• rklm@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    I only saw a couple episodes, but it seems that making you feel gross is the point…

    I’ve seen a lot of media that glorifies smoking, but little that makes cigarettes look as disgusting as chainsmoker cat.

    For that reason, I kinda feel like banning it on the basis that it encourages smoking is misguided.

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      7 hours ago

      For that reason, I kinda feel like banning it on the basis that it encourages smoking is misguided.

      Perhaps it’s less about whether it encourages smoking and more about whether it runs afoul of laws concerning the depiction of real-life cigarette brands on TV. I don’t know Taiwanese advertising law though!

      A cynical part of me wonders whether the people making the show did this on purpose to generate headlines since anime are usually carefully made with no direct references to real-life brands.

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      11 hours ago

      as someone who smoked for years watching this hit close to home and made me not want to smoke. The first few episodes were like “yeah I’ve done that”. smoking butts, finding a “long one” and being thrilled about it. being broke and trying to make a pack last until next pay day only to smoke them all in a day. smoking one that had a bit of “slime” on it. It’s pathetic and indeed gross and i think that’s the whole point of the show. you can’t watch that and idolize the characters, they’re gross.

    • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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      14 hours ago

      No you see, we, adults, have to conform art to snoons’s sensibilities. If the Anti Press Authoritarian says it’s gross, then even 三國演義 needs to go, accordingly to Taiwanese law!
      We wouldn’t want gross things now, would we?
      There’s no tobacco in Taiwan

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        13 hours ago

        Hey AntiBullyRanger just wanted to say some things cause your point’s not wrong, in fact I’d agree with most if not all of them.

        Just one thing:
        You might want to try being less antagonistic when arguing your points as it just makes people want to disagree with you even though the person you’re arguing against might also be on the same side as you.

        I find it really unfortunate but reading the current comment chain (as of Aug 21 @10 a.m. UTC) gave me this impression of what’s going on.

        • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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          6 hours ago

          I am aware who is for press and not🧵.
          I know when to antagonize our maimers of society, and when to rhetorize sarcasm for our literate siblings. If rklm misread my rhetorical sarcasm for the actual antipressers 🧵, that’s a failure on their literacy.

          But thank you for your concern, comrade. It shows at least some of us comprehend the sanctity of press.

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      14 hours ago

      Fair. I suppose the episode I seen was more blase about it, like it was just normal for all the characters in the show to smoke which isn’t good, but could be worse.

      • rklm@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        13 hours ago

        In episode 1, the main character is so addicted to cigarettes she smokes a few that had fallen into feces on the street…