[ SECRET POST #7075 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7075 ⌋

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[fscom]

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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

I lie to my friends about how I feel about the movies and books they rec me. At best it's like, it was just mediocre and I couldn't bring myself to finish it but I know you like it, so I read the synopsis on Wikipedia so I could know what you're talking about, and at worst it's like, thanks for the suggestion, I hated it and thought it was really bad and a waste of time and I will never trust your recommendations for anything now. 😔

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think this is really a big deal to do to avoid drama or such, but it seems odd to me that you and your friends don't just tell each other when a rec isn't to your liking.

I always find it interesting to hear what my friend didn't enjoy about a rec. I often have a good idea what my friends' tastes are but sometimes I'm way off and they point out flaws or differences in our interpretation of the story that I never considered. Heck, my wife and I often disagree when it comes to music and we get deep into discussing why certain albums or artists just didn't do it for us compared to others. If your friends are the type to only want to hear praise of their faves I get why you wouldn't tell the truth, but I love talking about stuff like this myself.

[(Anonymous)]

Same. I've had some great discussions with friends about things one of us liked but the other didn't and what did/didn't do it for us.

[(Anonymous)]

I love discussing why I and/or the other person did or didn’t like something. But sadly, only a few of my friends are interested in doing that.

I have a number of friends and relatives who just don’t bother to actually think about the other person’s preferences when making recommendations. They can be quite considerate in other ways, but they seem to just recommend whatever they’re enjoying. Even if I would expect them to know that it’s clearly not my kind of thing by now.

When I’m honest that I haven’t seen it and don’t intend to, they tell me how wonderful it is. And if I try to ask questions about what they liked or found interesting, they say they don’t want to spoil it for me.

The best option I’ve found is similar to OP’s. I pretend I’ve seen at least a little of it so we can actually have a conversation.

[feotakahari]

The worst is when your friend wrote it.

[(Anonymous)]

I rec stuff to people in the hopes that they'll be entertained. If it's not for them, my feefees aren't hurt at all.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't do this anymore. Because those friends will then assume I loved it as much as they did and think we have a shared beloved fandom when I don't actually care about it and that can get kind of awkward at times (like, getting fandom related gifts for my birthday kind of awkward).