• ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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      9 days ago

      I do the exact same thing but with a knife when I’m angry at specific politicians. Fidget around with it (it’s a big heavy law enforcement model), violently flip it open a few times, practice some grip switches, then just sorta squeeze it really hard, close my eyes and stare at the Orange Hitler’s stupid grin.

      Am I crazy or is this normal behavior (for someone who’s been horribly abused my entire life by Christian extremist doctrine and now his policies writing that same doctrine into law)?

  • blady_blah@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    So … the gun gives him a sense of power when he gets depressed and is feeling powerless with the direction things are going in his life?

    So what if instead of this being about a cartoon this was someone getting really angry at their wife so they have to go to their office and have to “grip a gun really tight for a few minutes until they calm down”? Or maybe getting angry at their boss… or their neighbor… or the government? That’s pretty disturbing.

    Is this why people collect so many guns? If one gun gives you a sense of power, many guns means you have lots more power, right? (even though you only have one trigger finger) That also kind of explains why guns are so popular amongst people without much real power.

  • DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 days ago

    Wait so modern spongebob makes Patrick into a Ned Flanders annoying neighbor character? That’s the stupidest fucking thing. Seriously how you gonna break up that friendship

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      While “Flanderization” is named after Ned Flanders, it doesn’t refer to making a character more like Flanders specifically. It refers more generally to oversimplifying a character to a lazy stereotype, losing any depth or complexity. In the case of Patrick Star, it’s referring to him changing from being just a bit simple-minded to being an absolute moron.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      Season 4 SpongeBob hollowed out the characters. Anything after the movie turns the characters into caricatures. Squidward is just there as a punching bag, SpongeBob is obnoxious, Patrick is just dumb, Sandy is just a scientist.

      I remember watching that Karate Island episode when it came out as a kid and realizing that SpongeBob was over.

      • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        My kid was into SpongeBob, and wanted to watch them all on Paramount Plus. I was trying to get him to stick to the older ones. The new ones are indeed crap.

  • CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 days ago

    This makes me realize that I want desk toy which is metallic, heavy and has a satisfying mechanical action, but which does not resemble a firearm in appearance or function. Basically all the tactile experience of playing with a revolver, but none of the legal or emotional baggage.