I'll mention something different for my own contribution than my usual:

I've always hated Seinfeld, including when his show was brand new. "It's a show about nothing!" was a thought terminating cliche in the 90s that was used to pitch the show at me again and again by its fans, and also to dismiss any and all problems I had with the show and its ultra-privileged smarmy main character. If I got anything valuable out of that show and for that matter his stand up routine, it was a lifelong allergy to New Yorker comedy that front loads a whole lot of "I am a New Yorker which means I am smarter and tougher and wiser and more cultured and more sophisticated yet more grounded than you" self-aggrandizement into the set. :nyet:

EDIT: Please post your own disliked Hexbear-approved popular things! Don’t just reply to mine! :rage-cry:

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    (Most) people here aren’t really volcel. It’s just good to have a culture of not encouraging people to be horny online, especially in a space that can be male dominated. Helps keeps the creepiness down.

    • Ideology [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Oh yeah, I'm totally aware of the necessity for that. I've heard stories about chasers and such. But I've seen a few people just wholesale buy into the "well, I guess I should just be alone forever, then" mentality. And every time I want to give them a hug and then shove them into a field of grass so they have no choice but to touch it. :hahaha:

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Before :reddit-logo: , FARK.com was endlessly drowning in cishet white male dudebro horniness and it was exhausting. There should have been :volcel-vanguard: back then.