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Piromysl said:

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Difference is, LycoReco takes place in 21st century where fuckton of people can mass record and tweet stuff in 30 seconds, while in those times Radio was still a fairly new tech for majority of the population, not to mention that the fastest communication method of that time was either a cable phone or a telegraph, which fun fact - wouldn't transmit pictures or videos and so couldn't really proof that this was 100% real right away

But in 21st century people are way dumber than ever in recorded history.

Finally, someone is making sense. Technology has not sharpened our senses, it has numbed them and the result is an overwhelming lack of common sense. Tide pod challenge, cinnamon challenge, blackout challenge, etc. we have been getting dumber with each passing generation lol.

Sep 17, 2022 4:25 PM

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thunderkitten667 said:
You don’t really understand how propaganda works, do you? You realize if tomorrow, every newspaper and television and radio station and website affiliate proclaimed that aliens were invading earth, the overwhelming majority would eat it up? That’s what is so powerful about controlling the media. You control information, and if nobody has anything else to compare it to, your information becomes “truth”. That is what Majima is even fighting against: DA’s iron grip on the media and controlling the narrative to cover up their exploits.

That might have worked in 85,but in this morden era it's impossible to cover something on this scale.

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thunderkitten667 said:

Piromysl said:

But in 21st century people are way dumber than ever in recorded history.

Finally, someone is making sense. Technology has not sharpened our senses, it has numbed them and the result is an overwhelming lack of common sense. Tide pod challenge, cinnamon challenge, blackout challenge, etc. we have been getting dumber with each passing generation lol.

Mate, that's like 15% of the population.

Sep 17, 2022 4:27 PM

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RogerCop said:

thunderkitten667 said:
You don’t really understand how propaganda works, do you? You realize if tomorrow, every newspaper and television and radio station and website affiliate proclaimed that aliens were invading earth, the overwhelming majority would eat it up? That’s what is so powerful about controlling the media. You control information, and if nobody has anything else to compare it to, your information becomes “truth”. That is what Majima is even fighting against: DA’s iron grip on the media and controlling the narrative to cover up their exploits.

That might have worked in 85,but in this morden era it's impossible to cover something on this scale.

If you truly believe that, I feel sorry for you. If you think you are the smartest one in the room, you are the easiest to predict and fool...

Sep 17, 2022 4:27 PM

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CickNipolla said:
Have you been living under a rock since 2016? Humans will listen to anything the media/internet says

No they won't, have you seen the amount of conspiracies that exist, and with people actually dead, it's not unlikely that about 70% of the population won't believe in the news, at least without the writers help.

Sep 17, 2022 4:29 PM

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I’ve been suspending my disbelief the entire season as is par for the course when watching anime but now it’s just turn your brain off with how this show is stumbling across the finish line.

Sep 17, 2022 4:29 PM

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RogerCop said:

CickNipolla said:
Have you been living under a rock since 2016? Humans will listen to anything the media/internet says

No they won't, have you seen the amount of conspiracies that exist, and with people actually dead, it's not unlikely that about 70% of the population won't believe in the news, at least without the writers help.

if on CNN a brief few hour live feed of terrorism happened... and within hours the government covered it all up, people would forget about it. in this show the government has the ability to delete anything off the face of the earth. the government has been lying to people for decades, citizens will believe anything

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Sep 17, 2022 4:31 PM

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really people are underestimating fake news and big lie

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RogerCop said:

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The numbers above easily reach more than 100k, what’s even funnier is you implied that the DA was the biggest terrorist organization in the world.

“Asian culture are more collectivist so they follow herd mentality more” -deg

Now this is what I call a bruh moment.

Is this an alt account?

Why would I be an alt account?

Sep 17, 2022 4:32 PM

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thunderkitten667 said:

RogerCop said:

That might have worked in 85,but in this morden era it's impossible to cover something on this scale.

If you truly believe that, I feel sorry for you. If you think you are the smartest one in the room, you are the easiest to predict and fool...

You never been to a conspiracy community have you?

You're severely underestimating the impact of killing people on daylight in the street with a public.

Sep 17, 2022 4:33 PM

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Easy way to explain this: people are actually this dumb and we underestimate how stupid and complicit we all are.

Sep 17, 2022 4:34 PM

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CickNipolla said:
Have you been living under a rock since 2016? Humans will listen to anything the media/internet says

I think people have been living inside of their smart phones instead of rocks lol. They think everything is as they read or hear on the internet, that everything can be taken at face value just because they see a video or read a police report.

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CickNipolla said:

RogerCop said:

No they won't, have you seen the amount of conspiracies that exist, and with people actually dead, it's not unlikely that about 70% of the population won't believe in the news, at least without the writers help.

if on CNN a brief few hour live feed of terrorism happened... and within hours the government covered it all up, people would forget about it. in this show the government has the ability to delete anything off the face of the earth. the government has been lying to people for decades, citizens will believe anything

You're confusing the situation.
The better comparison would be if terrorists attack the center of New York in the daylight, blew upped a few buildings and the news would say it was a Michael Bay movie.

Sep 17, 2022 4:35 PM

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Groupthink is a phenomenon that occurs when the desire for group consensus overrides people's common sense desire to present alternatives, critique a position, or express an unpopular opinion

its a real phenomenon

Ok so bear in mind that the show told us 100 people found the guns.
That's 100 people who know the truth. If anything happens to them, their families will know, their friends will know. The witnesses in the street will see them fire it against police officers or Lycorises + their families and their friends will know of these incidents (we see 2 examples on screen).
And if we take into account all the tower workers we see dead in episode 10, are they never gonna be missed?
And then you remember that in episode 9 Chisato opened fire on civilians on a high way (one of the worst moments for Chisato as a character), but I guess none of these people remember anything?
And then you remember that in episode 7, an entire police station, with all the policemen and workers there got massacered, so their families and anyone in range of the gunfire sound (and that's a large area) would've known something was up.
And then remember that this has been happening since Takina started a gunfight in a residential nighborhood in episode fucking 1, (if we forget about the stupid montage the show starts on). and has happened almost every episode except 3.

Please don't try to defend the logic of how any of these orginizations remain secret and just call it what it is: A fuck-up on the writers part. Or maybe they know and they just don't give a shit. idk.

again the secret police state can cover it all up even going as far as making 1000+ people gone missing without a trace

and you are underestimating the power of Fake News and Big Lie

The numbers above easily reach more than 100k, what’s even funnier is you implied that the DA was the biggest terrorist organization in the world.

“Asian culture are more collectivist so they follow herd mentality more” -deg

Now this is what I call a bruh moment.

Is this an alt account?

Why would I be an alt account?

I just thought since you had a pretty good understanding of the bad writing shown, you would have an older account.

Sep 17, 2022 4:35 PM

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MusashiKarlsefni said:
Easy way to explain this: people are actually this dumb and we underestimate how stupid and complicit we all are.

It is funny how people are trying to give more credit to humans than they deserve, as if we don’t slaughter each other with every passing minute. We literally have been through two world wars lol.

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MusashiKarlsefni said:
Easy way to explain this: people are actually this dumb and we underestimate how stupid and complicit we all are.

exactly we are social beings trap in herd mentality

plus this show is not about realism but exaggeration so we have superhuman chisato and a secret police state

Sep 17, 2022 4:39 PM

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RogerCop said:

thunderkitten667 said:

Finally, someone is making sense. Technology has not sharpened our senses, it has numbed them and the result is an overwhelming lack of common sense. Tide pod challenge, cinnamon challenge, blackout challenge, etc. we have been getting dumber with each passing generation lol.

Mate, that's like 15% of the population.

15% of the population unknowingly destroying their bodies...you realize that is the epitome of stupidity, right? That’s worse than ignorance.

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thunderkitten667 said:

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Mate, that's like 15% of the population.

15% of the population unknowingly destroying their bodies...you realize that is the epitome of stupidity, right? That’s worse than ignorance.

That leaves about 65% people with common sense.

Sep 17, 2022 4:40 PM

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People will believe what sounds most ideal for them. For the civilians of Japan, they will believe it was a viral ad campaign because they want to live in a safe Japan.

Sep 17, 2022 4:41 PM

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MusashiKarlsefni said:
Easy way to explain this: people are actually this dumb and we underestimate how stupid and complicit we all are.

People died, families will have to be very dumb to believe the news.

Sep 17, 2022 4:42 PM

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RogerCop said:

thunderkitten667 said:

15% of the population unknowingly destroying their bodies...you realize that is the epitome of stupidity, right? That’s worse than ignorance.

That leaves about 65% people with common sense.

Those stats are horrible if you are trying to support your claim lol...

Sep 17, 2022 4:43 PM

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RogerCop said:

Secret333 said:

RogerCop said:

Secret333 said:

deg said:

Secret333 said:

deg said:
Groupthink is a phenomenon that occurs when the desire for group consensus overrides people's common sense desire to present alternatives, critique a position, or express an unpopular opinion

its a real phenomenon

Ok so bear in mind that the show told us 100 people found the guns.
That's 100 people who know the truth. If anything happens to them, their families will know, their friends will know. The witnesses in the street will see them fire it against police officers or Lycorises + their families and their friends will know of these incidents (we see 2 examples on screen).
And if we take into account all the tower workers we see dead in episode 10, are they never gonna be missed?
And then you remember that in episode 9 Chisato opened fire on civilians on a high way (one of the worst moments for Chisato as a character), but I guess none of these people remember anything?
And then you remember that in episode 7, an entire police station, with all the policemen and workers there got massacered, so their families and anyone in range of the gunfire sound (and that's a large area) would've known something was up.
And then remember that this has been happening since Takina started a gunfight in a residential nighborhood in episode fucking 1, (if we forget about the stupid montage the show starts on). and has happened almost every episode except 3.

Please don't try to defend the logic of how any of these orginizations remain secret and just call it what it is: A fuck-up on the writers part. Or maybe they know and they just don't give a shit. idk.

again the secret police state can cover it all up even going as far as making 1000+ people gone missing without a trace

and you are underestimating the power of Fake News and Big Lie

The numbers above easily reach more than 100k, what’s even funnier is you implied that the DA was the biggest terrorist organization in the world.

“Asian culture are more collectivist so they follow herd mentality more” -deg

Now this is what I call a bruh moment.

Is this an alt account?

Why would I be an alt account?

I just thought since you had a pretty good understanding of the bad writing shown, you would have an older account.

Oh, nah I just never bothered to create an account or discuss shows since the beginning. I’ve been watching anime since 2012. And I’m just lazy to add all the shows I’ve watched. They don’t tend to be relevant to whatever new show I talk about.

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RogerCop said:

CickNipolla said:

if on CNN a brief few hour live feed of terrorism happened... and within hours the government covered it all up, people would forget about it. in this show the government has the ability to delete anything off the face of the earth. the government has been lying to people for decades, citizens will believe anything

You're confusing the situation.
The better comparison would be if terrorists attack the center of New York in the daylight, blew upped a few buildings and the news would say it was a Michael Bay movie.

I’ll give you a better comparison. For 12 weeks a lot of people, myself included were tricked into thinking we were watching a good anime when in reality it was a dumpster fire. At least it has cute girls!

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thunderkitten667 said:

MusashiKarlsefni said:
Easy way to explain this: people are actually this dumb and we underestimate how stupid and complicit we all are.

It is funny how people are trying to give more credit to humans than they deserve, as if we don’t slaughter each other with every passing minute. We literally have been through two world wars lol.

Every single person in the war was evil, selfish, desperate, foolish... But not dumb.

Sep 17, 2022 4:45 PM

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thunderkitten667 said:

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That leaves about 65% people with common sense.

Those stats are horrible if you are trying to support your claim lol...

I specifically used a lesser percentage since of drug users and what not.

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People will believe what sounds most ideal for them. For the civilians of Japan, they will believe it was a viral ad campaign because they want to live in a safe Japan.

That might be true if their friend wasn't shoot in the head.

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You're confusing the situation.
The better comparison would be if terrorists attack the center of New York in the daylight, blew upped a few buildings and the news would say it was a Michael Bay movie.

I’ll give you a better comparison. For 12 weeks a lot of people, myself included were tricked into thinking we were watching a good anime when in reality it was a dumpster fire. At least it has cute girls!

Never liked this anime, people calling it the jonh wick of Anime particularly infuriated me.

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RogerCop said:

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I’ll give you a better comparison. For 12 weeks a lot of people, myself included were tricked into thinking we were watching a good anime when in reality it was a dumpster fire. At least it has cute girls!

Never liked this anime, people calling it the jonh wick of Anime particularly infuriated me.

When I heard about it being an anime original I was worried. Tbh, right from the beginning the plot was pretty dumb and moss head as the antagonist was laughable. I stuck around because I like Chisato’s personality and Takina started to grow on me as the season went along.

Sep 17, 2022 4:58 PM

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there's definitely some people who still won't believe tho and to me that is very realistic

Sep 17, 2022 4:59 PM

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RogerCop said:

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That’s 10% too many

Agreed, but not enough to cover up this kind of incident.

The people that choose to remain ignorant will do so and those that decide to speak up will be silenced or made to look like tin foil helmet people to maintain the illusion of peace. Makes sense in the context of the show tbh

Sep 17, 2022 5:09 PM

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Agreed, but not enough to cover up this kind of incident.

The people that choose to remain ignorant will do so and those that decide to speak up will be silenced or made to look like tin foil helmet people to maintain the illusion of peace. Makes sense in the context of the show tbh

Yeah but even for an anime it should still be a bit of a fallout until the government cleans up the mess and fully covers it up. Not just a short video. Also, we don’t know yet if regular people will still be questioning it next episode. If it’s completely put to rest than that’s pretty weak.

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RogerCop said:

CickNipolla said:

if on CNN a brief few hour live feed of terrorism happened... and within hours the government covered it all up, people would forget about it. in this show the government has the ability to delete anything off the face of the earth. the government has been lying to people for decades, citizens will believe anything

You're confusing the situation.
The better comparison would be if terrorists attack the center of New York in the daylight, blew upped a few buildings and the news would say it was a Michael Bay movie.

with how marketing is these days, its entirely possible.

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Sep 17, 2022 5:13 PM

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Could be an intereesting setup for a second season, seeing how they deal with fall out would be cool to see. I think chisato is marked for death so dont think the show will hit the same without her

Sep 17, 2022 5:14 PM

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CHT13 said:

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Never liked this anime, people calling it the jonh wick of Anime particularly infuriated me.

When I heard about it being an anime original I was worried. Tbh, right from the beginning the plot was pretty dumb and moss head as the antagonist was laughable. I stuck around because I like Chisato’s personality and Takina started to grow on me as the season went along.

Funny, the only character I like was the broccoli hair, since I really don't like the main duo.

Chisato breaks my suspension of desbelif and takina is just annoying, not following orders.

So I find a lot more fun seeing a green terminator guy beating the crap out of a high school girl.

Sep 17, 2022 5:15 PM

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RogerCop said:

Agreed, but not enough to cover up this kind of incident.

The people that choose to remain ignorant will do so and those that decide to speak up will be silenced or made to look like tin foil helmet people to maintain the illusion of peace. Makes sense in the context of the show tbh

Would make sense if people didn't died.

Sep 17, 2022 5:16 PM

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CickNipolla said:

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You're confusing the situation.
The better comparison would be if terrorists attack the center of New York in the daylight, blew upped a few buildings and the news would say it was a Michael Bay movie.

with how marketing is these days, its entirely possible.

I'm going to say that my example is impossible to cover up with Michael Bay, since them they would have evacuated the citizens and no one would be killed.

So it'd still impossible to cover up.

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