LeninWalksTheEarth [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoAstrology is bullshitmessage-squaremessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up182file-text
arrow-up182message-squareAstrology is bullshitLeninWalksTheEarth [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square118fedilinkfile-text
goddamn am i tired of people thinking some manmade system can tell you shit about people or the world around you.
minus-squareBeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoAt that point you’ve kind of reached the level of “Why do people enjoy fiction if they know it’s not real”
minus-squareXxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agofiction doesn’t have kayfabe the way wrestling does. it doesn’t pretend to be real and doesn’t need the pretense of being real to function, unlike wrestling (and presumably astrology)
minus-squareBeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago fiction doesn’t have kayfabe the way wrestling does. What do you think suspension of disbelief is?
At that point you’ve kind of reached the level of “Why do people enjoy fiction if they know it’s not real”
fiction doesn’t have kayfabe the way wrestling does. it doesn’t pretend to be real and doesn’t need the pretense of being real to function, unlike wrestling (and presumably astrology)
What do you think suspension of disbelief is?