Yong-chul Kim (South Korean,b. 1982)
Junge im Wald, 2023
oil on canvas
honestly i get kind of irritated when people are like "if you aren't enjoying the new pokemon games then you've just grown up" 'cuz it's like...if that were the case, why do i still enjoy the older games? you really think that i've lost my childhood sense of whimsy? me????? in what world...
in elementary school we had a “cheese touch” style game except it was based around a door handle that had the word “homo” carved into it. And idk if the kid who invented the game was ahead of his time for 2006 or if he just got word meanings confused but touching the door handle did not “turn you gay”, instead it meant that you would be deemed “homophobe” by your peers and exiled for the day. so recess at my school was just a hoard of 8 year olds screaming “HOMOPHOBE!” at each other in terror