Memes

Why does anyone watch new TV when there are perfectly good copies of every season of Gargoyles they could be pirating?

And then for one, "yeah I like that show!"

"Oh do you remember when x did y?"

...No, I forgot everything that happened a week later.

I've taken to calling this kind of media "Mandatory Adult Television." I think the first of its species was Lost; there were predecessors with some similar traits like The X Files or The Sopranos, heavily serialized adult content television that was very popular water cooler talk, but Lost was the first one I remember as segmenting the population into those who follow he show, and those who don't. Game of Thrones was THE big one. You either watched Game of Thrones or you weren't allowed to socialize as an adult. "Hey, did you see Game of Thrones last night?" "No, I don't watch that show." "Oh. Bye." For nearly a decade. No one wants to talk about that show anymore. Same with Lost.

Severance is great. I watched it on my 3-month trial to Apple TV.

I don't wanna overanalyze the meme, but it is irritating when you can't have a conversation with someone without their whole identity being based on whatever they've recently watched. Then if you haven't seen it, them uncreatively explaining the plot to you.

Seen one of those (The Boys). Maybe two if you count the first season of Westworld (don't plan on watching more because it's supposed to be shite).

I only really bother with Mike Flanagan's single season stuff on Netflix, because the man knows how to open and close a story. Others should take note. Don't start a story unless you know how it's going to end and how long it's going to take to get there.

"This is popular, let's make more" is an attitude that has ruined television.

As someone who very rarely watches series, this really hits home. I just rarely have the patience to do so, and because of that I also don't have any streaming subscriptions. I'd rather play games, because the interaction makes them a lot more rewarding to me. To each their own though, other people don't play games so they'll have the same problem with me

The Bear is very very good

I still haven’t recovered from a certain Season 2 episode

Also Mr. Robot and Foundation and Good Omens and Fleabag and the new Beavis and Butthead and Station Eleven and Doctor Who is about to get good again and Irma Vep was great but I don't think that one's coming back

... Still haven't seen The Wire 🥲

I honestly believe half of these shows are fake and you can’t change my mind

I feel this way about video games.

Fellas, is it a crime to want to share something you enjoy? As long as you aren't demonizing people who haven't seen it, who cares?

Imo we should limit these to one every 5 years.

I'm just now watching the 20 year old tv show "the wire" and its better than the 5 of these I have watched (of those 5, I'd only recommend the "the bear")

Between shows and my steam backlog who has time for it all? Then there is all that other stuff like work, making dinner, getting outdoors, family...

I've watched like two of the ones listed.

The Last of Us and The Boys.

Haven't seen anything (or even heard of a lot) of the others. Not that they are bad shows. I just like to waste my time in other activities.

Like video games. Not shows, but still wasting time.

Haven't watched any of these and I don't feel like curling in fetal position. What's wrong with me, doctor?

Wait until you hear about these things called "books"…

Then there's me, on my 4th rewatch of Mash this year.