@sendpaws @bajax @teratology @piggo @sun That trash was a reaction to 2000s edgelording which was a reaction to 1990s apathy, etc., just like the undercurrent of horniness with current media is a reaction to the 2010s. Navel-gazing identity Olympics and deconstructionism absolutely helped grease the slippery slope we're on, but I think the rot runs deeper. If you love a sweater, you don't go looking for threads to pull.