While flirts as a feature is incredibly minor, and unlikely to affect anyone's enjoyment (or otherwise) of the game, I do feel the team would be well served to state (even anonymously) what about these they found upsetting, or offensive.
While many things have obviously aged poorly when put into a modern context, I am struggling with quite a few of these. They're obviously tongue in cheek and often poking fun at the race doing the emote.
And most importantly, when you're talking about your values etc, it's always important to explain what they are. Because otherwise it's a rather useless gesture and provides no context to what is now out of date.
On a side note, completely minor, but a lot of minor things do add up to give a game personality
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I'm sure that poor womans family finally feels recompensed. They removed a panda man joking about pants. #weovercame
As a woman, I actually like some of the jokes such as the female undead line joking about her breasts. Sorry that it makes you uncomfortable, devs, but either grow a thick skin or find other areas to work in.
man about time they removed all these JOKES, as I was highly highly offended. I was looking for the nearest safe room for a good cry
Blizz, you're dumb
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...jjw/edit#gid=0
"Yes, they're REAL! They're not mine, but they're real!"
"Us undead girls really know how to have a good time, because after all, what's the worst thing that could happen?"
"Once you go dead, you never go back."
"homogenized? No way I like the ladies"
OOOOH NOW I get it, I never put thought into that one when I was younger and forgot it existed
If anything, this does not address the issue at all.
It only shows they don't understand the problem to begin with!
All I ever wanted was the truth. Remember those words as you read the ones that follow. I never set out to topple my father's kingdom of lies from a sense of misplaced pride. I never wanted to bleed the species to its marrow, reaving half the galaxy clean of human life in this bitter crusade. I never desired any of this, though I know the reasons for which it must be done. But all I ever wanted was the truth.