whatevs

all the replies: you're a fucking idiot

*after act 2*

You're allowed to continue have conversations, both to reiterate discussions but also to discover new perspectives on discussions.

However, forming an opinion or perspective and then publicly claiming that it hasn't been discussed (when it absolutely has) is only proof that you're not seeking out knowledge or information when you're curious. And that's not only unfortunate if your goal is to sate your curiosity, but can also be harmful to the overall conversation when you're trying to start these discussions on your own.

The topic that was the subject of this response is an important one that *has* been discussed extensively but not completely and should be continuously discussed and ideally the original poster will join into that discussion. But coming out to say 'hey this isn't getting talked about' is both untrue and also not how you join that discussion.

personally, my dismissive or rude response could have just been 'are you sure?' and then maybe that person could learn to

1) not use reductive hyperbole to start a conversation about a topic they find important to them (if that's what they're doing, but once again that is assuming a tone not present in the words on the screen)

and 2) look into subjects that they're curious about before claim (or pretending to if we want to assume a random tone again) that they've made a novel observation about media that was around before they were born