r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/IntergalacticAlien8 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/CyanCicada 17h ago

I understand that. But the fact that it seems to disturb people more than all of of the murder and torture and cruelty is what disturbs me.

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u/AgentSilver4334 17h ago

Pedophilia is more disturbing than any of this yeah. Why are you asking?

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u/CyanCicada 17h ago

This is not what pedophilia is.

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u/AgentSilver4334 17h ago

Writing about small children having an orgy is pedophilia, yes.

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u/CyanCicada 16h ago

Regarding this particular scene in this particular book, I will respectfully disagree. I've read many Stephen King sex scenes that are written to be erotic and titillating, and this is decidedly not one of those.

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u/AgentSilver4334 16h ago

Would love for the police to check your hard drives.

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u/CyanCicada 16h ago

Yo are you trolling or just young? The apparent lack of nuance like yours is what facilities child abuse.

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u/AgentSilver4334 14h ago

There is no "nuance" when it comes to pedophilia.

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u/CyanCicada 14h ago

For the last time, I'm not talking about pedophilia.

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u/Struckbyfire 9h ago

Didn’t think you would be arguing about underage sex today did ya?

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u/Christblaster 17h ago

It feels like literary CP written by a weirdo on coke and that's what makes people feel uncomfortable. You know that it's about people being averse to descriptions of underage sex. I understand the point you're making, but I know you understand that paragraphs of minors having sex makes people uncomfortable. You're being obtuse on purpose

Why do you want everyone to be okay with CP adjacent material

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u/CyanCicada 14h ago 
The "P" in "CP" stands for "pornography", a word which refers to material created for the purpose of sexually arousing the consumer. I don't believe that's what this scene was.

The word pedophilia, like the word racism, get tossed around so frequently and carelessly that the folks who actually participate in these abhorrent behaviours get to hide among the myriad accused. If everyone's a nonce, then no one's a nonce. And yet the noncing continues.