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What show did you watch because of memes but were dissappointed? (lemmy.ml)
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On the other place I constantly saw memes of shows that I thought ‘well if they’re that popular they must be pretty good’

Shows like:

Avatar, The Office, Parks and Rec and IT Crowd

I’ve watched them and I just don’t get it. They aren’t so amazing that they are worth that level of adoration IMO. Avatar has its good spots and Parks and Rec is pretty enjoyable but I cringe at American office and IT crowd is forgettable.

However a show I actually really like, Community, only started getting the same type of treatment after the pandemic because people watched it on Netflix. Although it’s still not as popular as these others. Are people just really basic or am I out of touch?

Anyway, what show did you watch and think ‘I don’t get what the fuss is about’? Maybe it was Community?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I cringe at American office

Isn't that the entire point? I hate cringe comedy myself - you couldn't pay me to watch The Office or IT Crowd, but "I dislike the show/genre" is pretty different from "the entire show/genre and everything in it sucks".

Are people just really basic or am I out of touch?

Maybe just a tad edgy about this. "People are basic" is rarely a good look even if you're right. In this case it's completely subjective.

Anyway, GoT S1 was really good, S2-4 were still decent, S5-7 stank like bad pooooosey, and S8 was so god-awful it retroactively made the whole series unwatchable for me, and turned me off the books too. Which is actually a real stroke of luck, beats waiting for Godot-R.-R.-Martin over here.

Apart from that, I don't remember watching a new show due to memes or popularity since Big Bang Theory, which was pitched as a "geek humor" thing but instead turned out to be... well, whatever BBT was.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

GoT still amazes me. How the hell could they fuck it up so incredibly hard that it retroactively ruined the show and the fucking source material for almost anyone I know including myself? I mean, that shouldn’t be possible.