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Doesn't it seem more likely that that was a cliched hyperbolic statement than a threat?

by geenew 4y ago

colejohnson66 4y ago
Hyperbolic statement or not, it's inappropriate to say if the person on the other end doesn't know you well
- teddyh 4y ago
  It is certainly inappropriate to say today. It may have been closer to being acceptable in 1985, when it (allegedly) took place. Customs and morals change with the times, sometimes more than we want to imagine or recall. Remember, this was only one year after the movie Revenge of the Nerds was a lasting hit (it spawned one theatrical sequel and two more TV sequels). Viewed with today’s eyes, the movie is unequivocally terrible, with rape perpetrated by the movie’s protagonist being played for laughs, among many other things. But it was not viewed as terrible by audiences at the time. However, the people who liked the movie at the time, and even the people who made the movie at the time have presumably changed in the intervening years, and may not deserve to be judged by something they did forty years ago.
  - tptacek 4y ago
    This is the second time on this thread you've suggested that in 1985 it was acceptable to threaten to commit suicide to coerce someone to date you. No, it was not.
    - teddyh 4y ago
      No, but this is the second time that you have hallucinated that I did.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > It is certainly inappropriate to say today. It may have been closer to being acceptable in 1985, It was not. > Remember, this was only one year after the movie Revenge of the Nerds was a lasting hit Holy non-sequitur Batman!
    - teddyh 4y ago
      > It was not. I’ll take your word for it (and I upvoted your other comment which stated this). > Holy non-sequitur Batman! It was not a non-sequitur. It was an example meant to conclusively illustrate of how radically morals and attitudes (in the time period in question) differ from the current ones, even though we collectively might feel and remember otherwise.

Doesn't it seem more likely that that was a cliched hyperbolic statement than a threat?

by geenew 4y ago

Doesn't it seem more likely that that was a cliched hyperbolic statement than a threat?

colejohnson66 4y ago

Hyperbolic statement or not, it's inappropriate to say if the person on the other end doesn't know you well

teddyh 4y ago
It is certainly inappropriate to say today. It may have been closer to being acceptable in 1985, when it (allegedly) took place. Customs and morals change with the times, sometimes more than we want to imagine or recall. Remember, this was only one year after the movie Revenge of the Nerds was a lasting hit (it spawned one theatrical sequel and two more TV sequels). Viewed with today’s eyes, the movie is unequivocally terrible, with rape perpetrated by the movie’s protagonist being played for laughs, among many other things. But it was not viewed as terrible by audiences at the time. However, the people who liked the movie at the time, and even the people who made the movie at the time have presumably changed in the intervening years, and may not deserve to be judged by something they did forty years ago.
- tptacek 4y ago
  This is the second time on this thread you've suggested that in 1985 it was acceptable to threaten to commit suicide to coerce someone to date you. No, it was not.
  - teddyh 4y ago
    No, but this is the second time that you have hallucinated that I did.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > It is certainly inappropriate to say today. It may have been closer to being acceptable in 1985, It was not. > Remember, this was only one year after the movie Revenge of the Nerds was a lasting hit Holy non-sequitur Batman!
  - teddyh 4y ago
    > It was not. I’ll take your word for it (and I upvoted your other comment which stated this). > Holy non-sequitur Batman! It was not a non-sequitur. It was an example meant to conclusively illustrate of how radically morals and attitudes (in the time period in question) differ from the current ones, even though we collectively might feel and remember otherwise.