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minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·20 days agoCan we acknowledge that, in hindsight, Mad World was some seriously trite, meaningless, two-dimensional bullshit? It’s like the “you’ll never understand me Mom” poetry of a fourteen year old who just discovered Hot Topic.
minus-squareStarshotJohn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·20 days agoIt fit in Donnie Darko pretty well
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·20 days agoThat’s probably because Donnie Darko also fits the above comment pretty much perfectly.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoI still like Donnie Darko but it’s definitely best to first see it when you’re a teenage boy.
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minus-squareSpruceBringsteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·20 days agoI mean you’re not far off. It was written by a teenager who suffered neglect/abuse in childhood.
minus-squareSixty@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoSure, but acknowledgment doesn’t stop 14 year olds who just discovered Hot Topic from existing. If there’s a market, somebody will cater to it.
Can we acknowledge that, in hindsight, Mad World was some seriously trite, meaningless, two-dimensional bullshit? It’s like the “you’ll never understand me Mom” poetry of a fourteen year old who just discovered Hot Topic.
It fit in Donnie Darko pretty well
That’s probably because Donnie Darko also fits the above comment pretty much perfectly.
I still like Donnie Darko but it’s definitely best to first see it when you’re a teenage boy.
That’s who it’s made for
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I mean you’re not far off. It was written by a teenager who suffered neglect/abuse in childhood.
Sure, but acknowledgment doesn’t stop 14 year olds who just discovered Hot Topic from existing. If there’s a market, somebody will cater to it.