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Disney Roasted Online After Branding Magic Kingdom Christmas Tree as ‘Holiday Tree’

Disney Roasted Online After Branding Magic Kingdom Christmas Tree as ‘Holiday Tree’

By now, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Disney has managed to take a routine holiday post and turn it into another public-relations misstep. The latest kerfuffle comes from a simple caption on the official Disney Parks X account — a caption that avoided the phrase “Christmas Tree” and instead opted for the sanitized, corporate-friendly label: “holiday tree.”

My Next Cultural Internet Pet Peeve:  “Blatherware”

My Next Cultural Internet Pet Peeve: “Blatherware”

You see a headline such as “The Tragic Story Of This State’s Horrid Decline In Enjoyment Of An Iconic, Beloved Delicacy!” You’re curious. In the more sophisticated forms, based on what you’ve told your browser to reveal, they even fill in the state with YOUR home state to draw you in further, so…you click and open the story.

Alyssa Mercante Caught in Conflicts of Truth as Gaming Community Rallies Around YouTuber Smash JT

Alyssa Mercante Caught in Conflicts of Truth as Gaming Community Rallies Around YouTuber Smash JT

By filing her lawsuit against YouTuber Smash JT (while subsequently revealing his home address to the world), Alyssa Mercante was caught in an embarrassing lie. To make matters worse for the former Kotaku Senior Editor, the gaming community rallied around Smash JT, helping him raise the $25,000 he needed to mount his legal defense with attorney Ron Coleman of the Dhillon Law Group. 

Naughty Dog Disables Comments for ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’ Trailer as Dislike Ratio Explodes

Naughty Dog Disables Comments for ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’ Trailer as Dislike Ratio Explodes

Naughty Dog closed The Game Awards last night with a trailer for its new sci-fi adventure Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The trailer released on YouTube at the same time, but Naughty Dog disabled comments to prevent the avalanche of hate that it clearly knew the game would create. However, that hasn’t stopped the trailer’s dislike ratio from absolutely exploding.