• LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      This is probably old. I think it’s the live-slug-reaction kiss that happens for a second in Rise of Skywalker.

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      They celebrate the defeat of the bad guys, and there’s two women kissing. It quickly cuts to this guy live-slug-reaction. Dweebs got mad about it for reactionary reasons.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        Star Wars is stupid as hell, which is fine if taken for what it is, but being someone who understands the average wookiepedia article doesn’t make you smart, it means you know a lot about something really dumb

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        1 year ago

        I had a co-worker once, a really nice guy who never expressed a single political idea ever. He was a huge Star Wars nerd and would keep Star Wars toys on his desk and one for a costume party he dressed up in a full Darth Vader costume. He had never given it a thought that the movies could be an allegory of something in the real world and he was really surprised to learn about them being an allegory of the Vietnam war.

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          1 year ago

          My wife doesn’t really get subtext, and once showed me an exchange between her and a male friend, about 6 month into us dating.

          Male friend was clearly into her and she was oblivious, and male friend kept using euphemisms to avoid saying it outright, and was pissed she was dating someone “while we’re talking”

          She had no idea that some people use “talking” as code for “not dating officially but super into each other” and she had no idea he was even into her. And based on what I now know of both my wife and this (now former) friend, she was being a normal nice and a decent human being instead of shitty and short with everyone at the factory, and he took that as interest in him.

          So this whole time he’s going on about them “talking” she’s just like “yeah we’re talking? Like right now? Are we not? Is this not talking?” as in “yes we are exchanging words” and he wants to hear “I’m into you” so he things she means “of course we’re talking silly”.

          Awkward exchanges after that.

          And I’ve had to explain plenty of movies that are allegories and what sociopolitical influences made a show go a certain direction. She understands once I explain, but she probably wouldn’t get there on her own.

          Some people do NOT understand subtext. At ALL.