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Outside influences
Jan 14, 2007 | 7:36 AM
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Can outside social influences effect a persons behavior? I believe it can and does. People are constantly being effected by outside factors depending on their mood. Music is a great example of this. Music can make you happy, sad, mad, or depressed all depending on your state of mind at the time. T.V. is another example. Why do very few people not get shocked at seeing for example a Victoria Secret Model on t.v. posing very provacatively in nothing but a bra and panties? Or shows that have sex scenes that basically leave nothing to the imagination? PG 14 movies now allow some partial nudity and allow some swear words. Or what about movies? Does it really not effect someone to watch a slasher movie where the human body is tortured, murdered, and dismembered? The gorier the better. People have become so immuned to all this that it takes more and more to actually shock them. Years ago most people would have been shocked, and embarrased, and probably would have dropped dead of a heart attack. Not today. That's how far society has come. Where will go from here?
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Pikie read my blog view my photos
Jan 14, 2007 | 10:41 AM

klh, I think you've been reading too much of Pablo's blogs...just kidding.

You do make a valid point about music and the way it makes you feel. Certain songs can make you happy or sad.

I actually like to watch the slasher movies, zombie movies being my favorite, but only around Halloween. I don't believe that it affects me, because I watch it knowing that it's a lot of special effects. It's actually an art form (I know a lot of you will disagree with that statement). Imagine being on the set with gobs of makeup and fake blood everywhere and then tying it all up by adding special effects. It bogles my mind how far they've come with these special effects compared to the old Lon Chaney movies. I guess what I'm saying is that maybe they need to make the guidelines stricter in the rating system for kids and teens. And again, it all goes back to parents knowing what their kids are doing and acting responsibly.

As for me, I like nothing better than to sit with some popcorn during the week prior to Halloween and enjoy one of "Night of the Living Dead" movies that I've collected over the years.
klh1886 read my blog view my photos
Jan 14, 2007 | 11:02 AM

Pixie: That's funny. I do enjoy Pablo's blogs. But let me ask you this. Would you consider the idea that not being effected at all is actually in itself an effect?
Pikie read my blog view my photos
Jan 14, 2007 | 11:06 AM

You are probably right on that one, regarding movies. However, I must say that if it's something in real life that happens I am very affected. The key is in knowing the difference between reality and movies. That's why I said what I did about the rating system for kids & teens.
klh1886 read my blog view my photos
Jan 14, 2007 | 11:34 AM

I guess I might be guilty of thinking too much but as far as slasher movies go. I think they can be more real life than people realize. One example that comes to mind in Jeffery Dalmer. He's about as "real" gruesome as it gets. Another was The Black Daliah. What a gruesome murder that was. That one is extremely disturbing to me. That happened in the 50's I believe. These murderers may not be running around in masks but they are real. I can't even watch any movie like that at all because it scares me to death. People like that do exist.
Pikie read my blog view my photos
Jan 14, 2007 | 2:20 PM

Zombies exist?

I know what you're saying about some of the horror movies. Like the movie "toolbox murders". That could be real, a weirdo-apartment complex-custodian on a murder spree with his tools. Don't like that kinda movie. Anything that can be real I'm not crazy about. But zombie movies, I like them. I dress up as a zombie almost every year for halloween.

klh1886 read my blog view my photos
Jan 14, 2007 | 2:31 PM

That's how I am too. My dad took me to see Jaws. What a mistake! It ruined me for life. eveytime I even wade in the ocean all I can think about is a huge shark. My brothers seen the movie Worms (which I thought was corny) when they were about 10. They still at 31 talk about how creeped out they were, and how they would jump on all the furniture because they were afraid to touch the floor!
clevebtch read my blog view my photos
Jan 14, 2007 | 5:27 PM

I know it's a bit off subject, here, but I must confess.... I'm a wimp! I admit it. I can't handle any scary or gory movie. It's a waste for me to pay to go to a theater to see a slasher/zombie/horror flick because I spend it with my eyes closed almost the whole movie! I don't like to see blood, even though I convince myself it's all fake, but BLECH! It just gets to me. There are times when I actually cover my eyes while watching CSI! Oh, and those shows on TV where they show real surgeries? ICK! I think my 13-year-old daughter actually takes a more grown-up approach to those movies than I do, believe it or not. She knows full well that a zombie movie (i.e., Freddy Krueger) is just that - a movie with special effects and no more. She makes fun of me all the time when we watch scary movies at Halloween 'cause her mom is such a wimp!
Pikie read my blog view my photos
Jan 15, 2007 | 7:07 AM

Jaws....now that's a movie that affected me. I haven't been in the ocean since.

That's what I mean about movies that could be real. Those are scary--I don't like those.
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I am married to a wonderful man for 10 years. Between the two of us we have five children. Ages 18 thru 26. I enjoy gardening, yard work and taking care of my grandson. My most favorite activity when I have time is to sit by our little pond with my coffee watching our fish.

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