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Where did you go, Ms. Pac-Man?

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137 points glhaynes | 1 comments | 17 Jun 24 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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AdmiralAsshat ◴[17 Jun 24 20:44 UTC] No.40710844[source]▶
I never noticed that none of the official art for Ms. Pac-Man includes her beauty mark, which is kinda key to the sprite. It's the only thing that distinguishes her from regular Pac-Man other than the bow.
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happyopossum ◴[17 Jun 24 20:57 UTC] No.40710975[source]▶
> It's the only thing that distinguishes her from regular Pac-Man other than the bow.

And the lips, and the eyes. Literally everything except the yellow partial circle is differentiated.

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blueflow ◴[18 Jun 24 13:01 UTC] No.40717332[source]▶
They took a character without gender characteristics, slapped lipstick and a ribbon on it and called it a woman.

What does this tell us about society.

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1. Kerb_ ◴[18 Jun 24 15:23 UTC] No.40718869[source]▶
That gender is a social construct with abstractions used to simplify expression when creating fictional characters?