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What would you pick? (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Into the Wild (1996) is a popular pick for something both scarring but also uncontroversial.

Less exciting would be The Pinballs (1976).

[โ€“] monotremata@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago

Had to look this up, because I briefly thought you were referring to "Pinball, 1973" by Haruki Murakami.