#17

Toast ands crumbs

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#18

this is a bad example because there’s many things to dislike about video games but:

I really like videogames but I really dislike how people attribute too much credit to the publishers and corporations for their success and the fun in them. Tonnes of almost fetishisation of the corporate business practices around games in their analysis.

#19

thing this might be why I’m starting to get into board games because it seems they can be made by a few people and really distilled down into fun mechanics and the craft of game design without all this other stuff. Maybe bigger penoids would be able to dispute this though.

#20

gun sound effects/air horn effects in reggaeton and dancehall

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#21

Football / Football fans.

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#22

Why? Isn’t the immersive aspect of some fandoms what makes them appealing?

#23

Also agree with everyone who said certain types of fans of things are deeply offputting.

#24

Personally I think that just makes it easier for people to get lost from what made them enjoy a thing in the first place whether it’s strong characters, great music, iconic design etc. It can easily get replaced with empty nostalgia.

#25

If they find that entertaining isn’t that the purpose of you know…entertainment?

Also feels a bit weird to say there has to be a prescribed single way to engage with a thing (even if it’s creepy and annoying to non enjoyers of that way of engaging with it).

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#26

I guess it just can cut out critical readings of things as just not understanding a fandom or not being part of a group. If pieces of art or entertainment are good I think they should stand under their own weight and should also be able to be critiqued individually.

Also there’s the aspect of toxic fandom meaning people feel like they have an outsized claim to ownership over the product and it’s themes even though they had no part to play in it’s creation beyond a small financial contribution.

#27

Some people are like that with Star Wars

#28

I’m sure we’re all like that with some things!

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#29

tbf I’ve heard of a few places being alleged inspirations for Black Books. someone said it to me about Bookfinders in Belfast once (which put me off going into it for years but they’ve actually been fine when I’ve been in it). Could well be various inspirations though I guess!

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#30

eating things, getting things stuck in my teeth

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#31

the internet / addiction to the internet interfering with other aspects of my life

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#32

Having to clean the cat’s litter tray.

#33

Yeah probs

“Thought to be” is pretty solid tbf

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#34

Playing the guitar - not being very good at playing the guitar.

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#35

yeah that seems pretty fair! i’ve never seen anything to back up my one other than the fact that he lived here years ago

#36

My children. Their habit of taking their shoes off in random parts of the house and leaving them there.