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Hopefully this came across but I'm definitely not always rooting for either Tony Sorprano or Walter White. Like you say, you experience the story through these
by Lio 1y ago
Hopefully this came across but I'm definitely not always rooting for either Tony Sorprano or Walter White.
Like you say, you experience the story through these dubious characters. Especially on multiple watch throughs you can really come to despise them but the series are so well made that the writers can bring you round multiple times.
There's something about the cognative disonence of how most people experience life there.
I was once told that most people that do bad things just convince themselves that what they're doing is actually OK.
So someone that steals from cars blames the car's owner for leaving it unlocked. That rings true for me. They're not sociopaths, they're bending their reality to justify their actions.
That's obvious criminality but I think that almost everyone is doing something like that to some extent.
For example, just look at the popularity of fast fashion that's almost certainly made with slave labour. At this point in time I don't think anyone buying from Shien[1] or Temu[2] could be in any doubt. They must know, they just don't care. They're still just everyday people.
1. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg7n1d85go.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg7n1d85go.amp
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67752413.amp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67752413.amp
- worthless-trash 1y agoI wrote a response to this many times, you write some good points. I like how you can keep disconnected and non judgemental while somehow making it appear that both ordering from Temu and grand theft auto are similarly bad.
- Lio 1y agoNo one has mentioned Grand Theft Auto but you. I’m not sure why you’ve brought that up, it’s completely unrelated to the conversation.
- worthless-trash 1y ago> So someone that steals from cars blames the car's owner for leaving it > unlocked. That rings true for me. They're not sociopaths, they're bending > their reality to justify their actions. Thse are your words, Isn't a stolen car Known as GTA or "Auto theft" ?
- Lio 1y agoAh, I see the confusion. I think you've missed the word "from" there, as in some item taken from a car not the car itself. Where I live using the words Grand Theft Auto, with that capitalisation, implies the video game of the same name. We don't have the crime of the same name (we call it Taking without Consent). Since there's been quite a bit in the news about video game censorship, including GTA, I mistook your comment as trying to change the topic to that. My appologies.
- worthless-trash 1y agoAh. Yes I see my confusion there too. In my mind many cars get stripped down for parts, hence why my mind went for car theft for parts from the car. It was big of you to come back and discuss the way you did. Respect.