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lazaruspiss · 11 months ago

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so the good news is that yes a lot of people can wrap their brain around the concept of there being different rules for childrens content and 18+ fanfiction. the bad news is that there is a weird amount of people who need to read more ie: the definition of media and the articles that they assume agree with them based off of title.

People know that the whole "don't portray [harmful action] because viewers might recreate it" thing is a rule for children's shows right? It's supposed to be shit like "don't show peppa pig playing with fire so we don't get sued if a kid watches it and burns their house down." Not like, fanfiction for adults.

Edit: this was me venting about fandom cops. not me making some nuanced hot take. don't be weird in my comments.

#its bugged me so much i cracked open mirriam-webster #had to know im not crazy lmao #derived from medium as in the format through which something is portrayed #the first definition directs to mass media: meaning media made to reach/inform the masses (news)#and when you leave your house and talk to someone older than you its easy to realize that its used far more to talk about news media #like none of you think 'media coverage' is about your cartoons right?? you can at least figure that one out based on context clues???#brb gonna grad ye old physical dictionary bc i own books like some kinda nerd #oh it doesnt even get its own definition its included with medium lol #2: agency; as in the newspaper is a great advertising medium #7: the material used to produce a work of art #courtesy of the winston simplified dictionary. oh theres all sorts of cool shit in here. theyve got signs and symbols in this bad boy.#god i love physical media #also further proof that christians who claim Xmas erases christ r weird. X means christ. like im pretty sure they did that and forgot #A.I. used to stand for American Institute #highly recommend getting an old dictionary for cheap at a local market its worked out great for me #the last owner left notes saying yay or nay to countries #germany? P.U. which given when i think this was made is fair enough yeah #japan's red sun flag is also scribbled out and captioned P.U. so i can take a guess #ramble tag

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