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• tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This does seem very amateurish (Gladiator, Greenday, “smile through the pain”). These are emo trops. I’d be disappointed to know it’s him.

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’d be disappointed if he isn’t also a genius writer?

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    • aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t see the issue in quoting works of fiction if you think they express something you’re trying to say. People quote Shakespeare all the time to make a point but nobody cares because that’s old and accepted. No I’m not saying Gladiator is on a level with Shakespeare but there’s a weird imbalance in what you’re allowed to quote in your argument and what not. If the imagery spoke to him, why not?

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      • frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Did… Did you just gatekeep anger?

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    • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I liked that the writer stuck with clear and simple english instead of flowering up his prose, but I just feel that using borrowed quips and popart philosophy isn’t an honest way to write. It feels more in line with a teen or a young adult trying to find their voice in the words of others (and we’ve all been there)

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      • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I still feel being “disappointed” is harsh. He’s 26 and just wanted his thoughts out. He may have been trying, maybe even subconsciously, to emulate some literary devices more or less successfully in an effort to better convey his feelings but I really don’t think the point was to write great literature.

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• JoYo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I doubt anything NYPD has published so far. it’s all sus.

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