The cold war propaganda has really been ramping up the last 10 years, hmm?

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    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The funniest part about all of this is that the first season was literally about an exaggerated MKULTRA. You know, the experiment where American minorities were drugged without consent because the government was dumb enough to think North Koreans can read minds.

      • DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]
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        2 years ago

        I know right? I still remember the vibe from the first season being that the 80s have some sinister secret with all the hip and fun stuff with the mall and shit are all just supposed to be a facade. But then it the show unironically becomes an 80s nostalgia ride like Family Guy.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, in season 1 the bad guys where the American feds. They literally kidnapped and tried to kill children. Then their bad gets destroyed, and apparently the evil commies build a secret base in their place under a mall?

        • star_wraith [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Good summary of the vibe. S1 simply uses the 80s as the backdrop. They don't overdo the nostalgia, it just more or leas feels "authentic". But then starting with S2 it just become gen-x pandering, similar to what Forrest Gump was like for boomers.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        the government was dumb enough to think North Koreans can read minds.

        Oh shit, they're on to us. Shut it down, Comrade Kim.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        i think it was originally about the US government thinking that the Czechoslovakians can mind control people, but i'm not sure on that

        • kristina [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          its true, the slavic brainpan predisposes the czechs to psychic manipulation and they can force you to pee and poop your pants

          • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            that's a lot better than my hidden superpower, which is not being bothered by cold coffee

            • kristina [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              i consider my real superpower to have happened early on in my transition. all genders were extremely, ungodly attracted to me for like 2 years due to my femme androgyny. now im just a boring old lady

              i literally had a straight christian conservative male hit on me in a hallway, immediately followed by a straight christian conservative woman. then, i went to the lgbt resource center same day and a butch lesbian hit me up

              i felt so powerful right then :sicko-fem:

              • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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                2 years ago

                me reading this while i'm about to dive headfirst into the androgynous phase of my transition: :turtle-pogger:

            • Neckbeard_Prime [they/them,he/him]
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              2 years ago

              But alas, that superpower comes with the fatal weakness of having your mouth burned by room-temperature gazpacho soup.