• misterdoctor@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Is it just a pure coincidence that gacha sounds like “gotcha!” which is what the publisher says when you spend $20 on loot boxes and get nothing of value?

    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      Yes, but a nice coincidence nonetheless.

      The “nothing of value” here is the part on dispute, since OP argues that anime girls (from gacha specifically but likely otherwise too) are worthless, which probably makes many husbandos very mad.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.org
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      22 days ago

      It is coincidence. “Gacha” is the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound the vending machine makes when you turn the knob to activate the inner mechanism (“clack”), “pon” is when the capsule comes out (“plop”).