• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
    802·
    8 months ago

    This meme assumes the reader finds babies to be cute and adorable, rather than terrifying little goblins.

    • jak@sopuli.xyz
      76·
      8 months ago

      It’s different for everyone, but I was always put off by kids for all the typical reasons (boring, sticky, annoying, etc.), until I got pregnant.

      I don’t mean that I love my kid so it’s different. I mean that the hormones associated with pregnancy changed all of my priorities. Thank god I had an abortion (I’d have a preteen with an alcoholic father and me for a mother- that’s not fair to a child), but it was much more difficult than I expected it to be.

      With the pregnancy hormones, I definitely would have cried at this ad. Congratulations to them for emotionally manipulating the most emotionally unstable group in the world?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      61·
      8 months ago

      It’s intended to fuck with the mom-brain of a pregnant woman. Like putting porn in front of a guy going through No-Nut November. The goal is to hit those animal instincts and cause intense anxiety.

      They’re not trying to influence teenage edgelords.

  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
    751·
    8 months ago

    Now I’m wondering that if you replace these poster with something like “black babies matter” it would trigger replacement theory before it triggers the pro-life reflex.

    • BillyTheSkidMark@lemm.ee
      167·
      8 months ago

      I know it’s a joke, and I’m super excited pro choice… But even knowing they’re dog/elephant their comment still works (other than the “humans” clarifier) as they can make independent thoughts and love their lives.

      • Breve@pawb.social
        27·
        8 months ago

        Every time you need to pay someone who’s pro-life any amount of money, give them a nickle and tell them that if they put it in their bank account it will eventually grow to reach the amount of money you owe them, therefore you’ve just paid them in full. Easy.

  • GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca
    294·
    8 months ago

    If things works the way those idiots actually think they do, I can see how this would be horrifying to them. But things don’t work that way. And because they’re Idiots, they won’t ever know that with enough reason- they can side-step the horrors of their own ignorance.

  • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
    15·
    8 months ago

    Thanos was a true ideologue. He could have targeted half the universes population AND all the people trying to stop him. It would have been a insignificant amount over his intentions. Quickly erased by the exponential increase in population growth he would have started.

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        8 months ago

        Doesn’t that still result in issues? Like it might take longer but the end result would be the same.

        • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
          16·
          8 months ago

          I mean the main problem comes from the fact that that’s not what comic Thanos’ reason for killing half the universe is.

          In the comics Thanos wanted to kill half the universe to impress lady death who he was in love with.

          But since a love triangle where Thanos is getting cucked by Deadpool isn’t really fit for movies we got what we got.

          • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
            6·
            8 months ago

            You know there’s something about a villains motive being so small and pathetic that just makes it seem more real. Hardly anybody has any grand ideas about shaping the world, even those with the power to. Most billionaires are literally buying big boats and buildings instead of shaping nations. Destroying things because he can’t handle rejection is just so much more human.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      31·
      8 months ago

      One of the more annoying aspects of the story arc. Thanos was originally written as this religious zealot who quite literally wanted nothing more than to bone Death. Everything he did was in service to this dogmatic view that killing was a holy act. So much of his character is just my man being an uncompromising, super-powered sociopath.

      And then the MCU writers come in and try to make him a eugenicist who can’t do math. “Just gonna nix half the universe’s sentient population and then go off and… uh… farm.” Dude, come on. Why on earth did they feel the need to take one of the setting’s explicit unquestionable villains and turn him into Sam Bankman-Fried with magic rocks?

      • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
        8·
        8 months ago

        Disney, probably. They gave us some good things, I guess. Kinda sucks it’s their IP forever now.

        I’m leaning towards being competely over marvel and super hero shit in general. Sad that some might think it’s because I’m old and no fun but really I don’t think the story telling is up to my standards anymore.

        At this point I want depth and execution. Really, my standards may be too high but it’s my time, I guess.

        I just need a story that has something important under the surface. Something to keep me guessing. Then in a master stroke execute every scene with intention, artistry, and style.

        I also tend toward darker themes.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
          4·
          8 months ago

          I also tend toward darker themes.

          The mainstreaming and Disney-fication of “gritty” movies has been absolutely dogshit for the content.

          You can’t make Blade or The Crow anymore. You can barely make The Matrix. You just get a bunch of GrimDark cartoony bullshit.

          • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
            4·
            8 months ago

            I’m dreaming of a Berserk done right. Not that shit they somehow did two seasons of. The Golden Age stuff is really good. I just want post golden age now.

            • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
              2·
              8 months ago

              They do all this build up and the climax of Golden Age really grabs you. Then its just… damn, yeah. More of that high drama / political intrigue / folly of man’s hubris / yearning of the human heart shit. The monster fights are fun, but the real meat of Berserk is that romance and betrayal.