The internet is a bonerkiller

Odradek · 2013-07-28 20:19:19

Before the internet, I did not have to find out that things I started and liked sucked, nor that they were made by terrible people.

Imipolex G · 2013-07-28 20:20:11

Y'know, I've sometimes thought that the internet may have reduced our ignorance just a little too much

Yarrun XIX · 2013-07-28 20:23:02

Dirty Pillows said:
Y'know, I've sometimes thought that the internet may have reduced our ignorance just a little too much

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-07-28 20:27:34

Unless the deleterious attitude or ideology of an individual seeps directly into their work in a detrimental way, I see no reason to completely cease enjoying that thing. Maybe you could deny putting your money directly toward their work in the future, but enjoying a work does not mean that you tacitly support all that its creator stands for. For instance, Lovecraft was a crazed xenophobe, but I still love "The Rats in the Walls"; Heidegger was a Nazi, but his philosophical inquiries are still fascinating; and so forth.

Odradek · 2013-07-28 20:28:39

Sredni Vashtar said:
Unless the deleterious attitude or ideology of an individual seeps directly into their work in a detrimental way, I see no reason to completely cease enjoying that thing. Maybe you could deny putting your money directly toward their work in the future, but enjoying a work does not mean that you tacitly support all that its creator stands for. For instance, Lovecraft was a crazed xenophobe, but I still love "The Rats in the Walls"; Heidegger was a Nazi, but his philosophical inquiries are still fascinating; and so forth.

Well yes, but it's a bit of a bummer.

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-07-28 20:33:18

Well, yes, it is.

On the other hand, finding that someone who creates work that you admire is more in tune with your beliefs and convictions than you previously thought can be really pleasing.

glennmagusharvey · 2013-07-28 22:32:56

I've adopted the convenient opinion that media works do not necessarily suck unless I personally experience them and deem them to be so.

I've also learned to ignore reviews. In fact, I have such a habit of ignoring reviews that in order to get some more info on a work I have to purposely go seek it out.

Imipolex G · 2013-07-28 22:43:21

Ignoring reviews is another one of those things I've learned to do over the years

Hexartes · 2013-07-28 22:44:23

I still love reading reviews but I've gradually realized review scores tend to be unreliable more often than not.

Previous Calica · 2013-07-28 22:45:36

There is no actual consistent scoring system in existence so review scores will always be inaccurate.

Tanya · 2013-07-28 22:48:27

Reviews are just different perspectives, if I know of a perspective that I can agree with and they like the thing, then I give it a shot because there is a chance I might like that thing.

Or etc.

Obā-san · 2013-07-28 22:49:07

i like some reviews from blogs that i trust

like if the peeps at No Clean Singing say to check something out i'll do it asap

Obā-san · 2013-07-28 22:49:18

Counterclock said:
Reviews are just different perspectives, if I know of a perspective that I can agree with and they like the thing, then I give it a shot because there is a chance I might like that thing.

Or etc.

also this

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-07-28 23:01:55

Mainstream game critics hate shmups and give them low "scores" but review scores are kind of dumb in my opinion; it is as if they are ranking games in a hierarchy, when really games are very different and appeal to different people in different ways. Some games are better put together than others, but it is very subjective.

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-07-28 23:35:11

What Clocky said nails it, although like Kex, I do enjoy absorbing reviews from people that I disagree with assuming that they are well-reasoned and entertaining.

The internet is a bonerkiller

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