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I am amazed people glide through life with skin so thin. It's not even real. What's to be offended about?

• pmiller2 6y ago
  TV, music, movies, theater, and books are supposed to make you feel something when consuming them. What's not to understand?
  • buckminster 6y ago
    > TV, music, movies, theater, and books are supposed to make you feel something when consuming them. So we don't need a warning when they do. What's not to understand?
    • pmiller2 6y ago
      Sometimes those things are unpleasant. Sometimes those unpleasant things are not necessary to enjoy the production. Again, what's not to understand?
      • buckminster 6y ago
        So you need a warning whenever art makes you feel something other than enjoyment. Now I understand.
        • pmiller2 6y ago
          I don’t think you do, given how I’ve broken it down to below ELI5 levels, and you’re still snarking at me, but, ok. Additionally, you are quite wrong. I distinctly recall the first time I was ever literally moved to tears by music, and it was precisely when the choir sang their first note in A Survivor from Warsaw, op 46 by Arnold Schoenberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbFVYbDuVg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbFVYbDuVg Since then, I have been touched by sadness, beauty, anger, awe, and many other emotions as a result of experiencing art.