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Culture War Roundup for the week of September 5, 2022

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Why do you assume nobody else gets this? I know a lot of people who like rick and morty and our biggest argument is whether they are satirising depression or narcissism. I don't know anyone who thinks rick is a role model, the closest are friends who wish they were like detoxed rick or morty or who fear they would become like rick if they were omnipotent.

As for this being the final proof this country has lost its way, or we are overrun with stupid, no. This isn't even new. Did you know that people used to throw things at and spit on actors who played villains on tv? They'd organise letter writing campaigns to the network to get them fired because the character they played was too mean. Some of the actors playing bad men and women in old soap operas got death threats daily. A guy shot Reagan to impress Jodie Foster's character in Taxi Driver. Those people have always existed and they always will.

I actually like Rick And Morty for similar reasons to Bojack Horseman. It's about watching a broken person who isn't in control of their own life, who is kinda legitimately trying, and who is actually learning and getting better, the question is just whether they'll figure out how to be a good person before the weight of all their past bad decisions catches up with them.

This is just a heartwrenching scene.

Those people have always existed and they always will.

Appeal to tradition fallacy.

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You may have the wrong impression of this forum. Argue like you are talking to another person, like you are sitting down and having a conversation about it. Don't just namedrop a fallacy. I rambled quite a bit and I demand the same. Especially when you are missing the point - I don't care if it is an appeal to tradition, half the planet has less than 100 iq. Have you ever seen a juggalo gathering? Or a tailgate at a kid rock concert? Or at almost any concert or event? Rick and morty fans aren't even a drop in the ocean. People have been stupid forever, so unless you are suggesting looking up to rick is stupider than any of that?

Also you didn't address my anecdotal fallacy.

I think nobody else gets this because of how famous Rick and Morty continues to be among the zoomer generation and the fact as you pointed out yourself that most of society has a lower than 100 iq.

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