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:

  • Sandinband [any, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I dont see the appeal of political streamers at all, like I get dunking on them when they have really bad takes because they do influence kids but I dont get why I see people in their 30s defending some rich guy in their early 20s so often. Also a lot of people act like they actually know the streamers with millions of followers which is so creepy to me

    • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I don't see the appeal of streamers. I've tried to watch a few, and I just don't get the format. It seems so boring and pointless. Why would I sit there and watch people either play video games or react to the news while making inane commentary? Podcasts, I get. Vloggers, youtubers, sure. Makes sense. That sort of content tends to be either edited to be more concise or else was planned from the start. They tend to be focused, and about something.

      But then streams are all like "watch this guy play Overwatch for six hours a day." I don't know why people watch that.

      • cosecantphi [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I think the biggest reason is that atomization has made people incredibly lonely and so listening to some person talking unscripted or playing video games is sort of a stand in for having a friend over to do those things with

        • Ideology [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Kids discovering parasociality:

          :is-this: Is this friendship?

      • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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        2 years ago

        Some people that are funny or entertaining I can kind of get, or extremely skilled like @aaaaaaadjsf said. I used to watch vinesauce ones and sometimes I’ll watch speedruns

        But I really don’t get watching it live, I guess the participation is the point but I like being able to skip forward if it gets boring

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        The only way I can make sense of it is if they're very good at the game, then it's kinda like watching video game sports. But otherwise yeah I got nothing

      • Sandinband [any, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I watch my friends streams but thats more like us hanging out because we'll actually interact as they're playing lol. I can get gaming streams if they're explain how to play a kinda difficult game