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Am I the only one who finds the whole thing so terrifying that they can’t bring themselves to watch a movie that shows it as realistically as possible?

I have nightmares about nuclear war.

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snor10@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Don’t watch Barefoot Gen.

To anyone else, watch Barefoot Gen.

The mangaka had personal experience, and it shows.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ve heard about it. I’m sure it’s excellent, but I can’t.
  
  I used to be able to do it. I used to watch all kinds of post-nuke and nuclear war movies in the 80s and 90s. I read John Hersey’s Hiroshima more than once. But I can’t do it anymore. It’s just too scary.
  
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  - snor10@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah, no point watching if you can’t absorb it in a meaningful way.
    
    I’m so desensitized it almost feels academic.
    
    Maybe I’m a coward who emotionally deflect reality, as if watching a strange object.
    
    At least you choose to either see reality in the eye or to deflect your gaze, perhaps a more honest approach.
    
    Well, we do all this reflexively anyway. So there might not be much of a point to dwell on it, sorry for getting philosophical on you.
    
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