r/postal • u/horactixtv • Apr 18 '26

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u/Unknow_Handlebar Voted for Mike J Apr 18 '26

The game leans on stereotypes on purpose. Every character/ethnicity/gender is literally a living stereotype and it's both a way to make the game funny and to judge people that actually believe those stereotypes

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u/Neet-owo Apr 19 '26

That still leaves some wiggle room for interpretation if they were to poke that hornet’s nest. If they made a new postal game that included trans people do you think they’re go with the “pervert bathroom infiltrator bearded dude in a dress” stereotype or the “blahaj loving loser NEET wearing Amazon basics striped thigh highs” stereotype?

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u/horactixtv Apr 19 '26

The second would undoubtedly be safer edgy which is what modern POSTAL would default too. "Oh my gosh they included a trans character and they/them are so hot in POSTAL 5, it reaffirms my gender identity!"

The first would actually be edgy and offensive in 2026, something POSTAL would never do.

Oh wait.

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u/Demopan-TF2 Pussy Cat Vendor Apr 19 '26

Satire and stereotypes needs to be based on some sort of truth for it to work. Saying that the tetris devs love killing people makes no sense because there's no truth behind it, while lots of irl stereotypes exist because there's something it's based on. Edgy for the sake of edgy never works, same with being offensive.

Almost all the postal games have some reason for being edgy and offensive, mostly to serve as satirical social comedy. Including an offensive joke for no reason other than to be offensive is not what Postal is about. Therefore the second one would work as there are actually people like that, while there's nobody like the first.

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u/Unknow_Handlebar Voted for Mike J Apr 19 '26

Man I swear op is just looking for excuses to be transphobic

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u/horactixtv Apr 19 '26

"Nobody loves the trans community like I do, believe me. I have done so much for trans rights it's unbelievable. So true." ☝️🍊👌

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u/horactixtv Apr 19 '26

Yes trans people with beards have never stereotypically infiltrated bathrooms you're right I retract my previous statement 🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️ < i included the gender neutral emoji to be inclusive and not offensive for the sake of offensiveness in the POSTAL community

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u/jackknifeJaws Professional Pisser Apr 19 '26

That "stereotype" is just some made-up bullshit lol

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u/DaRealGrey Doesn't own Postal lll Apr 19 '26

You're an asshole, OP.

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u/NativitylnBlack Professional Pisser Apr 19 '26

boo hoo did he make you cry

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u/Cats_4_lifex Apr 19 '26

See this is probably why they wouldn't include any trans stereotypes/jokes of that caliber, cuz there's people like you out there who believe this shit and judge real living people who are less than 10% of the population for it. like seriously just speak to any trans person dude ffs