Is most entertainment just cope?

[disillusioned]

Video games: Pretend you are powerful in a fictional world so that you can forget you are weak in real life.
TV/Movies: Watch a protagonist designed to be relatable to the loser viewer overcome challenges that the viewer hates, so that he can cope there is hope in this world.
Art: Express how much you hate the world in art, or pretend that there is some "deep meaning" to everything.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me like everything that isn't sex or food is just cope.

 

[Deleted member 7125]

yeah

 

[St. Wristcel]

An emphatic yes.

 

[stuckneworleans]

Of course

 

[Deleted member 6095]

I'll break this down for you since I've thought about this a lot. All entertainment is just instant dopamine or placing yourself in another world.

In today's society we are all consumers.

There are even some hobbies where its just buying stuff like building pcs, or modding cars are just you doing something with excess money because you already have enough to live.

Then there's fictional media like videos or movies which are the ultimate dopamine per time invested. Its built around you getting made up characters rent free in your head so you feel emotionally manipulated by their actions. People then try to apply those same "concepts" to their IRL life like you said. They cope hard with their bluepilled hollywood views.

Video games are like you said an escape from this world because they are another world where you dont have to think about this one. For this reason, games like World of Warcraft are the ultimate escape. You can be a loser IRL but be amazing in game. This has the strongest appeal for those who cant be saved IRL, because real life was rigged against them.

Anything that isnt self-improvement(aka surgery, gym, social-skills, typing faster, etc.) is all a cope. None of it will actually impress people. Its why the majority of girls who think watching netflix is a personality is retarded. They are just consuming some form of media.

 

[Deleted member 6789]

mee wunt food and seks
What an in depth perspective on life you should write a book

 

[Deleted member 6305]

Yes but it's not bad
Humans need entertainment, the problem is coping 24/7

 

[Deleted member 6403]

The only acceptable form of entertainment is singing and dancing at the fireplace with the tribe after a long hunt at dusk

 

[Deleted member 7125]

The only acceptable form of entertainment is singing and dancing at the fireplace with the tribe after a long hunt at dusk

shekels me

 

[Deleted member 2587]

Op:

 

[Tusseleif]

Yes, it’s mostly cope. I just play video games to escape life atm.

 

[Deleted member 5145]

Until humans showed up life was just about surviving and passing on your genetics, humans are cope masters of the world.

 

[Beetlejuice]

cope is life

 

[DoctorPMA]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me like everything that isn't sex or food is just cope.

Its not wrong if you live in a caveman era. Humans are more complex now