Olives @olives@qoto.org

Well, Yukichi, do you need another human? This actually ended up being a pretty cute episode, but what an unexpected surprise. #anime #TheMasterfulCatIsDepressedAgainToday

Sometimes, I ruffle a few (although, never too many) feathers when I hold puritans to account.

It's not something I enjoy doing. In fact it can be the very opposite, particularly when I am disappointed in someone I quite like.

In fact, sometimes, the more annoyed I am, the more I like someone and I feel betrayed, and I've dealt with a certain amount of bullshit on this Internet.

Puritanical ideologies tend to be abusive in nature and coercive. The boundaries of what are indecent also have a tendency of shifting.

Puritanism is associated with psychological harms, hateful ideologies (in particular, angry ideologies), human rights violations, and other negative things.

So, to me, it is kind of a big deal. Perhaps, puritans are silly, however, it is not *merely* that they are silly.

It is also useful to consider that puritanism is not always stereotypically obvious.

In fact, one infamous right wing group (which used to blame gay people for mass shootings not that long ago), run by Mormons, started speaking the language of "feminism" to try to promote it.

New language. Same ideology. Just as flawed.

It was this group which was responsible for Steam removing all kinds of sexual content. It was this group who was responsible for Reddit doing so. It was this group which is partially behind these "age verification" proposals in legislatures.

Puritanism is one thing which I tend to draw the line over when deciding who to spend time talking to (remember that time itself is a resource).

There is just no point in talking to someone who has such archaic values.

@olives @Ragashingo Mhm. It's been awhile since I've done a completely watch so this is a bit of a refresh to just how things unfold. I can't recall the ending, so I'll look forward to remembering how it unfolds once I get there.

I know plenty of thought provoking shows are out there, but I occasionally pine for new ones but don't have luck finding them.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31432547/ Study finds no link between sexual aggression and adolescent porn use (aggressive ones used less porn).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31042055/ Study finds no decrease in "sexual satisfaction" when using porn in adolescents.

So, it's not clear that porn is spooky here.

Even if there was a *correlation*, this doesn't necessarily mean there is a *causal* relationship, especially if certain variables are not controlled for.

Even if there was a *causal* relationship, it doesn't mean it is a significant issue.

Also, sex education seems like a better avenue than invading everyone's privacy or internet censorship.

It also seems there is a bit of a moral panic around BDSM? This might be a generational gap? Is there a big problem?

Not going into further detail in this post.

So, #anime folks, why ISN'T there anything else out there like Madoka Magica?

I get that it's kind of the penultimate Magical Girl But REAL anime, but it's bizarre that it's almost the only thing like that. You'd expect it to inspire an entire genre, like happened to isekai, but nothing?