Apparently this is a real plotline in the new HBO It miniseries. What the fuck. (Spoilers for It: Welcome To Derry if you care) (hexbear.net)

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[-] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

Great bit to take Stephen King’s incredibly unsubtle metaphor for child abuse and turn it into what sounds like marvel-brained slop. There’s no way AI wasn’t generating the scripts for this one.

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