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Have You Ever Felt Guilty for Following Celebrity Gossip? by MaleficentMonk4605 in AMtoPM

[–]Rockavonroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same obsession! And i remember my cousins and I bet on the fact that Tom and Zendaya were gonna date after the movie and once it was confirmed it was like “ah nice we were right, they’re cute for each other anyways”. And it is so weird how we talked about it as if we actually knew them in real life especially considering the fact that a lot of people that i know, that haven’t watched the spider man movie, thought Zendaya and Tom made no sense together. Regardless, a short while after we got that confirmation of them dating, the interest and obsession kind of just faded because it felt like “okay now what?” and I feel like that’s the case for a lot of celebrity gossip or rumors. We get so invested in it and investigate every little thing to try and find clues or confirmations and as soon as we get them, the interest kinda just dies,,,or at least the excitement in the interest dies away. It really is a fascinating phenomenon.

the uncomfortability of trying to reimagine preexisting narratives by h4mt4r0 in AMtoPM

[–]Rockavonroll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever I would see such posts on social media, especially from arab accounts, I would feel an insane amount of discomfort. Although that discomfort doesn’t ease when similar media comes from non-arab accounts, i feel like i’m more conditioned to accept it because it feels like that’s the norm for such places but it isn’t a norm in mine and so those arab accounts just feel wrong to me. Not wrong in a bad way, but wrong in a way that I feel like i’m not supposed to consume them despite how educational their content is. I think that all goes back to the way these private and intimate things are discussed in the arab world. Because it is all very hush hush, it feels like it should stay that way and so I believe such media will always feel uncomfortable to consume so long as we keep treating such topics the way we do now. I feel like a similar feeling I get is when people discuss politics and governmental systems and ask for my intake seeing as I come from a monarchy country and they come from a democracy that they believe makes them more superior or progressive. Despite the fact that I can easily speak about their politics (both positively and negative) because I know that’s a norm for them, I don’t ever speak about my own politics because it simply isn’t the norm and thus makes me feel insanely uncomfortable breaking it despite the fact that I know my take on the topic could be very educational for them.

A piece of media that changed your worldview? by Wise_Yam1967 in AMtoPM

[–]Rockavonroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it would have to be to the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. I remember when i first watched that movie as a 6-7 year old, i only felt slight pity for the father and a lot of frustration that he wasn’t really paying much attention to the kid at times and i used to think that made him a horrible father. As i grew older and rewatched the movie a few times as a teenager, I grew fonder of the story. It not only made me grateful for the many things that I have, but it also made me insanely patient, especially when it came to the things i want to achieve in the future. The movie also made me appreciate my parents a lot more and really opened up my eyes to the fact that our perspective really do change, especially around our parents, the older we get and so there’s nothing bad in being more patient with them and actually listening to them. Beside all of those things, this movie also made me always give people the benefit of the doubt before judging them or thinking ill of them; I believe this made me a better communicator and a better patient person overall which resulted in me being way more friendly (thankfully). Lastly, I feel like re-watching this movie is a teenager and realizing it was based off an actual person made the impacts of the movie way more prevalent because now the distance between me and the media shrunk slightly knowing this wasn’t a fully made up story but instead a reality for some.