Quinneapolis
Here's an intense, fairly irrational anxiety I have
Quinneapolis
the scenario living rent free in my head goes as such
Quinneapolis
I like a show a lot
Quinneapolis
I very excitedly tell my friends about it and get them to watch it
Quinneapolis
We get half an episode in
Quinneapolis
and someone points out something about the show that either makes the plot nonsense or reveals the messaging and politics of the show to be heinous garbage
Quinneapolis
everyone hates it and I should have hated it too but wasn't paying attention
Quinneapolis
I burn the show to ashes and never talk or think about it again
Niamh Vibes
I understand this feeling.... a lot
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
I make my peace with these situations by embracing the fact that sometimes I enjoy garbage
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
it is possible for me to appreciate a series while also acknowledging that it is, in fact, hot trash
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
and also probably like torrent that shit so the creator doesn't get money from me partaking
Quinneapolis
really my fear is much less that the show is evil and more that the show is just garbage
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
join me in the trash heap \o/
Quinneapolis
still have trauma from streaming ep1 of death parade~
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
was there something wrong with that...
Quinneapolis
every single person in the groupwatch other than me despised it
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
huh
Quinneapolis
and spent the entire episode tearing apart the logic of the show AND its emotional through-line
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
I liked the first two episodes, we're planning to watch more eventually too
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we being me and my roommates
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
anyway your tastes are your own, it's fine to like what you like even if others have reasons for hating it
Quinneapolis
yeah it's just, like
Quinneapolis
my favorite thing in the WORLD is sharing things I love with other people
Quinneapolis
and having it fall flat is SO painful
Snowdrops ﾐ☆
EsperBot
Yeah for whatever reason we were just not the right audience for it
TWO OF THEM
people not liking death parade? sounds like a them problem
TWO OF THEM
no but i think it's not an irrational anxiety at all
TWO OF THEM
that's why i mostly just yell to myself about stuff, because if people i like don't like something that i like then i feel like i'm being judged for it even when i demonstrably am not
Quinneapolis
there was also that webcomic about witches where power is connected to hair length
Quinneapolis
where I did a long rant about how interesting it was then someone just went "why doesn't she get a haircut"
Quinneapolis
"that would solve all her problems instantly"
EsperBot
Doesn't that literally happen in that comic
Quinneapolis
she dramatically cuts off her entire hair and loses all her powers
Quinneapolis
and it causes even more problems
Quinneapolis
she could have just, like, cut it to normal length
TWO OF THEM
i feel like everyone has their Things they get nitpicky over but something i am trying to adhere to more often is if i find one, i try not to talk about it in front of people who are showing me a thing or talking about liking said thing
Niamh Vibes
If I'm being honest, one of the reasons I hyper-fixate on weird obscure shit is because its easier to take as a loss if people ignore it
Niamh Vibes
this anxiety hits deep in the chest
TWO OF THEM
because like...to continue to use the witch hair length thing, like...using "but what about haircuts" as a gotcha implies they don't trust the writer to have also spotted the obvious and come up with a way to work around it?
TWO OF THEM
so it's fine if it's a turnoff for somebody but like...idk it rubs me the wrong way to just shut down a rec on something like But Haircuts Though
moontouched
re the witchy thing "why don't you get a haircut" is also addressed in the comic imo, i don't think ANYONE gets haircuts
moontouched
because That's Also Illegal
moontouched
but yeah it's very
moontouched
bad faith-y approach
Quinneapolis
I'm honestly indifferent on the subject of witch haircuts, it's a conversation I had like 3 years ago about a comic I don't even remember the name of
moontouched
which always sucks to get hit by when you're earnestly trying to recommend something
Dragons Dragons
I get it, it's such a persistent fear because sharing the things you love is sharing what you love about them and the part of you that connected with them
Dragons Dragons
so having people just tear it apart feels like a personal attack
Dragomorph
see also why i get kind of neurotic about sharing my ideas for things anymore
Echo
Yeah, I get that feeling.
Echo
...although I was briefly very confused before I realized you said "Death Parade" and not "Death March".
Quinneapolis
no death march is extremely easy to identify as pure evil
Rama
The anxiety is definitely "what if somwthing I think is good is actuallt garbage". Given that you publically consume garbage on purpose on a regular basis.
Rama
I feel like I got rid of this anxiety by just enjoying garbage at some point.
oh i'm scary
I'm sorry I went off so hard about Death Parade, I think it was probably just a little complex to process in the middle of a Crunchyroulette
oh i'm scary
either way I get this
oh i'm scary
I also have to fight the instinct to try and pre-empt it by exhaustively qualifying every recommendation to the point where it doesn't sound like a recommendation anymore
thetaClysm
i get this all the damn time
thetaClysm
it doesnt help that i've actually had a lot of situations where my friends just absolutely ripped into stuff i liked without me even being the one to share them
thetaClysm
and not even in the playfully self-deprecating "it's GOOD garbage" sense, just. things i liked