[ SECRET POST #4470 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4470 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

fiction affects reality bro, just not in the way that either side of the argument understand.

it's not a one-for-one deal, someone isn't going to go and murder someone after watching a violent movie because it's a generally known thing that killing is bad.

but expose people to certain opinions and behaviors over a long period of time and it will affect them, it's not conscious, that shit seeps into your brain and changes you without you realizing.

there's a reason governments want to control the media we consume after all, it's the most goddamn powerful propaganda tool in the world.

[(Anonymous)]

Misinformation especially. A common example of media seeping into people's perception is that a lot of people thought peeing on a Jellyfish sting will ease the pain thanks to Friends. That's just one example of popular media spreading misconceptions and people just blithely believing it.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so happy to see this comment! Whenever this argument comes up, a less articulate version of this comment crawls its way through my brain. But I'm usually so fed up with this entire argument that I just don't have the will to get involved one. more. time. Glad you've still got the will. :)

[(Anonymous)]

also thanking you for that point because I also think this literally every time someone says "it's just fiction" and I know it isn't just but I never know how to frame the point.

it's not instantly correlative but there are enough problematic elements in both books that a lot of people have always felt, from the moment they came out in publication, that they need to provide a counterpoint. because yes, there are enough people who get the wrong idea about relationships by reading those books that it's actually a problem.

[(Anonymous)]

This comment is 100% correct and I wish all the 50 Shades dick riders in this thread would read it and shut up with their strawmanning already.