TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netcake to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-220 days agoMy friend's 19 year-old niece named Dana had never heard of Dana Scully. The X-Files is now a dated cultural reference 😭message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareMy friend's 19 year-old niece named Dana had never heard of Dana Scully. The X-Files is now a dated cultural reference 😭TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netcake to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-220 days agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·19 days agoIf the show came out today it would be denounced as a woke, anti-american commie monstrosity by all of mainstream media The second episode alone would’ve created a firestorm about “anti-US military” narratives being pushed on “our children” Shit half the “left” would deride it as “qanon for tankies” considering all the pro-NAFO and pro-state department takes being pushed around these days I envy you, I wish I could watch it a first time again
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 days agoLegit frightening how much more radically right-wing us society has become in some very important ways.
If the show came out today it would be denounced as a woke, anti-american commie monstrosity by all of mainstream media
The second episode alone would’ve created a firestorm about “anti-US military” narratives being pushed on “our children”
Shit half the “left” would deride it as “qanon for tankies” considering all the pro-NAFO and pro-state department takes being pushed around these days
I envy you, I wish I could watch it a first time again
Legit frightening how much more radically right-wing us society has become in some very important ways.