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>> It's just a cultural artifact of the west's love and expectation of violent solutions > I don't think this really has anything to do with the west. I grew
by brownbat 7y ago
>> It's just a cultural artifact of the west's love and expectation of violent solutions
> I don't think this really has anything to do with the west.
I grew up (in the West) watching HK action films and samurai movies, so I hear you.
It's exasperating to have to continually point out that fantasy and reality are different things when others stubbornly refuse to accept that. Exemplified by Tarantino losing it after probably the millionth time he was grilled about violence in media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7k4GQSGvx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7k4GQSGvx8
- KirinDave 7y agoWhy do you think this is exclusively about the west? I pointed to my culture's unique flavor of violence loving, but I didn't suggest that video games were causal nor did I suggest that we were unique, merely distinct.