I was talking to this girl who I found interesting and she mentions that she really likes the new seasons of The Simpson’s and Family Guy. I told her I also like the shows but only the earlier seasons, to which she said she’s never watch them because she thinks they were boring.
I had a Seinfeld moment and suddenly my mind was simply occupied with “boring? BORING??” And thinking about what kind of person finds modern simpsons entertaining
I have a lot of critical opinions of things. It feels very online to me. Like someone will bring up something they just discovered, like Ted Lasso, and then ask me if I know. I do know. I know all the internet talk around it. But they don't. I feel silly for bringing it up. I want to let them enjoy things and not taint them with internet brain stuff. But I also feel like I'm not being honest if I say no.
I had a friend do this with Rogan years ago. They'd ask me if I heard of Rogan. Of course I have. I knew all the reasons why he fucking sucked way before he became the center of this cultural debate about misinformation. But I lied and said no because that's easier than revealing how much I knew and then trying to convince them he's bad.
That is one good thing about the internet. You can let your more maximalist opinions fly without any real repercussions, and find others that think like you do. But an actual conversation, however uncomfortable, with a person physically in front of me would probably be more fulfilling.