You wouldn’t think that “Old Town Road” artist Lil Nas X and the game of Dungeons and Dragons would have much in common, but March 29 has proven a direct link.
Twitter was buzzing on Monday about a collaboration between the Lil Nas X and the company MSCHF, who are now offering a pair of Satan Shoes to 666 customers.
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According to a New York Times article, the shoes will even contain a drop of human blood — consensually donated by workers at MSCHF.
So what exactly does this have to do with Dungeons and Dragons?
Well, the shoes have started some heated discussions on Twitter, resulting in the hashtag #SatanicPanic to trend — a panic known far too well by anyone who happened to play D&D back in the 80s.
Here’s a look at some of the stories from back when D&D was likened to worshiping the devil:
old white people really getting scared about lil nas x dancing on Satan when in the 80s they were scared of dungeons & dragons?
hahahahahahaha ok boomer
— Rahetalius (@Rahetalius) March 29, 2021
This is just awful. American youth somehow survived the very, very serious threats of Dungeons & Dragons, rock n’ roll, and video games only to be taken out now by… scary sneakers.
— Molly Hodgdon (@Manglewood) March 29, 2021
The reason everyone knows about Dungeons & Dragons now (and why it had sold $1 billion in books and merchandise in 2004) was because Jack Chick convinced Christian conservatives that it would put kids into direct contact with the devil – making it the coolest thing on earth
— Ian Boudreau (@iboudreau) March 28, 2021
OMG, next the kids will be listening to heavy metal, reading #horror books and playing Dungeons & Dragons. Kids: please do all these things. Especially reading horror. Enjoy your Devil shoes. https://t.co/DRrrHWUIAu
— Doug Murano (@muranofiction) March 28, 2021
I was on the fence about evil in the world after the Holocaust but Dungeons & Dragons and these shoes pushed me over the edge.
— Jack (@wakeupangry) March 28, 2021
I have to hand it to @LilNasX. I haven’t seen a Satanic Panic this hard since people lost their minds over Dungeons and Dragons back in the 80s. This level of trolling is sheer brilliance, and I’m here for it.
— Johnny M. Gayzmonic (@JohnnyGayzmonic) March 29, 2021
There is a scene in Riverdale where one character saying “we will be safe if nobody plays dungeons and dragons ever again” and then in the next scene everyone in the entire school including popular kids has decided that D+D is the coolest ever. and then the mayor bans it
— Laura Michet (@lmichet) March 29, 2021
the satanic panic was literally so deranged that a kid playing dungeons and dragons was used to implicate him in MURDER like im sorry the side of the aisle that gave us that shit complaining about people being cancelled will never not be funny
— adé (@DAMAGE_SPPRSSR) March 29, 2021
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