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Duck

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Duck

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As a child I had two consecutive duck toys. I know the later one was called Duck-Duck, but the name of the first one is lost to time, much as the toy itself was. Duck-Duck on the other hand, met a fiery end, which is disturbingly fitting for this comic.

I’m sorry, Duck-Duck. You deserved better.

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I agree.

Let’s take violence vs sex in fiction.

Violence is everywhere and you don’t have to be 18 to have access to it. It has been completely normalized and today 11 yo kids play games like fortnite about murder.

But show a tity or sex and people will throw hissy fit about “bad” influence on kids (while the same kids happily murder people in games because it’s fun).

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I tried reading these books, waaayyy too much rape in them. The bloody violence I could handle, but after the 3rd gang rape, I decided the author didn’t have what I was looking for.

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This is thrown around all the time but I’m not sure I’m convinced by a point it’s trying to make. When I was a kid, I watched someone get shot by police through their car window and die. Stuck with me for many years, and my parents always blamed themselves for bringing us to the wrong place at the wrong time, but it wasn’t their fault. Things like that just happen randomly and it’s very much a part of life.

Add to that your grandparents dying, pets getting hit by cars, or whole communities dying of sickness, this sort of stuff just finds you when you’re a kid and there’s really no way to prevent it. It’s a part of life as a kid, you just have to learn to live with it. Media portraying violence isn’t necessarily showing them something they’re not already familiar with.

But I have never seen people having sex without going looking for it. Idk, that’s just my two cents.

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10 points

Nice observation. To add on sexual intercourse is just an advanced form of a relationship, so what’s a bad influence is actually an expression of love - it’s quite a conundrum.

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3 points

How much blood is in Fortnite?

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5 points

Not sure but there’s like six graphic sex scenes in Lego Fortnite

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26 points

Finally.

Books bad comic.

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18 points

I wish I could experience the absolute joy my toddler gets when he turns to his favorite book page and laughs hysterically at it for the 100th time

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It seems extreme violence and cruelty has been completely normalized in fiction. It’s the same thing with movies, shows and videogames.

I think it’s a cheap trick to provoke emotions in the audience without the need for good writing.

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11 points

Fuck Brothers Grimm for starting this trend.

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And screw Sophocles for giving them the idea!

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