6mo ago

Certain hobbies set off warning bells

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People who like Rick and Morty.
People who look up to Rick.
- People who like American Psycho because it is a brilliant satire of the sociopathy of the elite.
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  People who like American Psycho because 'I'm just like Patrick Bateman, fr fr.'
  ...
  Its the same with Fight Club, Falling Down, Taxi Driver...
  Its possible to enjoy and be a fan of these movies without actually idolizing a psycopath... maybe you sympathize or empathize with them to varying degrees, but you don't hold them up as idealized character role models, you realize these are all very flawed, often tragic characters who ... basically become villains in (semi?) plausible ways, that showcase how brutal and broken society is...
  But, so many people do actually idolize these trainwreck characters that now we've spent basically the entire era of internet based cultural dominance/exchange where any kind of admiration of these 'cautionary morality tale about a disaffected man' type movies is just immediately, often instantly viewed as a red flag by a whole lot of people.
  
  To people who like American psycho: read the book and get cured, it's one of the worst books I have ever read (long story short, I only had that one book over like months, so I finished it. A scoolkid could have written it + some unnecessary ultra violence, IMO).
- Rick and Morty bangs and had some subtle anti-capitalist elements to it.
  But yeah Rick is a nihilist with severe empathy problems. Although he is showing some very minor character development.
- Honestly all the characters in that show suck. Except that one girl morty time-looped himself out of marrying. She seemed normal.
  Oh and Planetina. There is only one solution to earth's pollution.
  
  I've only seen a few episodes, but isn't that part of the joke of the show?
  
  Weirdly, I haven't seen a lot of people who think The Gang in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia are cool role models. I guess the difference might be that Rick is canonically a genius where The Gang are canonically morons.
  
  As far as I know, yes. If it's not, then I should probably stop watching...
  But they get pretty self-aware at times, they don't make any of the characters really look like they're doing the "right thing" for too long before they curb back around.
  
  I quite liked her methods tbh. Morty was just not willing to solve pollution.
  
  He wasn't willing to do the things that need to be done to save the biosphere for as many creatures as possible.
- Is there a big connection between them and "Dark Enlightenment" chuds or what?
  
  They'll glom onto any super smart asshole character and pretend that's what Elmo is like.
- I love Rick and Morty but all the main characters are not good people. I don’t blame Morty or Summer since what else can you expect growing up surrounded by that family?
- I admire his dedication to his wife. I've never cared about anybody that much.
  
  Season 7 spoilers
- In hindsight, it makes sense that an edgy series like Rick and Morty was originally written by a serial harasser. And people insist on separating the art from the artist, now THAT is a red flag for me

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