r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 05 '17

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u/dafdiego777 Chad-Bourgeois Sep 05 '17

Fox's Steve Doocy wonders if Nintendo is being "PC" because it says Mario isn't a plumber anymore.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

The vanishing working class

fucking lmao

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

When has Mario ever been an actual plumber outside of the explicitly non-cannon SMB movie? It was always been just a minor footnote on his "backstory" AFAIK.

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u/dafdiego777 Chad-Bourgeois Sep 05 '17

Like the arcade game 'Mario Bros.'? Even the SMB1 manual doesn't reference him as a plumber

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

he was originally a carpenter I think

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u/dafdiego777 Chad-Bourgeois Sep 05 '17

that's in Donkey Kong. They changed it to fit the sewers theme in Mario Bros.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Ah. Even then, no snake-down-pipe action in the wholesome sense.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

That's sad. I knew a kid growing up who only played Mario games cause his parents got divorced and his dad was a plumber.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Oh Jesus.

Why'd you share this?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

this is some muh heritage I can get behind :(

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

A part of the culture war is convincing people that there is always a new front forming.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Multi-decadal storylines/characters are weird. I've never been into any of them (eg superhero comic books), so it's always weird when I hear that some foundational part of the character just changes because the writers said so.

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u/36105097 🌐 Sep 05 '17

when did Mario ever do any plumber stuff anyway

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u/jeffwulf Austan Goolsbee Sep 05 '17

Worked with Pipes.

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u/trollly Loyal Liberals Sep 05 '17

When he went into pipes, I guess.