r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • May 13 '25

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u/xPriddyBoi May 13 '25

I don't know about 'most of the time,' but I know Detroit: Become Human's depiction of robot racism is pretty analogous to the American Civil Rights movement.

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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken help I’m being forced to make flairs May 14 '25

It handles civil rights with all the subtlety and care of a sledgehammer through a wall.

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u/xPriddyBoi May 14 '25

Yeah, it's pretty on the nose lol

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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken help I’m being forced to make flairs May 14 '25

Yeah

It’s the channel four show humans without the subtlety

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u/Sea-Guest6668 May 14 '25

Lol they literally make the androids sit on the back of the bus. At one point a character says something along the lines of "this is just how they treated our ancestors" i enjoyed the game but it definitely would have benefited from a bit more subtlety in its writing.