Various nuggets of interest in this survey of Gen Z and millennials

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    They refuse to see the Barbie movie

    Well, caring about that is a red flag by itself.

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      9 months ago

      Red flags come in all sizes. A potentially small one is: “I’m not willing to sit through a dumb but harmless movie even though my partner wants to see it.”

      A bigger red flag would be “I refuse to see The Barbie Movie because it’s woke!!!

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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        Yea, especially since the strong negative prejudice against that particular movie has mainly come from sexist reactionary political commentators

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          Well, there’s a certain subset of loud, gullible cretins out there that apply the following tests to see if something is “woke” and they should hate it:

          • Does it espouse or support anything that’s not hardcore, regressive social “conservatism”? E.g “LGBT people exist” or “sexism is bad.”
          • Do “the libs” (real or imaginary) like it?

          If the answer to any of those 2 questions is “yes”: the thing in question is “woke”. The Barbie Movie is 2 yeses … so apparently it’s “extra woke”.

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      Refusing to see a movie their partner wants to see with them is a sensible red flag. I think it would be higher if it was phrased generally rather than specifically about Barbie.

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          9 months ago

          I know, it’s a misleading political statement, like the rest of the survey.

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        If they’re being a dick about it, yes. But surely there’s things that people in a relationship do by themselves or with friends. Couldn’t seeing a movie that your partner doesn’t want to be one of them?

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          9 months ago

          So being enthusiastic to see the Barbie movie is a red flag for you. That doesn’t make sense to me, but hey, I hope you find love in someone that shares your movie preferences.

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            No, that is not what I said at all. Some movies have people working on them who are, very loudly, spreading dangerous things that are doing very real harm to individuals and society as a whole …things like Q. I would rather not spend money supporting them.

            I hope you’re able to see the difference between the two things. Cheers.

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      9 months ago

      The barbie movie is awesome I’ve seen it 3 times with my gf . If someone doesn’t like that movie it would be a red flag for me lol .