which is ironicmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down113
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareBy improving the performance of a Nerf gun, you "buff" it, which is ironicA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months ago“Nerf” is an opposite to a “buff” in videogame context.
minus-squarePrimeErective@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoI get that. Where is the irony? I think to be ironic there needs to be some air of unexpectedness. I certainly think it’s amusing to say that you were buffing a nerf gun, but maybe not unexpected But I think Alanis Morissette would be on board
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoThe irony is that you would think nerfing a nerf gun would improve it, because it’s more nerf per nerf.
Why is that ironic?
“Nerf” is an opposite to a “buff” in videogame context.
I get that. Where is the irony? I think to be ironic there needs to be some air of unexpectedness. I certainly think it’s amusing to say that you were buffing a nerf gun, but maybe not unexpected
But I think Alanis Morissette would be on board
The irony is that you would think nerfing a nerf gun would improve it, because it’s more nerf per nerf.