how often do you voluntarily consume media you expect to dislike?

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SeabassDebeste
12/19/2022
06:53 PM
#1
for example, i will almost never choose a movie i think has a super high chance of being bad, unless i'm watching it at least semi-ironically or it has significant cultural cachet

i will happily voluntarily listen to a song i expect to dislike once if i'm told to try it, though i won't stay on a song i instructions dislike on the radio/playlist if i'm alone and i have no outside reason to stay on it

i will read books i expect to be bored by or dislike if i think they'll help me gain perspective (and they're length is reasonable)

i no longer play any video games i expect to dislike completely
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changmas
12/19/2022
07:01 PM
#2
aside from music, i can't imagine doing this at all except for the very specific scenario of doing this 'as a bit' with friends with a movie so bad it's fun to relentlessly make fun of it (The Room, God's Not Dead, etc.)

i'll try music I don't like if it's recommended to me although my friends have my tastes pretty down by this point so that rarely happens
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Grimlyn
12/19/2022
07:04 PM
#3
I've probably only done it when other people encourage me to hatewatch and laugh with them

example that comes to mind being honey boo boo
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TeamRocketElite
12/19/2022
07:11 PM
#4
Pretty often for Board 8 music contests where I am expected to listen to all of the songs involved before voting. Although, sometimes I'll just abstain if I really don't want to put up with something.

For movies, mostly just when watching stuff with friends. Although, I like most non-horror stuff so this doesn't really come up much.

For video games, pretty much never. I don't have enough time to make it through the stuff I do want to play as is.
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Mobilezoid
12/19/2022
07:13 PM
#5
If you mean expectations from before I started the thing at all (as opposed to starting something, realizing I hate it, but forcing myself to finish it anyway) then I actually don't do this very often. With anime, for example, I've watched plenty of shows I expected to be mediocre, but it takes more than that for me to dislike them. All the ones I disliked are ones I had high hopes for!
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pyresword
12/19/2022
07:13 PM
#6
I've done this sometimes for anime where the premise sounds bad but there's a lot of hype behind the series. Either the series will actually be good or I gain the ability to proclaim the series as worthless while having a leg to stand on, so it's really a win-win scenario.
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Kenri
12/19/2022
07:17 PM
#7
does it count as voluntary if the whole friend group wants to watch a movie and you don't want to be the dick who says "absolutely not"?
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SeabassDebeste
12/19/2022
07:39 PM
#8
Kenri posted...
does it count as voluntary if the whole friend group wants to watch a movie and you don't want to be the dick who says "absolutely not"?

no, that specifically doesn't count. having to settle for a movie on date night that your partner wants to watch is similar. i'm talking about like 100% your choice. you might not have access to what you want to watch specifically but you can definitely choose just not to watch/listen/play and not do anything
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AriaOfBolo
12/19/2022
07:47 PM
#9
once in a while, usually watching things for amusement
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andylt
12/19/2022
08:03 PM
#10
Eh, sometimes. If I want to watch a movie but I'm too tired to really pay attention to something I've been wanting to watch, then I'll throw on something I have little expectation of enjoying. Games less so, they're a longer commitment, but it does happen when I want to complete a series and get to an entry regarded as bad.

I should do this more though to broaden my tastes and get out of my media comfort zone! This is an interesting question.
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Big_Bob
12/19/2022
08:05 PM
#11
If it's a series I'm curious about, I'll try out a piece of "bad" media to help give greater context for the rest of the series.

Recent example: I got the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, and I sought out a guide so I could play through Simon's Quest despite the game being infamously awful.
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RoseChevalier
12/19/2022
08:06 PM
#12
pretty rarely, though recently I did listen to The Most Wanted Song and The Most Unwanted Song with my girlfriend so we could experience the... art?? of it??
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BlueCrystalTear
12/19/2022
08:23 PM
#13
I try to avoid that as best as possible, but this is coming from the guy who just forced himself to beat Tales of Zestiria despite suffering through it all.

Sometimes I watch things that are considered "bad" to see if they're "horrendous" or "So Bad It's Good" (SBIG). When it's SBIG, I'm glad I did. When it's "horrendous" you get me saying all those negative things about Zestiria.
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Grand_Kirby
12/19/2022
08:37 PM
#14
Never
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Paratroopa1
12/19/2022
08:39 PM
#15
Well, I did play AI: The Somnium Files 2 this week, but I did actually end up liking it a little
Lopen
12/19/2022
08:42 PM
#16
I'll do it for most things. I've found a few hidden gems buried in stuff I didn't expect to be any good.

TeamRocketElite posted...
For video games, pretty much never. I don't have enough time to make it through the stuff I do want to play as is

However video games are the exception because of this (and because I feel like it's easier to grasp if a vg will be bad at a glance for me)
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DireKrow
12/20/2022
02:00 AM
#17
Outside of music-related b8 contests... never. In fact, I'd sooner say I'm ridiculously picky about what shows/movies I watch and what games I play.
Nanis23
12/20/2022
02:10 AM
#18
Pretty much every time a new Marvel movie comes out
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Kenri
12/20/2022
02:24 AM
#19
SeabassDebeste posted...
no, that specifically doesn't count. having to settle for a movie on date night that your partner wants to watch is similar. i'm talking about like 100% your choice. you might not have access to what you want to watch specifically but you can definitely choose just not to watch/listen/play and not do anything
in this case basically never

unless social media counts. then it would be multiple times a day every day of my life
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foolm0r0n
12/20/2022
03:06 AM
#20
airplane movies for sure
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foolm0r0n
12/20/2022
03:07 AM
#21
also shitty reality shows on netflix when you don't want to spend any brain power
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SHINE_GET_64
12/20/2022
03:23 AM
#22
I'll play bad games all the time I can usually find one or two things to like

Movies and TV shows more selective unless my friends want to see them too then I'll check them out

I don't listen to music so not an issue
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Steiner
12/20/2022
03:38 AM
#23
i can barely commit to things i expect to love
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MZero
12/20/2022
05:31 AM
#24
hardly if ever. Too much stuff I expect to enjoy to get through
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NBIceman
12/20/2022
09:59 AM
#25
Very, very rarely. Life's already far too short to consume even close to all the actual good stuff out there to waste any time on the bad.
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