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Appreciation post: I tried to explain the plot of 'Serial Experiments Lain' to my mom over dinner last week
After 10 minutes of me talking about wired consciousness and the Wired, she just nodded and said, 'So it's like Facebook, but sadder,' which honestly isn't that far off, lmao.
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the_hayden5mo ago
Honestly, that's the best way to explain it. My dad called it 'emo internet' once. You just have to accept these simple comparisons as a win.
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alex8205mo ago
That wired as hell take is just a shallow way to avoid the real themes.
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xenam845mo ago
Nah, that's a total cop out. Reducing Lain to "sad Facebook" misses the whole point. The show is about reality breaking down, not social media being depressing. It's like saying 2001: A Space Odyssey is just about a bad flight. The wired is a whole layer of existence that eats people's souls, not a website where your aunt argues about politics. Those simple comparisons just prove they stopped listening.
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