• CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    This makes me realize that I want desk toy which is metallic, heavy and has a satisfying mechanical action, but which does not resemble a firearm in appearance or function. Basically all the tactile experience of playing with a revolver, but none of the legal or emotional baggage.

    • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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      2 days ago

      I do the exact same thing but with a knife when I’m angry at specific politicians. Fidget around with it (it’s a big heavy law enforcement model), violently flip it open a few times, practice some grip switches, then just sorta squeeze it really hard, close my eyes and stare at the Orange Hitler’s stupid grin.

      Am I crazy or is this normal behavior (for someone who’s been horribly abused my entire life by Christian extremist doctrine and now his policies writing that same doctrine into law)?

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    Wait so modern spongebob makes Patrick into a Ned Flanders annoying neighbor character? That’s the stupidest fucking thing. Seriously how you gonna break up that friendship

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      Season 4 SpongeBob hollowed out the characters. Anything after the movie turns the characters into caricatures. Squidward is just there as a punching bag, SpongeBob is obnoxious, Patrick is just dumb, Sandy is just a scientist.

      I remember watching that Karate Island episode when it came out as a kid and realizing that SpongeBob was over.

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        My kid was into SpongeBob, and wanted to watch them all on Paramount Plus. I was trying to get him to stick to the older ones. The new ones are indeed crap.

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      While “Flanderization” is named after Ned Flanders, it doesn’t refer to making a character more like Flanders specifically. It refers more generally to oversimplifying a character to a lazy stereotype, losing any depth or complexity. In the case of Patrick Star, it’s referring to him changing from being just a bit simple-minded to being an absolute moron.

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    So … the gun gives him a sense of power when he gets depressed and is feeling powerless with the direction things are going in his life?

    So what if instead of this being about a cartoon this was someone getting really angry at their wife so they have to go to their office and have to “grip a gun really tight for a few minutes until they calm down”? Or maybe getting angry at their boss… or their neighbor… or the government? That’s pretty disturbing.