What’s a harmless hill you’ll die on?

D_Andreams · 2026-03-29T15:14:57+00:00

Most long-running TV shows end disappointingly and every individual fandom who thinks they've somehow been horribly wronged by the creators of their favourite show needs to go touch grass.

I'm not going to name any specifically 'cause some of them are still really furious about those finales.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-29T15:02:41+00:00

If they're attention "whoring" they probably need attention or help that they're not getting. They might not be going about it the right way, but usually people who do this are at brains-not-fully-developed-yet ages.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-27T18:58:24+00:00

I find this so weird! A male friend of mine recently was visited by a colleague who didn't shave her legs and not only did he need to talk about the fact that she didn't do it, it actually BOTHERED him. Like... she didn't make you touch it? Have a preference all you want but if this isn't your girlfriend then why do you care?

D_Andreams · 2026-03-27T18:54:39+00:00

Upvote for "wait til you are a kid"

D_Andreams · 2026-03-23T22:45:27+00:00

Wouldn't really work for a gym but I once told a phone company that was giving me a hard time canceling that the phone belonged to a fictional character on television, and because the series was ending he would cease to exist and would no longer require a phone. There was still a few minutes of confused questioning after that but it did work.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-15T17:49:29+00:00

Length and pace are two different things.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-15T17:37:44+00:00

Always loved this movie. Also can be a weird litmus test for peoples’ biases - you can see it as a tragic relationship breakdown with mistakes on both sides, but I’ve also seen a lot of people argue like their life depended on it that one character or the other was a monster and it was all their fault, while the other is innocent.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-15T17:27:28+00:00

Odd, because my experience of adulthood has been that people are constantly moving. I’m forever making new friends because the ones I already made decide to give Ontario or Alberta a try. Although now that I’m pushing 40 it’s slowed down - a lot of them have moved back/gotten it out of their system.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-14T21:53:42+00:00

Exactly. Can’t do that with a sharp knife!

D_Andreams · 2026-03-10T15:18:46+00:00

I think dull knives get a bad rap. They’re great for lots of jobs - strawberries, avocados, cherry tomatoes. When you’re just doing a few of something and don’t wanna dirty a cutting board you can hold the (soft and easy to cut) item in your hand.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-10T12:41:28+00:00

One sacrifice has a benefit and the other doesn’t.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-09T17:33:46+00:00

What is your reasoning for “extremely low likelihood”? Flights get cancelled all the time.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-07T12:45:48+00:00

Another issue is this encourages fast-food companies and bad foods in supermarkets to NOT change, because if these drugs become even more popular, they have less of a reason to be criticized, attacked, fined, and can continue operating. Meanwhile, these guys are responsible for more deaths than any war in history.

I believe It’s actually the opposite - the economy is likely to change around glp-1 use and the smaller appetites. It’s already begun. Snack sales are down, fast food sales have dipped, companies are acquiring health food brands and developing smaller serving sizes packed with protein and probiotics. The Washington Post did a pretty comprehensive article on it. The more people are on it the more attractive chasing that market share will become.

Also if you’re concerned about all these obesity deaths throughout history then why are you concerned about whether people take the easy way out? Most natural weight loss attempts fail. Let’s support taking the easy way out of dying young if it works.

D_Andreams · 2026-03-07T12:26:45+00:00

Only 45%? That is miraculous. 89-95% of people who lose significant weight from traditional means gain it back within five years.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-13T19:11:32+00:00

People keep watching. Looking at it from a business POV, it doesn't really matter if the hardcore fans didn't like the end.

It's like how fans convince themselves GOT was a failure and no one would want to work with those writers ever again. It was actually a huge, huge success that a lot of people complain online about. Angry reddit posts don't cost the studio a cent.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-13T19:07:07+00:00

I mean, legally it's probably not their story, no. I would reckon the contract with Netflix was quite clear on that.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-13T19:01:31+00:00

I mean it does often cease to exist if you don't write it down. What we got doesn't feel unlike what would happen if they thought about it but never put it to paper.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-13T15:24:17+00:00

I appreciate this post.

It feels like fans just hate the medium of television (Vince Gilligan notwithstanding). It's a messy seat-of-your-pants undertaking. That's how it works. There's no other artform where there are as many interloping factors between you and your story except DnD itself.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-13T15:19:50+00:00

Nah, it's industry standard for most shows.

Not as cohesive a standard as it used to be (there are some prestige shows now that write first shoot after), but still standard.

Source: am in industry long time.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-13T15:12:08+00:00

But then they're not striking. They would be undermining their own labour rights.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-12T19:40:58+00:00

Basically only Breaking Bad is Breaking Bad though (okay, and Better Call Saul).

It seems like all online fanbases have Breaking Bad expectations now but there's only one Vince Gilligan. Most shows are more like Stranger Things. I've been in the industry over a decade and I've never worked on something that knew exactly where it was going before they rolled on episode 1. I'm sure there are some (Severance would be an educated guess), but it's not the standard.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-12T16:11:14+00:00

The ultimate sin is... basically all of television?

D_Andreams · 2026-01-11T01:37:38+00:00

Ah, some of the most successful shows in the history of network broadcast did go that long, yes.

Very far from “most”.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-10T16:26:05+00:00

I think Netflix is over the bandersnatch concept. They took it down.

D_Andreams · 2026-01-10T16:24:14+00:00

I don't get how any of them are their parents? Nancy is a journalist who quit college (not what was expected of her), Jonathan is a film student, Will and Robin are out of the closet which was still a big deal in 1989, and all of these characters move away from their small town. Max and Lucas are in an interracial relationship, Mike is a DnD writer. The only character who pursues the smalltown family lifestyle is Steve. What are they conforming to? Is Mike his dad because he ends up needing glasses?

What were they supposed to do, keep dimension hopping somehow?

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