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by cheschire 16 days ago
I must be the weirdo for not wanting to feel unsettled like that. Doesn’t reality have enough unsettling stuff? Why pile onto that?

Give me comedy. Oh how I miss the 90 minute comedy movie.

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What I find unsettling is that large swathes of mainstream society seem to consistently tack towards safe, unchallenging pablum. Why watch Parasite when you could watch a Happy Gilmore sequel?

I'm not saying this to be contrarian or give you a hard time. You should watch whatever makes you feel joy.

However, you shouldn't be surprised that for a lot of people, music, movies, television and books (I kid, I kid) that don't surprise, challenge, shock, confuse or inspire us feels vapid, hollow and intellectually insulting.

Long live the counterculture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJ8talVp90

I would rather go watch Weekend at Bernie's for the 100th time.
Amen to that!
Backrooms does have comedy, or at least comedic moments in it.
... I'm genuinely intrigued to hear what you found funny.