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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  3485 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Vice: We've Been Had, and We Let It Happen

I don't mean that bad news has appeal. I mean that the wold has had a very dark hue for more than a decade, which has created a condition in which publications like Vice have become attractive. The culture itself is darker. You see it in other aspects of pop culture. Nihilist comedy seems to be popular right now. I think that's another expression of this trend. Nothing matters. Nothing's sacred. Skin deep is as far as it goes.