a_millenial t1_j5y9nhv wrote
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True. I guess for me what makes a difference is Darth Vader and Joker are both purely fictional characters. It would be like me getting mad at people who like GTA and saying they're promoting drug dealing.
But Squid Game is too close to reality for me to comfortably engage with or make light of.
It's like Nosedive (I don't know if you watch Black Mirror.) If someone copy pasted the housing system in real life just cause they liked the pastel aesthetic. I'd be like... you missed the whole point of what the creators were trying to convey. Yeah, pastels are cute, but wtf dude.
kalekayn t1_j5zy8h8 wrote
> It would be like me getting mad at people who like GTA and saying they're promoting drug dealing. > >
There are people out there who would argue such a thing I.E. Jack Thompson and people who think like him.
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