Cosmetic Crit

In a video game, a critical hit that occurs when a normal hit would have killed the enemy. Typically annoying in that the crit would have been desired when the enemy was at full health.

An example of a cosmetic crit in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

*Felix goes to fight some enemy*
*He has a 40% chance of landing a crit on the enemy*
*first hit: 34 damage, enemy is almost dead*

Player: Dang, no crits.

*enemy punches Felix back, Felix takes 10 damage*

Player: Would have avoided it if he’d gotten the crit, but oh well.

Felix, going for the killing blow: I’LL CUT YOU DOWN!

Player: Seriously, Felix? You couldn’t have gotten that earlier?

by Shepherd Guy July 20, 2022

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Political cosmetics

When stories, logotypes or names, which have been known for years, are edited in order to suit contemporary political tastes. Examples include scenes in movies being modified or cut entirely, changes to the language used or replacement of characters.

- Did you hear they've cut the crows of out Disney's Dumbo?
- Sure. I also heard they're removing the black man from the logo on Uncle Ben's products.
- It's very inclusive and progressive. By changing the name of that football team from Washington, we've basically made up, in part, for the treatment that native americans had to endure in the past.
- Not sure that's true. It seems more like political cosmetics due to recent pressure from activists.

by Priminio January 24, 2021

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