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Something can be fascinating and appalling at the same time. It's only a term of interest. Talk to serial murderer podcast listeners and ask if they approve of
by kleer001 6y ago
Something can be fascinating and appalling at the same time. It's only a term of interest. Talk to serial murderer podcast listeners and ask if they approve of murder.
Surprise has no intrinsic valence, neither positive or negative, that's why it's often considered its own emotional dimension.
Assuming a positive implication where none exists seems a little bad faith. Might want to watch that if you want to have civil discourse in the future.
- zozbot234 6y agoI'm not ascribing that sort of positive implication to OP, and I don't think reading my comment in that way is very fair. I'm just saying that this stuff is a lot more banal and uninteresting than many people would think. It's not about "freedom against the power of the state", nor about "the future of the internet". It's the sort of crap that the vast majority of us would rather do without altogether.
- kleer001 6y agoAh, then forgive me. However what's banal an uninteresting is highly subjective. So, there's still that to re-calibrate on. https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/