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noname223
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- Aug 18, 2020
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I think DFW thought that. I am not sure about it. In my language we use a term which is more accurate in my opinion. It (verrohen) can be translated with brutalize, vulgarize, or become brutal.
I am not sure with which time one should compare that. I mean in Middle Ages there were public torturing events. I think even children watched them. People who were considered witches were publicly immolated. This sounds pretty sick.
I think he refers to the media and the internet. If one wants one can watch the most cruel things one can imagine you can find them easily on the internet. It is quite easily accessible. The same applies to pornography. Young people see such stuff often very early nowadays.
The media is very sensationalistic. Especially the yellow press. They don't care about moral standards.
One thing I personally experienced on the internet one has to become more and more extreme in order to stick out and gain attention. I think I read some good examples here in this forum which shocked me. People fatten themselves in an extreme way just to gain fame. This is quite sick.
Terror attacks which are streamed online. Vicitms which are made fun of. All of that is pretty disgusting.
I can remember when I was young Lady Gaga stuck out because she was so extraodinary. Honestly nowadays noone would give a fuck about her. The things one has to do in order to get attention is far more extreme. And this can be quite detrimental.
On the other hand I am not sure whether this is a little bit too much of moral panic. There were also very provocative scandals decades ago. The Beatles did so much drugs, the protestors of 1968 were seen as rotten. Not all of their aims were reached. Though I think we incorporated some good ideas and rejected some bad ones. I don't know. I am not an expert and cannot really compare nowadays with former decades. However when I compare the time when I was a child or teenager I think there were less extremes in the past. The internet was a catalyst for some phenomena.
What do you think about that?
I am not sure with which time one should compare that. I mean in Middle Ages there were public torturing events. I think even children watched them. People who were considered witches were publicly immolated. This sounds pretty sick.
I think he refers to the media and the internet. If one wants one can watch the most cruel things one can imagine you can find them easily on the internet. It is quite easily accessible. The same applies to pornography. Young people see such stuff often very early nowadays.
The media is very sensationalistic. Especially the yellow press. They don't care about moral standards.
One thing I personally experienced on the internet one has to become more and more extreme in order to stick out and gain attention. I think I read some good examples here in this forum which shocked me. People fatten themselves in an extreme way just to gain fame. This is quite sick.
Terror attacks which are streamed online. Vicitms which are made fun of. All of that is pretty disgusting.
I can remember when I was young Lady Gaga stuck out because she was so extraodinary. Honestly nowadays noone would give a fuck about her. The things one has to do in order to get attention is far more extreme. And this can be quite detrimental.
On the other hand I am not sure whether this is a little bit too much of moral panic. There were also very provocative scandals decades ago. The Beatles did so much drugs, the protestors of 1968 were seen as rotten. Not all of their aims were reached. Though I think we incorporated some good ideas and rejected some bad ones. I don't know. I am not an expert and cannot really compare nowadays with former decades. However when I compare the time when I was a child or teenager I think there were less extremes in the past. The internet was a catalyst for some phenomena.
What do you think about that?
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