Or we read them when we were young and gradually came to mistrust them. I've seen that too.
de ninguna maneraOr simply we try not to take political advice on goverment structure from a work of fiction, who actually does not represent the authors position on the the topic.
If people take political advice from the Hunger games, or from Harry Potter, we still call them stupid.
No way?
You lost me there consensus.
Imagine if people in 50 years hold up "Divergence" as a prime example of how to run a goverment, based on tests scores to force people to do certain jobs.
Even at some level we sort of do something like this, we definitely have much better reasons than "It was written in a book"
But I guess most people have a certain proclivity to follow fantasy stuff just because it was written in a book.
I think it's probably related to your social circle and the fact that you didn't go to college. I find conversations with my old high school friends to be exceptionally dull. Generally, the stuff they are interested in, the stuff they want to talk about and the depth in which they are willing to explore topics just does not resonate with me anymore.
Or simply we try not to take political advice on goverment structure from a work of fiction, who actually does not represent the authors position on the the topic.
If people take political advice from the Hunger games, or from Harry Potter, we still call them stupid.
No way?
You lost me there consensus.
Imagine if people in 50 years hold up "Divergence" as a prime example of how to run a goverment, based on tests scores to force people to do certain jobs.
Even at some level we sort of do something like this, we definitely have much better reasons than "It was written in a book"
But I guess most people have a certain proclivity to follow fantasy stuff just because it was written in a book.
Something interesting happened last night. Granted, all parties involved were intoxicated, but I'll share anyway.
I have a friend that's extremely anti-Trump. It isn't that he's Democratic, but he just despises the man and wants him to lose. That said, he is EXTREMELY sensitive about everything.
I, on the other hand, am very much Republican. I want Trump to win, if for nothing else, just to see what the long term effects affects (hopefully positive) it has on the country.
So we're having a BBQ and drinking pretty heavy, then we move into the hot tub. My wife and I, and him. We're just relaxing, shooting the shit, and my wife mentions that she doesn't like my sense of humor. I laughed, and said that it's dark. The greatest explanation (based on a movie) is that There are two movies that are pretty identical in story. Paul Blart: Mall Cop & Observe and Report. I have not and never will watch Paul Blart. That just doesn't do it for me. The much much darker Observe and Report is hilarious.
Then she brings up a radio show that I always listen to. Technically, Opie & Anthony have been off the air for 2 years, but I still listen to the shows that Opie does by himself as well as Anthony's podcast. And I enjoy them both, even though they're different.
Next thing I know, she hypothetically brings up a story that there was a retarded guy in studio, and they wanted people with the funniest retard stories to call up and the best one would win a prize. This is bullshit, though. They never give away prizes, but that's something else all together.
I explain that I will laugh at things that are funny. Humor transcends all of our political correctness. It may not be funny for everyone, but it's damn funny for some one. He brings up that it isn't funny to make fun of a cripple. I agree, technically. Is said cripple involved in the joke? Like laughing at himself about stupid shit he's done? I know damn well I've been torn down by others for stupid things I've done in the past, and couldn't help laughing at myself in those instances. This guy was enraged by my idea of laughing at a cripple could EVER possibly be funny, and he stormed off.
Good times.
You're right. I'm very long winded.Jesus christ dude you could edit this post down to:
There was a guy at a party that just couldn't understand ANY joke about a cripple, even a self-deprecating one, and got pissed and stormed off when we discussed it. He is apparently extremely sensitive about things.