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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:05 AM Original message |
If you're over 40, does graphic violence/gore in movies, TV, books, |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've always been somewhat averse to graphic violence |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. When I was a teen I'd watch all the horror stuff |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. are you over 40? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. 34 |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I don't think my taste in movies has changed much over the years |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. Never been able to tolerate it. Lots of movies I haven't seen |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's always bothered me |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. That's not one you can easily forget. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm 39, and I've always had difficulty tolerating violence. |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Depends on the movie. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Very much so. It has crept into the commercials of even the most innocuous products. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. No more than it ever did |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. yes it does! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. I imagine a person accumulates a LOT of memories of ugliness and violence |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. depends |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Torture, of people or animals, in movies/tv/books especially bothers me. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Depends on my mood. Sometimes it bothers me, other times no |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. No bother, if the violence is stylish ... |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Not yet |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. Never could tolerate violence in movies |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. This happened to me just before 30. I can't bear the explicit violence anymore. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. Not at all. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. i like being scared but not grossed out. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. It always bothered me. |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yeah, but I don't think it's age. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not yet 40, and it depends on my mood. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. As a teen I was fascinated by the special effects in horror & action movies. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Forty Something Here |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. 50 here. I generally wince at or can't watch realistic depictions of violence or torture. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. Depends on the violence. |
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My Good Babushka (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've discovered I'm much more weepy |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. Depends on the context, but I still love the gore in movies. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. If it is a good movie I can watch scary stuff. If it is a hollywood blockbuster I can |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. Chuggo bothers me, and I'm not even 40 yet. |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't know if it bothers me MORE than it used to... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yeah. I'm not a complete pacifist... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm 46. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. Depends on context. |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. Depends on the context. |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. It doesn't bother me as much to read about it; I still love Scarpetta |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. No, not at all. Although the depictions of REAL violence bothers me more. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Bother how? Disgust at the gore, or disgust at the violent message/assumptions? |
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