Here’s the thing about shows like South Park and Family Guy that make their money off of being edgy and offensive. They fundamentally reduce their viewers’ capacity for empathy. If I found a joke funny, and you found it offensive, you’re just too sensitive. This is directly related to the ride of the alt right and the election of trump. In this essay I will
OP WHERE’S THE FUCKING ESSAY
So instead of writing the essay this is exactly what I’m talking about. This shit reduces your capacity for empathy. If you can’t understand why people are hurt by a simple joke, nay, think that’s the whole point… How the hell are you supposed to feel for someone when they come to you complaining of ACTUAL oppression? It’s the foot in the door phenomenon. A little oppression isn’t too bad, cuz it’s funny, right? It hardens your heart against others
Somebody actually wrote this essay already. It’s a Twitter thread about how the alt right recruits teenage boys by getting them to post slightly offensive memes… And then when they get called out and don’t understand why the alt right channels their anger at feminists and women and people of color and liberals. According to this thread, boys are being “set up”
Read the whole thread at the link above this is just a snip
“offensive” shows like Family Guy are a precursor to the alt right and you can’t change my mind
Y'all this shit so basic even Spongebob one it. It’s not about being too sensitive. It’s normalizing abuse through comedy that’s a foot in the door to greater oppression.
Hi I worked in banking for 5 years and bank-fans in the notes can shut the fuck up
You know perfectly well the whole edifice is immoral. I know that you know because *I* know. Some of you have sat where I have sat, two weeks before Christmas, trying to explain to a crying account holder that we cannot return over $300 in fees, even though the bank does not need that money
The bank didn’t have that money before
the bank didn’t have any expectation of that money, because getting it was total happenstance (with a side of intentionally arranging order-of-clearance to fuck people over as much as possible)
The money was earmarked arbitrarily and TAKEN, and if it was given back, nothing would significantly change for the bank, because giving the money back would only return the bank to the state of affairs before it earmarked and took the money
but it would change EVERYTHING for the human being currently crying their eyes out at your desk
You damned well know. Shut the fuck up.
Sometimes if you call and ask them to wipe an overdraft fee they’ll do it, if that helps anyone
star wars has such a good sci-fi aesthetic. all the sci-fi these days looks so…… i-pad-esque, y’know? like Apple lived on into the year 3000 and produces everything. but star wars. star wars’ style looks like a microwave you’d find in your uncle’s garage. like the business calculator your mom used. like a SNES. DURABLE. no gloss.
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