if you think fiction doesn't effect reality, read this

I want to believe that as humans we can distinguish and separate fiction from reality. And this is just my personal POV but i have never understand why people take so seriously any kind of fictional work. It's not real. Why we should get stressed or outraged by something that happens in a fictional world? You can make the argument that kids have a ......   reply

tell that to the bitches in denial defending yaoi they LOVE containing pedophilia and rape. “it’s just fiction.” is their favorite line istg   2 reply

Our brains have a great deal of trouble differentiating patterns learned from fiction from those learned from reality. So no, fiction cannot “affect reality”, but it can and absolutely does, even in ways you aren't aware of at the time, affect our perception of reality on a fundamental level TlDr; Fiction does not affect reality but if you're ......   1 reply

I just read whatever doesn't matter what it contains   1 reply

......wait what?   reply

I agree with good representation in fiction can effect how you view a group but i don't believe everything in fiction effects reality. I might have understood this comment wrong but personally I will sometimes enjoy reading something that I wouldn't necessarily enjoy in real life. This doesn't always mean illegal things or r*pe/ pedophilia but mayb......   2 reply

Omg this reminds me of my high school years where i found out about thesaurus. I really used it 24/7 cuz big words make u look big brain   reply

Yep that’s an effective way to explain it   reply