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The proliferation of cynical mass-market entertainment

AnonusAnonus
edited 2014-03-18 03:35:11 in General
Do the people not want the human spirit lifted?

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  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    everyone hates everyone and no one is nice
  • Obā-sanObā-san
    edited 2014-03-18 03:40:40

    mindless cynicism is easy to do and is more realistic than mindless optimism

    people want realism, and the people supplying entertainment want it to be easy to make/consume
  • One-Winged EagleOne-Winged Eagle
    edited 2014-03-18 04:57:48
    Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
    It's not really "more realistic". It's just what certain people think is realistic.

    And to be fair, nobody's view of what the world is is strictly "realistic" either. Like, everybody's doing things and not doing things, and they can say what they will of the world but it's only true for them, it might not be true for me. Which is not to say that they're wrong, just that their views are different from ours and is not the whole picture. And we'll never see the whole picture, because it's far too large.
  • One-Winged EagleOne-Winged Eagle
    edited 2014-03-18 04:57:42
    Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
    Although it is said that art imitates life, so maybe it's that this is a dark time for us all.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    that is true
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