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:

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I haven't given up on it yet, but I'm having a hard time getting into Disco Elysium. Haven't gotten past the opening yet, but taking multiple pages of text and clicks to communicate "you're hung over and amnesiac and feel like shit" left a poor first impression on me.

    • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      :lt-kitsuragi: read the dialogue, it's so poetic! role play a type of cop! your conversation choices matter!

      :lt-dbyf-dubois: clicking through every possible dialogue tree in a row, dismissing anything that doesn't advance the story, also ACAB

    • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I having trouble getting into most games nowadays, tried Disco Elysium for like a hour and haven't gotten back around to it. Just bought Dead Cells however and it's been taking up most of my free time the past week.

    • ReformOrDDRevolution [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I just want to read it as a book, I don't want to click so much and read so much while sitting at a computer. Give me the communist path as a book and I'd actually finish it.

    • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I kinda liked it, but I'm never in the mood for it. I think I just don't care about story in videogames. I play vidya for fun mechanics and I read books to consume thoughtful stories. For the same reason I can't get into Red Dead Redemption 2. The basic gameplay loop for Rockstar games sucks, I don't want to play an hour of horse riding and auto-aim shooting for this story that everyone preaches about.

      • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        You might as well watch the cutscenes on YouTube in that case, although I think spending 80 hours as Arthur Morgan is a pretty major crutch for emotionally connecting to the story.

        • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Exactly, it won't hit the same just watching all the cutscenes. I'm fine with not knowing this sad cowboy story.