trebory6 t1_j80d02h wrote on February 10, 2023 at 6:18 PM

Reply to comment by urgasmic in Is Chernobyl the scariest TV show ever made? by [deleted]

I think OP is confusing dreadful with scary.

Chernobyl has a very intensely dreadful atmosphere that it achieves extremely well that allows the viewer to almost over-empathize with the anxiety, uncertainty, and frustration depicted in the show.

I guess to someone with low emotional intelligence they would equate that to scary or frightening, but I don't think it's the same.

Scary would be giving the viewer something to be afraid of, whether that's fictional or not, it leaves the viewer actually afraid of something. And maybe you could argue that the series makes you afraid of radiation, but I mean if anyone knows about nuclear bombs or have gotten an X-Ray, they know all the precautions taken around that(the lead aprons, and doctors behind a wall) really people should already have a healthy respect for radiation anyways.

TheRealKuni t1_j8etmwb wrote on February 13, 2023 at 8:03 PM

I think you could’ve made this without the low EQ comment and it would’ve been upvoted.

But adding the low EQ comment took this from an interesting discussion on semantics to /r/iamverysmart territory.

trebory6 t1_j8ewotb wrote on February 13, 2023 at 8:23 PM

Emotional Intelligence has nothing to do with actual intelligence and I feel like the moment people see the word "intelligence" they just get triggered into thinking someone's calling them stupid. Coincidentally this makes the reaction to even mentioning Emotional Intelligence a litmus test for whether or not a person has a high degree of emotional intelligence.

It's not /r/iamverysmart territory because intelligence has nothing to do with emotional intelligence, it's two separate things with separate definitions.