Resolved

[benlehman]

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.

Comments

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

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?

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Edited for clarity.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Is this more ugly media stuff that Alexis was looking at last night? Or in general?

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. That's academia, in which case I'll rip the fuckers a new one.

I'm talking specifically about books, movies, games.

[kitsuchan.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I hate that stuff so much!

[drivingblind.livejournal.com]

This is a great rule to live by.

[relevance.livejournal.com]

And this is why I avoid YouTube altogether...

[tigerbunny-db.livejournal.com]

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.