• Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    Soulless ✅
    Spreads misinformation ✅
    Blood sucking parasite ✅
    Needs to be invited into your life ✅
    Run by a larger blood sucking parasite ✅
    Turns people into other blood sucking parasites ✅

    Vampires are just social media for the 1700s

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        37 minutes ago

        This but unironically. I’ve always viewed them as manifestation fear of nobles/oligarchs. I’ve seen people compare zombies to things like over consumption and consumerism which I’m less convinced by.

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          They all seem particularly salient metaphors, this can’t be some kind of mistake. Either the authors have incredible insights or these are some kind of ancestrally recurring patterns. At this point, vampires, ghouls and zombies have become part of our daily lives, they are absolutely everywhere