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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down2·1 month agoThat’s like saying that a lot of people get murdered in Stephen King’s stories, so he must have homicidal fantasies. Horror writers look for ways to shock and shake up their readers, and judging from the comments here, he succeeded.
minus-squarespamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoJonathan Swift must have really wanted to cannibalize poor children! I’ll never forget bringing that up in a classroom and realizing adults had no idea it was satire.
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoYep when your job is to shock, gross out and give people very specifically a moral and ethical panic attack You tend to do some fucked up stuff.
That’s like saying that a lot of people get murdered in Stephen King’s stories, so he must have homicidal fantasies.
Horror writers look for ways to shock and shake up their readers, and judging from the comments here, he succeeded.
Jonathan Swift must have really wanted to cannibalize poor children!
I’ll never forget bringing that up in a classroom and realizing adults had no idea it was satire.
Yep when your job is to shock, gross out and give people very specifically a moral and ethical panic attack
You tend to do some fucked up stuff.