▲ 1143 ▼ Hail power! (discuss.online) submitted 2 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] protist@retrofed.com 34 points 2 months ago (3 children) The satanic panic was real in the 80s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Speculater@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 child) I remember sneaking away and lying where I was going so I could secretly play Dungeons and Dragons. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 months ago* "No, mom, I'm going to a party! With drugs! And alcohol! I swear!" "You can't fool me, sonny! I know you don't get invited to parties. You're going to play Dragons and Dungeons with that group of nerds you call your friends, aren't you!" "...yes, mom..." "Now go to your room and think about what you've done. Pray to the Lord for mercy, and don't come out again until God sends you a sign that he has forgiven you!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago (3 children) I'd argue it never truly ended and was the birth of the modern "culture war". Honestly if you look at the 90s through 2000s people were claiming the same stuff about pokemon and Harry Potter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] protist@retrofed.com 10 points 2 months ago All of it ties back to Jerry Falwell. The institutions he created continue to do damage to this day permalink fedilink source parent [–] ickplant@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago There were plenty of people claiming that the Wicked movie was witchcraft. Things have not changed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago I’m so glad people were less religious deranged here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago All the way back to the witch trials... and in some isolated pockets today permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 child) I remember sneaking away and lying where I was going so I could secretly play Dungeons and Dragons. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 months ago* "No, mom, I'm going to a party! With drugs! And alcohol! I swear!" "You can't fool me, sonny! I know you don't get invited to parties. You're going to play Dragons and Dungeons with that group of nerds you call your friends, aren't you!" "...yes, mom..." "Now go to your room and think about what you've done. Pray to the Lord for mercy, and don't come out again until God sends you a sign that he has forgiven you!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 months ago* "No, mom, I'm going to a party! With drugs! And alcohol! I swear!" "You can't fool me, sonny! I know you don't get invited to parties. You're going to play Dragons and Dungeons with that group of nerds you call your friends, aren't you!" "...yes, mom..." "Now go to your room and think about what you've done. Pray to the Lord for mercy, and don't come out again until God sends you a sign that he has forgiven you!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago (3 children) I'd argue it never truly ended and was the birth of the modern "culture war". Honestly if you look at the 90s through 2000s people were claiming the same stuff about pokemon and Harry Potter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] protist@retrofed.com 10 points 2 months ago All of it ties back to Jerry Falwell. The institutions he created continue to do damage to this day permalink fedilink source parent [–] ickplant@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago There were plenty of people claiming that the Wicked movie was witchcraft. Things have not changed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago I’m so glad people were less religious deranged here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protist@retrofed.com 10 points 2 months ago All of it ties back to Jerry Falwell. The institutions he created continue to do damage to this day permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago There were plenty of people claiming that the Wicked movie was witchcraft. Things have not changed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago I’m so glad people were less religious deranged here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago All the way back to the witch trials... and in some isolated pockets today permalink fedilink source parent
