I Don't Care How Salty I Sound

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ngl im gaming ... @nanoSSBM I dont care how salty i sound. As long as Falco exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with Falco in it. Melee is the exact same thing as mario party until Falco is removed. 5:24 PM · Apr 17, 2022 · Twitter Web App

ttv.Obviouslysubtl3 @obviouslysubtl|3 ... I don't care how salty I sound. As long as puff exists I will never respect this game as being competetive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with puff in it. Melee is the exact same thing as Mario party until puff is removed. dekillsage @dekillsage · Apr 17 I dont care how salty i sound. As long as peacock exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with peacock in it. Skullgirls is the exact same thing as mario party until peacock is removed. 2:30 PM · Apr 17, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

Not Enough Damage @NotEnoughDamage ... I dont care how salty i sound. As long as virgil exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with virgil in it. Marvel is the exact same thing as mario party until virgil is removed. 12:15 PM · Apr 17, 2022 · Twitter Web App

Windindi ... @Windindi1 I dont care how salty i sound. As long as Pikachu exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with Pikachu in it. Smash is the exact same thing as mario party until Pikachu is removed. LetalisVenator @LetalisVenator · Apr 17 I dont care how salty i sound. As long as Fulgore exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with Fulgore in it. KI is the exact same thing as mario party until Fulgore is removed. twitter.com/dekillsage/sta... 12:31 PM · Apr 18, 2022 · Twitter for Android

HarBBs ... @HarBBs I dont care how salty i sound. As long as tweets exists i will never respect this website as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a ratio with "tweeted from android" in it. Communities are the exact same thing as mario party until comments are removed. Brutus (+) @Le_Brutus · Apr 17 I dont care how salty i sound. As long as Dhalsim exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with Dhalsim in it. SFV is the exact same thing as mario party until Dhalsim is removed. twitter.com/dekillsage/sta... 9:36 AM · Apr 18, 2022 · Twitter for Android

Radiance #playmbtl @CorruptRadiant ... I dont care how salty i sound. As long as roa exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with roa in it. Melty blood is the exact same thing as mario party until roa is removed. 12:47 PM · Apr 17, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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I Don't Care How Salty I Sound refers to a copypasta started by a gamer who was salty over the character Peacock in the fighting game Skullgirls. After posting a tweet complaining about how Peacock damaged the game's competitive integrity, going so far as to say Skullgirls was "no different than Mario Party" due to the inclusion of Peacock, Twitter users mocked the tweet by copying its text and tweaking some details to make it apply to other video games.

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On April 17th, 2022, Twitter user @dekillsage^[1] tweeted, "I dont care how salty i sound. As long as peacock exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with peacock in it. Skullgirls is the exact same thing as mario party until peacock is removed." The tweet gained over 160 retweets, 90 quote tweets, and 2,000 likes in one day (shown below).

dekillsage @dekillsage I dont care how salty i sound. As long as peacock exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with peacock in it. Skullgirls is the exact same thing as mario party until peacock is removed. 10:56 AM · Apr 17, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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The tweet quickly became a copypasta within the gaming community on Twitter. User @fluxedover^[2] mocked the tweet by changing the key details to make it about fighting games in general, gaining over 190 retweets and 1,800 likes in one day (shown below, left). User @jonittifgc^[3] posted a similar parody, making it about the block button in Soul Calibur (shown below, right).

Cole Tocci (Flux) ... @FluxedOver I dont care how salty i sound. As long as the other player exists i will never respect this game as competitive. Theres no such thing as being "good" at a game with the other player in it. Fighting games is the exact same thing as mario party until the other player is removed. 12:55 PM · Apr 17, 2022 · Twitter Web App

Most of the copypasta parodies echoed the sentiments of @deskillsage but tweaked the subjects to other characters in video games. For example, user @obviouslysubtl3^[4] used Jigglypuff from Super Smash Brothers Melee in the copypasta (shown below, left). User @nanoSSBM^[5] posted a similar one using Falco from the same game, gaining 30 likes (shown below, right).