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@afreytes

The chilling aspect of villains, to me, is how any one of us could fall into that trap under certain circumstances. I will say I don't like many of the redemption arcs one encounters in popular media, where a mass murderer is suddenly a good guy when the MC falls in love. You see that a lot in vampire stories, for example. It *might* stem from how uncomfortable people are with pure, unredeemable evil, I don't know. Our religions play up how anyone can be saved.

@BenAveling @mkj

@afreytes

I always read this as the villain *believing* themselves to be a hero. They boast of things any right thinking person would find terrible. I have a few "redeemable" ones, but most aren't and don't want to be. The MC and others regard them with disdain and, on the occasions where they attempt to justify themselves, they are shown to engage in aberrant thinking. They may *think* themselves a hero or the victim but are obviously not & things don't end well for them.

@xgranade

I am so sick of the general capitalist culture's habit of evaluating everything on whether it's "profitable" first & foremost & whether it's good, decent, healthy, or moral later, or never. It's a sick way to run a society, full stop. I will never willingly use their error prone, unethical, environmentally disasterous slop machine nor purchase a work from anyone who has. I'm fine being a Luddite on this or whatever else they want to call me. I don't respect them enough to care.

@LianaBrooks

Yes. The only other one I have is Bluesky & I don't spend much time there. I get better interactions & good conversations here.

@astronomerritt

I always found the singling out of certain words that either mean the same as or rhyme with other words to be extremely nonsensical. Never understood it, and people whining about "vulgar language" just makes me want to use it more.

@blogdiva

Perfect description for number 9. 😆

@carsten @randahl

Don't forget Starbucks. Last time I was in UK, and Spain, those were all over the place.

@quixoticgeek

I prefer Generation Jones for us later born Boomers. 😁

@marjolica @thordis

@SrRochardBunson

I've got my hat!