An OH GOD SERIOUSLY, EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOOD IN LIFE post popping up on your flist I could not check this box hard enough for what turns me off, GOD, I hate it, and I hate that I did it for The West Wing two summers ago and I will never forgive myself for it. I think it's arrogant to assume that something is "important" for people to watch, or whatever these justifications usually end up being. I mean, I DO think that about The West Wing, but I shouldn't say it, because it's unnecessary and if someone said it to me it would turn me off.
PERSONAL FLAIL ONLY + PICSPAMS, it's the only way I'll start something.
OH GOD ALSO. When someone is like "WHY ARE YOU NOT WATCHING THIS?? HOW???" STFU, let people come to things on their own time, and not everybody is going to love things in the same way you do and at the same time. It's arrogant and it makes it seem like there's a way to "get" the show and when you do you're in a club of people who understand. Which I think is ALSO true, but to imply such in that manner I think is bad form.
ETA: Plus also, I get the instinct to want the people you love to share in this new thing YOU love, so in a way this kind of WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU NEED TO BE WATCHING IT is in spirit kind of a good thing. The tone is just so off, and I wonder why people feel the need to approach it that way. How is it truly affecting you if someone does or does not watch it? So much of my relationship with television is entirely personal and I assume that's true of most of us here...I'm curious as to why that sort of YOU HAVE TO DO THIS attitude develops.
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I could not check this box hard enough for what turns me off, GOD, I hate it, and I hate that I did it for The West Wing two summers ago and I will never forgive myself for it. I think it's arrogant to assume that something is "important" for people to watch, or whatever these justifications usually end up being. I mean, I DO think that about The West Wing, but I shouldn't say it, because it's unnecessary and if someone said it to me it would turn me off.
PERSONAL FLAIL ONLY + PICSPAMS, it's the only way I'll start something.
OH GOD ALSO. When someone is like "WHY ARE YOU NOT WATCHING THIS?? HOW???" STFU, let people come to things on their own time, and not everybody is going to love things in the same way you do and at the same time. It's arrogant and it makes it seem like there's a way to "get" the show and when you do you're in a club of people who understand. Which I think is ALSO true, but to imply such in that manner I think is bad form.
ETA: Plus also, I get the instinct to want the people you love to share in this new thing YOU love, so in a way this kind of WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU NEED TO BE WATCHING IT is in spirit kind of a good thing. The tone is just so off, and I wonder why people feel the need to approach it that way. How is it truly affecting you if someone does or does not watch it? So much of my relationship with television is entirely personal and I assume that's true of most of us here...I'm curious as to why that sort of YOU HAVE TO DO THIS attitude develops.