EM POC Weekly Thread 2/3/25 (hexbear.net)

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Hi empoc comrades! School has started back up for me which is fun, I enjoy school and I really like my classes this semester. Also I borrowed a physical copy of The Wretched of the Earth from one of my profs and I’ve started reading it. I’m enjoying it so far.

As always, this thread is em poc only!!

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It is common for a show to come around with a good social commentary (squid game, severance), me to be interested in that social commentary and get dogpiled by people because I “can’t turn off your brain and let people enjoy things because nothing is going to change”

Maybe things could change if you thought about the message and did something about it. Ya know, like your religion zizek

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

some people really hate media having themes, even if they are basic like "Greed is bad" they just want treats and nothing else, i was reading the absolute superman comic and the main bad org is an evil corporation that oppresses people and there was a dude crying that the comic was anti-amerikkkan and was pro-killing amerikkkans because some characters in the comic said "i hope superman beats the evil corp"

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah he should punch up on criminals coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and nothing else. No message behind that I'm sure. Nope even spiderman being the everyman struggling with bills like the rest has no message there either.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

When the first season of Squid Game came out I took a while to watch it and it was so amazing. But then when I talked to people about it all anyone ever wanted to talk about was how good they would be at the games and all that and I was like no one wants to talk about the themes? catgirl-cry

Similarly, I had recommended Severance to someone a while ago. While I didn't say anything about the commentary on alienation and workplace tyranny, I thought I had at least explained the premise in a way that it would still be interesting. Safe to say they still haven't watched it.

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