[ SECRET POST #2238 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2238 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Don't you ever find ranting about something therapeutic? And don't you think sometimes ranting about a stupid TV show you hate feels better then having to rant about real problems in your life?

I don't think hate-watching is always stressful for everyone, sometimes it's amusing and sometimes it's just another way to get away from your life (like most television is.)

If a show is stressing me out I pretty much do stop watching, but hate-watching isn't always stressful for me.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if I find it therapeutic. I mean, most of the time if I don't like something, I just try to avoid it as much as possible.

People who hate-watch and internet-screech about the things they hate always come across as boiling lava pits of anger, so I just tend to roast marshmallows over their posts while wondering why they put themselves through that every week.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess it's all about tone but I don't always see it that way. And sometimes things can be really funny when a show is going downhill.

Like to this day I still consider the best LOST times in fandom was when the worst episodes were airing because the jokes that came out of it were hilarious.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, yeah, I agree. And when most of the fandom is on the "da fuq is this" train to finale-town, I think that's something else entirely. Then all of you are bound together to stick it out because dammit, we've done this for six seasons and a movie so let's finish it together. And stuff.

[(Anonymous)]

For me ranting is not therapeutic at all - I get angrier and more stressed out if I indulge in it. Which is why I tend to ignore the things that irritate me about shows as much as I can (and when I no longer can ignore it I stop watching). When I come across a ranting post about something - no matter what it is and even if I agree with some of it I actually start feeling stressed out and upset about the fact that someone is that angry more than the subject of the rant itself and it makes me uncomfortable so no I'd rather not see someone's ranting posts.

[night_owl_9]

This is pretty much how I feel too. I like deconstructing episodes and shows as much as the next person - I usually find new observations about certain characters or plot points that I hadn't realized during the first airing, and that is endlessly fascinating to me. But when I read something that is so embedded with hate and anger that it dismisses everything in its path, I just get really stressed out and anxious.

[(Anonymous)]

Well sure, but the thing is, in this case, you can avoid the anger and the need to vent altogether by just not watching the thing you hate in the first place. And as a bonus, you also avoid making the people around you miserable as well.

[(Anonymous)]

But my point was it's not always an anger thing, sometimes it's about a release of anger.

And not everyone becomes miserable by reading someone's negative review, sometimes negative reviews make me happy because "OMG someone else feels the same way I do!" Positive or negative, it's nice to feel there are fans who may be getting similar feelings out of a show as you because otherwise you start to feel weird for feeling the way you do (or at least this is what happens to me, and other people have told me they felt the same>

[(Anonymous)]

Except actually you'll find that making the choice to engage with something you hate just so you have a vent for your anger about something else probably doesn't help you vent the real source of your anger at all?