#like some fucking balm this is. being reminded that to most artists the abstraction of war is just aesthetic for their shock pieces

[legionofpotatoes]

worst genre of award-baiting short film: saccharine slice of life vignetting the rich inner world of an idiosyncratic yet likable person, suddenly and violently interrupted by their apartment blowing up from a missile. cut to black, infographic about how war is super bad, actually

#Fucking had it up to HERE with these fake-deep shock pieces from narcissistic thespians gunning for that sweet venice festival circlewank #we know war kills people you fucking ingrates WE KNOW THIS HAPPENS. SAY SOMETHING MORE OR SOMETHING ELSE #something useful? something nuanced? something less PROFOUNDLY depressing and PRESENT? #g o d #sorry I've just been sent something by a friend titled 'this is so powerful' and it's literally just #this same old shit. who is this for. the russian fascist won't feel something new seeing this basic platitude. nor will a lawmaker #or a nation leader. or an ignorant foreigner. this exists for nobody but your ego #fucking miss me with it #negativity #text #I'm just so raw from everything. been looking at those poor people found in mass graves all week. and then this gets sent to me #like some fucking balm this is. being reminded that to most artists the abstraction of war is just aesthetic for their shock pieces #thank fucking god i've now seen another one of THESE masterpieces #i am so tired from war #i am so utterly tired of it