I hate how fake and tiktokified everything is (hexbear.net)

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Everything feels so superficial, consumerist and gross. Like, it always was, but we used to at least have a counterculture to it. The only thing close to a counterculture is anti-woke shit which I think is going to bite us in the end.

I feel like I'm getting more misanthropic lately and I don't like it. But I feel like most people are just getting kind of shitty and sucked into "the game", more so than usual. Opposition to this is brushed away as bitter or "angry at the world".

But like, sometimes angry bitter people have a point? I think the total rejection of anger is dangerous, similar to not allowing people to be sad.

Everyone wears this mask of charisma, but it's suffocating and pretentious.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Everyone wears this mask of charisma, but it's suffocating and pretentious.

Watch indie movies instead of consuming slop comrade. I watch a movie everyday.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Can you give me some suggestions?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Some recent movies I really enjoyed. Some movies can have triggering scenes but you can check IMDbs parental guide

Shallow Grave (1994), LOVE THIS ONE. Danny Boyle was such a fun director in the 90s
The Fall of Usher (1928), abstract gothic silent film adaptation of Edgar Allen Poes poem, the cinematography is beautiful and incredibly goth
May (2002), a quirky horror film about a quirky girl
The Girl With the Needle (2024)
Sorry, Baby (2025)
Bad Timing (1980)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Run Lola Run
Good One (2024)
Mr Klein (1976)
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Primal Fear
Aftersun (2022)
Vidas Secas (1963)
Frybread Face and Me (2023) [Native American Cinema]
No One Knows About Persian Cats [Iranian]
Atanarjuat The Fast Runner [Native American Cinema] -Smoke Signal [Native American Cinema]
The Hourglass Sanatorium
Rats! (2024) A movie for scene kids!
Read My Lips (2001)
Stoker (2013)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Orpheus (1950)

You also cant go wrong with Soviet Cinema. https://boxd.it/e01Qu

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

I have stopped watching movies due to everything beong hollywood slop from likely disney, thanks for indie movie recs that sounds good!

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