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Why context is important

“matpat gave the pope undertale” sounds way different than “matpat met the pope while representing the YouTube gaming community and it’s customary to give the pope a gift that’s reflective of the culture your represent and he chose undertale, a game about choices, consequences and reflect and peace/love”

geckopirateship

Yeah, “matpat met the pope while representing the YouTube gaming community” is actually even more ridiculous so I’m not sure context makes this one better

ibhatuis

yeah all that stuff op said is good and all until you add “except the pope doesn’t have a computer” at which point MatPat basically just gave him a string of characters

silver-tongues-blog

Except mat pat pointed out the pope probably won’t play it and that it’s a symbolic gesture

ibhatuis

You wouldn’t tell someone to read your favorite book and just give them the cover. It has just as much meaning as an unusable steam code

silver-tongues-blog

No, it’s more like giving them a book that has some significance in bringing representation to a group knowing they will likely leave it on their shelf the whole time.