- cross-posted to:
- ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- cross-posted to:
- ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- PositiveControl ( @PositiveControl@feddit.it ) 26•8 months ago
I will never understand being so angry at a fictional work to a point that you feel justified in threatening and harassing the people who are part of it… And also their relative and loved ones!
- corvus ( @corvus@lemmy.ml ) 7•8 months ago
Amazing but more usual that one might think, it’s the same anger you can see in people that identity themselves with some other fictions like religion, nationalism, football teams, ideology, race, etc. When watching a movie you kind of temporarily turn off your disbelief to experience joy, sadness, anxiety etc but when the movie is over the healthy behavior is the recognition that everything was an acting. But with the fictions that I just described somehow the disbelief is never turned on, the critical thinking is canceled.
- moosetwin ( @moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English7•8 months ago
This is really depressing, why go after an actor when the writing is at fault?
- Skua ( @Skua@kbin.social ) 16•8 months ago
It’s not like threatening the writers’ kids would have been reasonable either
- helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 1•8 months ago
It would have at least been more logical…
- Senal ( @Senal@programming.dev ) English3•8 months ago
I wouldn’t expect logical thinking to be a strong characteristic in someone who’d threaten kids over a videogame.
- helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 1•8 months ago
No one said you would.
- Senal ( @Senal@programming.dev ) English1•8 months ago
OK, so let’s assume that’s a good faith literal interpretation.
Let’s try it this way.
Yes, it possibly would be considered more logical, but people who threaten kids over videogames aren’t generally considered to be working with an abundance of logical thought.
I could however be wrong in this generalisation given I only have my experience to go on, if your experience leads you to believe people who threaten kids over videogames are not running with a logic deficit then your statement makes sense I suppose.
- helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 1•8 months ago
Yes, it possibly would be considered more logical, but people who threaten kids over videogames aren’t generally considered to be working with an abundance of logical thought.
You’re just repeating yourself.
“Logical” is not a binary position. It’s a spectrum.
- Senal ( @Senal@programming.dev ) English1•8 months ago
So, not a good faith take then, oh well.
“Logical” is not a binary position. It’s a spectrum.
Agreed, not sure how it’s relevant but it seems we agree on something after all.
- SuiXi3D ( @SuiXi3D@kbin.social ) 9•8 months ago
Consider the average person’s intelligence. Then realize half (or so) are stupider than that.
- Willie ( @Willie@kbin.social ) 4•8 months ago
Because writing has no face, you can’t show writing how much you hate it, because it doesn’t change and has no feelings. Meanwhile an actor does. It’s just stupid emotional stuff.
- Fat Tony ( @FatTony@lemm.ee ) 3•8 months ago
Sounds reasonable. /s