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1. garfield (garfiald@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 16:19:55 UTC garfield

   the writer of the biggest tv show ever made saying "themes are for eighth grade book reports" is the natural end result of the literalist approach to fiction which has grown in influence over the last two decades and is a direct result of the ever-increasing size of media conglomerates and the abandonment of humanities education

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   • rachel!! (rachel0964@witches.live)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2019 16:21:56 UTC rachel!!

     @garfiald I mean I would also like to argue that it's the result of the way we teach people things being shit. Like, most people don't like reading anymore because school forced them to do it. I think it's a similar thing with themes. People don't wanna use them because their only association with them is being forced to figure them out in school and so they can't actually enjoy how cool they can be

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