ThatsTheGuy
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I've wondered this every since I could read.
It's getting worse as time goes on.
It's getting worse as time goes on.
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I've wondered this every since I could read.
It's getting worse as time goes on.
I wrote a LIT series in a universe where KING KONG and JURASSIC PARK were documentaries (plus aliens) but I think most USA consumers of mass media eventually figure out that cartoon characters do impossible stuff.Some people and some cultures have no concept of fiction.
In their view anything written is either true or it is lies, and lies should be abhorred.
Why do so many readers lack the ability to separate fact from fiction?
Is it so surprising, given that neither our politicians nor our media of any political stripe can tell the difference, either?
Some people and some cultures have no concept of fiction.
In their view anything written is either true or it is lies, and lies should be abhorred.
I was once located in an office doing a technical writing job. One of the young ladies (<20, I think) was convinced that what she read in the newspaper was nothing less than the truth, "'cos they ain't allowed to lie, are they ?"
It too four of us, over a period of a couple of weeks, to illustrate what constitutes "news", and what is a blatant lie.
Sadly, there are still a great many like her today.
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What? You can't mean Mr. Trump?
Hasn't he been teaching everyone who and what a fake is? Or, is that a fiction?
It happens all the time now.
I mentioned this on another thread some months ago, but I was watching clips from the sitcom 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' on Youtube and was amazed reading the comments at the sheer level of vitriol directed towards the character of Cheryl David, Larry David's wife, and later ex-wife when they divorce.
I just kept thinking, 'Do these people know that Cheryl David doesn't actually exist, but is a fictional character on a sitcom written to make people laugh?'
How many viewers still think Matt Dillon, Ben Cartwright and J.R. Ewing are real people?
While I suppose it may be a tribute to his acting, James Woods played a role in "The Onion Field' that made me refuse to watch him in anything else.
I've wondered this every since I could read.
It's getting worse as time goes on.
Did you literally mean fact or fiction or the intolerance to anything that doesn't fit their perception of reality? I have noticed a lot of negativity and downright hostility toward some excellent stories that wasn't justified. A well written story is still a well written story regardless of whether it happens to be your cup of tea. A certain amount of "literary license" should be granted to any story submitted on Literotica.