Post by @jwz@mastodon.social

2026-10-01 21:18 UTC

@dannyman@sfba.social @theorangetheme@en.osm.town Tell me you've never spoken to someone who played The Sims without telling me you've never spoken to someone who played The Sims. Apparently Stephen King is the world's most prolific serial killer, since "writing down mean words" is the same as torture now. "Misery" alone sold over a million copies. That's a million dudes who don't exist, tied to chairs that don't exist. Won't someone think of the nonexistent dudes? Has someone asked the chair how it felt?

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@dannyman@sfba.social 2026-10-01 23:35

@jwz@mastodon.social @theorangetheme@en.osm.town I tortured a number of ants when I was a kid. I don't think that was emotionally healthy behavior and not something I would encourage a young person to do. I recall someone on Reddit sharing a detailed summary of the incredible suffering he was able to wreak on a prisoner in Rimworld. I think I wrote back that they might want to think things over, possibly with a shrink. I'm not big on horror, especially "torture porn" but I think there's a distinction between thoughts and actions. Stephen King finds thoughts to make your skin crawl, but I have my doubts about anyone who wants to play the Misery video game as the antagonist. Don't torture things; It is corrosive to your soul. I think that's pretty solid advice.

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