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And video games cause violence, and DnD leads to Satanism, and TV rots brains, and movies lead to illiteracy, and books lead to dangerous thought.
by morley 4y ago
And video games cause violence, and DnD leads to Satanism, and TV rots brains, and movies lead to illiteracy, and books lead to dangerous thought.
- ominous 4y ago> video games cause violence They don't. Nothing harmful can come out of reading a book. > DnD leads to Satanism It can't, ever. No subculture can wander so close to satanism that would lead their elements to coopt it. > TV rots brains It doesn't. There's no way of consuming TV that has a negative impact on people. > movies lead to illiteracy They don't. Having the choice of a movie never prevented anyone from having to practice spending time learning to consume literature. > books lead to dangerous thought They don't. Nothing dangerous can be transmited in print. Well done, everything is harmless.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoI suspect the gp had an implied "/s" and was referring to things like the infamous Chick tracts and so on.
- AlexandrB 4y agoPretty sure the parent was being sarcastic in response, given obviously false statements like: > Well done, everything is harmless.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoD'oh!
- dghughes 4y agoIsn't the inability to detect sarcasm known to be an early sign of dementia?
- booleandilemma 4y agoAnd HN usage leads to the inability to recognize sarcasm. Google it, it's true.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoSarcasm in response to sarcasm is evidently twice as easy to miss.
- z9znz 4y ago[flagged]
- z9znz 4y agoDownvoted with no replies... does that mean "it's true but I don't like to read it", or does it mean "it creates a cognitive dissonance that I can't deal with, and I don't know how to respond... so I downvote and hope it goes away"? This is HN. Step up and disagree with words, assuming your brain has not turned completely to 4th grade mush.
- yathaid 4y agoWhat you are saying is a false root cause, i.e. "TikTok causes rare mental disorders". Which is not what OP is saying.
- matt321 4y agoTV, Videogames, and moviesactually dorot brains since normally people would otherwise be picking up new skills to make themselves more able.