#even though all in the name of and its crippling p*dophilia kinda makes me uncomfortable lately when I hear the first line

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Weird question but it's been on my mind and I have no friends. How critical do you think you need to be of the media you consume espically when you're into things from like the 80s where alot of questionable things weren't called out as much?

I mean, very critical, I think? Like you have to be aware of the context of when and where those things happened.

That reminds me of two videos I saw, that oddly enough both involve Mötley Crüe and stereotypes of asian people: one was a commercial about this Asian guy playing as a mad scientist of some sorts with a very thick and cartoonish accent who invented a machine to predict if an album was gonna sell or whatever the fuck, where he'd make listen Shout At The Devil to some boomers and if they hated it, that'd mean it's gonna be a hit (I mean, solid point but could've gone without the very racist stereotype ykwim?), and the other is when Nikki and Vince hosted Headbanger's Ball back in... somewhere in the early 90s? I forgot the year specifically, but that doesn't really matter. Point is that Nikki was going on about how Vince is very fluent in Japanese and I immediately thought "no wait that's so cool--" but I forgot that we were in the 80s/90s and Vince was just yabbering making incoherent noises trying to imitate an asian language I guess and I was legit facepalming bc it was so cringey and stupid and wrong oh my god and I was like "pls just shut up"🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

But at the same, that's what the 80s were all about, I guess? Like everything I've seen from that decade is extremely exaggerated and cartoonish (I might be a little biased bc all I've seen from that period are Crüe/hair metal mv lmao) so I just kind of accept it for what it is, bc even though a lot of the things that were done back then are questionable, there's not much we can do about it now, what matters more is that we moved on and improved as a society from that point. Like, when you consume media that are from a time period so different from the current one, I think it's important to both know when to turn off your brain so you can enjoy it without a care because in that precise moment you need a distraction but at the same time turn it on again when it's necessary to be aware that it wasn't perfect and some of the things said and done weren't good.

Like, you can enjoy a literature classic but also be aware that it might have some racist or sexist stereotypes: you have to both recognize it's a good story but also that it has its short comings due to the context and time it was written in. You have to be critical about the things you love, otherwise you'll never be able to face how reality is, which is made not of black and white, but rather shades of gray

#witchy's ask booth #mötley crüe #sorry I feel like I rambled a lot lmao but hopefully I got to the point!! #like just recently I was talking w andi about that shit they did with two girls and they stuck the phone... inside... of one of them??? #and I was like dude why do I love them again? they were so fucking disgusting #so just so you know that I'm not completely blind to their antics lmao I actually try to find as many nasty stories as possible about them #so I can be revolted and in disgust towards them #unfortunately 1) I still love them 2) they weren't the only ones doing nasty shit #80s band are the ultimate proof that cancel culture is useless and doesn't make any sense #like I am aware that I'm talking in a some kind of privileged position here bc I don't know if I'd say the same if I was asian for example #however the crue having lowkey highkey misogynistic lyrics never stopped me from enjoying the songs #even though all in the name of and its crippling p*dophilia kinda makes me uncomfortable lately when I hear the first line #but damn I remember when I was at the age nikki talks about in the song and I was like fuck yeah this is about me #so???? idk do I condone it? absolutely not #do I wish I was that teenager they talk about in that song? absolutely yes #was I aware back when I was 15 that this is very wrong? yeah kinda but I didn't really care. it was more enticing if anything #so I don't know dude we all have our contradictions #that's what humans are made of