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posted by [personal profile] benlehman at 10:21am on 21/02/2008
I made this resolution, jeez, four years ago? I need to renew it. I think it's an excellent resolution, and I'd recommend it to any friends.

I resolve to not know very much about media that I don't like. The bar for this is that if I can win an argument about something I don't like, I know too much about it.

Time spend studying stuff I don't like could be spent with things I love.
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posted by [identity profile] yeloson.livejournal.com at 06:42pm on 21/02/2008
The phrasing is throwing me... That is, if you don't like winning arguments about it, you're not going to waste time learning about it?
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 06:45pm on 21/02/2008
Edited for clarity.
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posted by [identity profile] yeloson.livejournal.com at 06:55pm on 21/02/2008
Is this more ugly media stuff that Alexis was looking at last night? Or in general?
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 06:56pm on 21/02/2008
Oh, no. That's academia, in which case I'll rip the fuckers a new one.

I'm talking specifically about books, movies, games.
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posted by [identity profile] kitsuchan.livejournal.com at 08:45pm on 21/02/2008
Ugh. I hate that stuff so much!

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posted by [identity profile] drivingblind.livejournal.com at 10:51pm on 21/02/2008
This is a great rule to live by.
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posted by [identity profile] relevance.livejournal.com at 03:16am on 22/02/2008
And this is why I avoid YouTube altogether...
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posted by [identity profile] tigerbunny-db.livejournal.com at 04:37am on 22/02/2008
It's funny. I can totally get into media whose *content* I don't give a damn about (or even actively dislike) if it's interesting on the "what does this mean and how does it mean it" level - if it's well-crafted as communication. But that's not the same thing as what you're talking about, I think.

This incidentally tends to make me pretty good at arguing about a few things I have no actual interest in. But I find it difficult to imagine deliberately going and *learning* stuff just so I can tear it up. Ick.
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