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What gets you? Like a
paranormal activity ghost thing or like the demon possession kind?

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I'm sure this is a shocking answer, but if it's done well psychological horror super creeps me out.

Demons are boring and ghost stuff's hit or miss, though since you admitted you're a baby about horror I guess I should tell you that I cried near the end of the Japanese version of The Ring. Not because it was scary though, just super depressing.

[The struggle is real when it comes to empathy and movies.]

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I was actually gonna guess that, but then I thought
horror psychology has to be even more fake than horror special effects and makeup

It's okay man
I won't judge you
I cry at the drop of a hat
I'm not ashamed to admit it
Titanic fucked me up

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It's usually pretty bad, yeah, but every so often there's something that works.

Don't talk to me about Titanic, it's a problem every single time. Moulin Rouge too.

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It's the old couple, dude
When they lay down in bed

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And the mom reading her kids a story.

And then of course the ending too, even though it's totally overdone and predictable and shouldn't actually work.

[But it does. It does.]

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Yeah honestly the ending didn't hit me all that hard.
Also that whole 'put them both on the door' argument is way overdone.

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It's like people forget that they tried both getting on the door and it didn't work.

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The weight to buoyance man, it was just never gonna happen

[lifetothefullest]

People just really want there to have been an explanation that would put fault on either--or both--Rose or Jack, because then Jack's death is less upsetting; it can be rationalized as happening due to a mistake of Jack and Rose's own making.

This protects the viewer from having to face the idea that Jack's death wasn't preventable at all, and therefore allows them to maintain the illusion of a just world in which nothing like this could happen to them, because they're smarter and wouldn't make that mistake in that situation. Of course that's not how life works, but it's a world view that many still cling to because it's comforting despite the harm it can cause.

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You were supposed to assault me with Saw
I wasn't emotionally prepared

[lifetothefullest]

I felt bad for the lack of interesting commentary earlier.

Also I have stronger opinions about Titanic.

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I can tell
I think Leonardo DiCaprio would feel honored

[lifetothefullest]

Probably, though maybe less so when I analyze why, despite his own age increasing, his partners' stay within a very specific range.

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Is it because he's trapped in his golden years?

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Sure, we can go with that.

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I feel like you have something way darker than that in mind, but I'll stick with that one for the sake of my delicate sensibilities

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It wasn't that dark, just unflattering.

But forgetting about that for a moment, it's so interesting to me that some of our worlds are similar enough that you and I can have an entire discussion on pop culture and understand everything we mention, while others are so different that there's literally nothing in common, not even the planet.

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Was Michael Jackson president in yours too?

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Don't do this to me, Dean already told me Donald Trump is president so I can't judge what's a joke anymore.

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Unfortunately the Trump thing is true. Probably one of the many reasons we were found unworthy of our planet. I can't really blame them for that one.

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This is like the only reason to be glad I didn't make it past 2014.

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You know, knowing you died is one thing. Hearing the year somehow makes it feel a little different. I don't know why.

Do you know how your Earth was doing in 2018? You said you had friends from your home show up once, right?

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Dates give a frame of reference, so that events feel less nebulous and more grounded.

I'm not sure about 2018. My friend in Hadriel originally came from a point in time before me, then disappeared for awhile, then returned a few years after me; I think it was probably 2016, maybe 2017. Things were fine, but I know why you're asking, and now I'm a little concerned.

[Because he'd definitely paid attention the dates Ian had given too.]

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I think you're right. I think that's it. I remember what I was doing in 2014, so it's just

Weird. To think about.

Sorry, man. Didn't mean to make you fret for your friends. It's just the pop culture and history lining up makes me wonder, you know?