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It all makes sense now. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean, are there people who see themselves as Patrick Bateman? Walter white is a bit of a stretch too, but Bateman.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Not really people who see themselves as those characters (except the terminally delusional) but people who just idolize those characters because they appear cool or witty or have agency, despite being terrible humans.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I wouldn’t say I respected Walter as a protagonist…he’s quite clearly an anti-hero.

    But I will say that I hated Skyler the first time around. Second time, though, it was like she’s the only rational person in the whole show. Especially towards the end.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yyyyyup. He's kind of got it all. The outsized toxic masculinity, the focus on self improvement, a self centric sense of superiority, money and the power to commit cathartic violence. There are people who look at that toonish parody of a miserable violent financial bro and instead of seeing horror they see a life goal.

    Some people are held at bay from becoming a Bateman not by empathy but by potential curtailment of freedoms if they get caught.

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