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:

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I've long used the "baked potatoes and ice cream" metaphor. It's possible to like baked potatoes and to like ice cream but not want baked potato flavored ice cream.

    :volcel-judge: posting aside, I'm not anti-sex or sexuality in storytelling, far from it, but I do roll my eyes at 90% of movie trailers that have to have the mandatory "1 second of hot sexy sex thrust against the wall, between psychologically researched committee designed sequences of thumping sounds and screeching sounds, before the title bwaaaaaams onto the screen" arrangement for maximum engagement.

    The term I've seen used for the kind of people you mentioned are fuccbois, and that term amuses me so I use it sometimes.