5mo ago

Good ol’ days

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I stopped watching when they were mocking one of the characters for having an anxiety disorder. The writing and structure are clever, but that show punches down way too much.
- The show is about terrible people. You're not supposed to think what they do is acceptable. If they only did acceptable things, you'd have a hard time believing they were the terrible people that the show is supposed be about.
  It seems you missed the entire point of the show
  
  What was the title of that show again 😉
  
  It's not like I prefer not to enjoy things. I'd rather enjoy more things.
  Have a cookie for enjoying the show I guess.
- That’s the point. Just like with the price of bananas, the show pokes fun at how old money families can be so disconnected from reality.
  
  We were invited to laugh along at the guy collapsed and hyperventilating on the floor, no thanks.
  
  That’s fair.
  Dark humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.
  
  See that's actually funny. The sentence can be interpreted on multiple levels, there's an element of surprise when you figure it out, there's wordplay.
  "Haha guy is on the floor having a panic attack" has none of that.
  Compare to "there's always money in the banana stand", which is a brilliant setup and payoff. That's the kind of stuff that makes me love a show. Wish it had worked for me overall.
  
  Hey man, that joke is a little dark ...
  ... Waiiiit a minute!
- That reminds me of the time I stopped watching always sunny in Philadelphia because they made fun of a guy with rickets. let's keep it above the belt comedy shows. No cheap shots.
  
  Always Sunny is almost nothing but cheap shots, and it consistently makes me laugh and then feel bad about said laughing.
  
  I was being facetious. Well technically it wouldn't ... Doesn't matter.
  What you are saying was exactly my point. It's a show about bad people doing bad things. It's a bit silly to be like "they did a bad thing so I stopped watching" because.... Well... That's the show, that's the point of the show.
  Compare that to me saying "I couldn't get into walking dead because the wife immediately starts sleeping with the best friend after she hears (but doesn't confirm) the husband is dead". That might be a personal issue, people could argue I should try to move past that and enjoy the show ... However it's not me missing the point of the entire show. It's just a personal gripe. That was my point. If I complained "they focus too much on complicated interpersonal dynamics in emergency situations" that would be missing the point of the show. It would still be fine not to like it but changing it would remove the whole point of the show. That's my gripe with the comment.
  Complaining about a detail of the show is fine. Complaining about the entirety of a show is also fine. Complaining about the entire plot of the show like it's a minor detail is just saying you didn't understand the show.

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