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A video game loading screen on a mottled brown parchment background. Three horned, reddish creatures pose around it, one a masked head at top right. Text reads: "If you are diseased, people will like you less." and, bottom right, "LOADING".

Oblivion Loading Screen Tip: Disease Makes You Unpopular

A deadpan Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion loading screen tip states the obvious: if you are diseased, people will like you less. A fantasy RPG gamer staple.

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A video game loading screen on a mottled brown parchment background. Three horned, reddish creatures pose around it, one a masked head at top right. Text reads: "If you are diseased, people will like you less." and, bottom right, "LOADING".

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