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same ... I can't watch movies and tv shows (cop dramas and such) in which a child is victimized. When such an episode comes on, I just get really uncomfortable,

same ... I can't watch movies and tv shows (cop dramas and such) in which a child is victimized. When such an episode comes on, I just get really uncomfortable, and nope out to do something else.

mikemac 9y ago
Same here, wish there was a Netflix section for "movies where no children are harmed"
- qaq 9y ago
  Same and this is a really good idea
  - Myrmornis 9y ago
    Non-parent here. I’m surprised to hear calls for a Netflix “safe space” from adults on HN rather than from whiny kids at a liberal arts college. It’s obvious that you’re sincere and that becoming a parent has affected you profoundly.
    - jamiegreen 9y ago
      They didnt say the movies should be banned from Netflix, but rather that they would like to have some filter in order to avoid such movies.
      - Myrmornis 9y ago
        Sorry, I meant trigger warning.
        magic_beans 9y ago
        You'll be a great parent some day.
    - chickenfries 9y ago
      So you feel sympathy for people on HN, but not for the college students who want to be warned when they're going to read something that might depict some other kind of traumatic experience?
      - Myrmornis 9y ago
        Yes, because the people here are intelligent adults, whereas kids asking for trigger warnings are spoiled embarrassments that need to learn to confront life as it is.
      - alien_at_work 9y ago
        If you're talking about trigger warnings, this is the crux of the so called "SJW" movement: it's a bunch of emotion from ignorant people. Actual studies show that trigger warnings are actually more damaging than not having them [1] [2] [3]. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-cod... [2] http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/cover_story/2016/09/what_science_can_tell_us_about_trigger_warnings.html http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/cover_story/2016/09/w... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTU3hxgr2Kc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTU3hxgr2Kc
        daeken 9y ago
        I'm unsure if you posted the wrong links, or if you mistook those for science. None of those links reference any "actual studies" whatsoever, let alone peer-reviewed scholarly studies regarding the impact of trigger warnings. Additionally, the first article linked is one of the worst long-form stories I may have ever read. It's scattered, making a claim and then jumping to another without justifying it in any way, shape, or form. This is the furthest thing from being scientific, and having looked at the authors, I see why. One is "president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education" and the other is "Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University Stern School of Business and the director of Heterodox Academy". The Heterodox Academy is a right-wing group trying to de-left college campuses via bullshit propaganda. They don't care about diversity of views, they just want college kids to take up their antiquated mantle. Regardless, there may be something harmful that comes from the (over)abundance of trigger warnings, and there may have even been some science along those lines, but it certainly isn't present in or referenced from these links.
    - 0942v8653 9y ago
      There's a chasm of difference between electing not to consume some form of entertainment, and refusing to listen to an argument or speech in a university environment. Most of the time when harm to a child is depicted in a film or television show, it is sort of a cheap, unfair way to get at the viewer's emotions. What is suggested here is nowhere near the same thing as having a "safe space" which restricts the speech of others.
      - Myrmornis 9y ago
        I don't know much about TV, but sad things have happened to children throughout history and this features in many great works of literature. To filter the cultural/artistic output that you consume based on whether or not it contains something one finds upsetting is a great mistake. I think that that applies even to your evening TV entertainment, but it certainly applies to undergraduate education in the humanities.
  - qaq 9y ago
    I think it would be good to even have a site where you could check this, or a filter. I am not suggesting that any content should be removed.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  I watched ´Centennial´ when I was a kid. The images still haunt me.
- cableshaft 9y ago
  They also need one for "movies where no dogs are killed". There's a lot more movies that do that than you might expect. I know several people that get really angry when they are subjected to a movie with this in it.
  - macintux 9y ago
    10 years ago I had to have my German Shepherd put down; she was suffering from cancer, and I couldn't take it any longer. A few weeks later I was watching I Am Legend in the theater, and when (spoiler alert) I could see what looked like the inevitable demise of Will Smith's dog, I hoofed it out as quickly as I could. I was completely unprepared to deal with that, and to this day I've never finished the movie.
    - cableshaft 9y ago
      Yeah, good call. I'm sorry you had to have your dog put down. It's an awful decision. When my parents decided to do that for the dog I grew up with, I really hated them for awhile. I didn't have a dog for a long time after that, but now I have a one year old Shiba, and I dread the day when I'll have to make that decision. Hopefully that won't be for a long time from now.
      - CodeCube 9y ago
        I've often thought that having pets (who will obviously have a shorter lifetime than humans) will help them learn to deal with death. That way, when it inevitably happens to an adult in their life, they will have experience processing it. That may seem a morbid thing to think about, but everything happens for a reason ... circle of life and all that.
  - parasubvert 9y ago
    There are two John Wick movies that demonstrate the height of revenge fantasies over a dead dog. :)
  - Simon_says 9y ago
rodolphoarruda 9y ago
Same here. Father of two. I tried to watch Schindler's List during the holidays but I couldn't... some scenes are just unbearable for a parent to see.

same ... I can't watch movies and tv shows (cop dramas and such) in which a child is victimized. When such an episode comes on, I just get really uncomfortable, and nope out to do something else.

mikemac 9y ago

Same here, wish there was a Netflix section for "movies where no children are harmed"

qaq 9y ago
Same and this is a really good idea
- Myrmornis 9y ago
  Non-parent here. I’m surprised to hear calls for a Netflix “safe space” from adults on HN rather than from whiny kids at a liberal arts college. It’s obvious that you’re sincere and that becoming a parent has affected you profoundly.
  - jamiegreen 9y ago
    They didnt say the movies should be banned from Netflix, but rather that they would like to have some filter in order to avoid such movies.
    - Myrmornis 9y ago
      Sorry, I meant trigger warning.
      - magic_beans 9y ago
        You'll be a great parent some day.
  - chickenfries 9y ago
    So you feel sympathy for people on HN, but not for the college students who want to be warned when they're going to read something that might depict some other kind of traumatic experience?
    - Myrmornis 9y ago
      Yes, because the people here are intelligent adults, whereas kids asking for trigger warnings are spoiled embarrassments that need to learn to confront life as it is.
    - alien_at_work 9y ago
      If you're talking about trigger warnings, this is the crux of the so called "SJW" movement: it's a bunch of emotion from ignorant people. Actual studies show that trigger warnings are actually more damaging than not having them [1] [2] [3]. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-cod... [2] http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/cover_story/2016/09/what_science_can_tell_us_about_trigger_warnings.html http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/cover_story/2016/09/w... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTU3hxgr2Kc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTU3hxgr2Kc
      - daeken 9y ago
        I'm unsure if you posted the wrong links, or if you mistook those for science. None of those links reference any "actual studies" whatsoever, let alone peer-reviewed scholarly studies regarding the impact of trigger warnings. Additionally, the first article linked is one of the worst long-form stories I may have ever read. It's scattered, making a claim and then jumping to another without justifying it in any way, shape, or form. This is the furthest thing from being scientific, and having looked at the authors, I see why. One is "president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education" and the other is "Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University Stern School of Business and the director of Heterodox Academy". The Heterodox Academy is a right-wing group trying to de-left college campuses via bullshit propaganda. They don't care about diversity of views, they just want college kids to take up their antiquated mantle. Regardless, there may be something harmful that comes from the (over)abundance of trigger warnings, and there may have even been some science along those lines, but it certainly isn't present in or referenced from these links.
  - 0942v8653 9y ago
    There's a chasm of difference between electing not to consume some form of entertainment, and refusing to listen to an argument or speech in a university environment. Most of the time when harm to a child is depicted in a film or television show, it is sort of a cheap, unfair way to get at the viewer's emotions. What is suggested here is nowhere near the same thing as having a "safe space" which restricts the speech of others.
    - Myrmornis 9y ago
      I don't know much about TV, but sad things have happened to children throughout history and this features in many great works of literature. To filter the cultural/artistic output that you consume based on whether or not it contains something one finds upsetting is a great mistake. I think that that applies even to your evening TV entertainment, but it certainly applies to undergraduate education in the humanities.
- qaq 9y ago
  I think it would be good to even have a site where you could check this, or a filter. I am not suggesting that any content should be removed.
jacquesm 9y ago
I watched ´Centennial´ when I was a kid. The images still haunt me.
cableshaft 9y ago
They also need one for "movies where no dogs are killed". There's a lot more movies that do that than you might expect. I know several people that get really angry when they are subjected to a movie with this in it.
- macintux 9y ago
  10 years ago I had to have my German Shepherd put down; she was suffering from cancer, and I couldn't take it any longer. A few weeks later I was watching I Am Legend in the theater, and when (spoiler alert) I could see what looked like the inevitable demise of Will Smith's dog, I hoofed it out as quickly as I could. I was completely unprepared to deal with that, and to this day I've never finished the movie.
  - cableshaft 9y ago
    Yeah, good call. I'm sorry you had to have your dog put down. It's an awful decision. When my parents decided to do that for the dog I grew up with, I really hated them for awhile. I didn't have a dog for a long time after that, but now I have a one year old Shiba, and I dread the day when I'll have to make that decision. Hopefully that won't be for a long time from now.
    - CodeCube 9y ago
      I've often thought that having pets (who will obviously have a shorter lifetime than humans) will help them learn to deal with death. That way, when it inevitably happens to an adult in their life, they will have experience processing it. That may seem a morbid thing to think about, but everything happens for a reason ... circle of life and all that.
- parasubvert 9y ago
  There are two John Wick movies that demonstrate the height of revenge fantasies over a dead dog. :)
- Simon_says 9y ago

rodolphoarruda 9y ago

Same here. Father of two. I tried to watch Schindler's List during the holidays but I couldn't... some scenes are just unbearable for a parent to see.