Yes. Now get over it.
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I’m only just beginning to understand what L.P Hartley meant when he said “The past is a foreign country”
The quintessential example. Rocky Horror is another.
I’d also include the controversy around “Baby It’s Cold Outside”.
Oh yea some of it was definitely just overt racism.
I think a lot of the time it’s Gen Z not understanding context. There was overt racism, but a lot of media that is considered racist now was either depicting the experience of people at the time or making fun of racists.
Its quicker than “I’m not interested in discussing a volatile subject with a rando who may get violent.”
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Free condom and I ruined a petty asshole’s day? Score!
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Games@lemmy.world•Why are we not getting stress relief games where we take our stresses out on normal people?English
12·4 days agoUnsolicited therapy advice usually winds people up.
Because its an asshole thing to do.
We decided temporary safety was better than essential liberty.
And I’m aware of what the quote was about, thank you.
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Technology@lemmy.zip•Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chattingEnglish
3·5 days agoI cant even get FB to take down my mom’s account. If she starts messaging me im going to fucking lose it.
If I didn’t know which author you were talking about id be sold on that description.
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Games@lemmy.world•‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefrontEnglish
11·5 days agoYou can knee-jerk but you can’t give informed criticism.
You can’t even separate “You shouldn’t obsess over avoiding ideas” from “You have an obligation to absorb everything.”
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Games@lemmy.world•‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefrontEnglish
24·6 days agoYet by not playing it, you’re relying on somebody else’s description of what’s in it, which can be very misleading.
For example, the discourse around Horses.
Its fine not to like certain themes but obsessing over not seeing them to the point that you’re making lists is not really healthy.




She knows exactly what’s in the drink.
The context is that she doesn’t want to leave.