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>I feel like a lot of people are rushing to get on board with things now that they're "In" so they can be part of the "crowd."
People nowadays are lonelier than ever because they are anxious, divided and tired. They are anxious because the problems keep mounting up and they feel they can't do anything about them. They are divided because the media prefers quick ragebait to actual journalism. They are tired because they work hard for less pay without adequate housing or careers. Modern culture has become a temporary relief to this: streaming shows, video games, porn. It gives people brief respite and is easy to consume. But you can't connect well with others with this stuff. People do try sometimes, like people in an office will talk and speculate about some new documentary/true crime show/drama that Netflix put out, but their conversations are boring and repetitive regugitation of whatever interesting tidbit they read somewhere else to appear smart. Part of the reason why the MCU was so big was the gimmick of team ups/after credit scenes bred speculation which allowed discussion. Endgame was weirdly a cultural moment for people, because that is all they want, connection, to whoop and cheer together. People need an excuse for it. It isn't just a comics problem but a societal problem, with people unable to connect or discuss things. Everything is generalizations, like culture wars podcasts with broad speculation about motives over and over again with no journalism. So many people don't bother to engage in culture so they can't talk in specifics about it. And without specifics there is no true discussion. Just people half remembering things to win an argument or chinese whisper opinions or tidbit facts to appear clever or constant anger complaining about things they didn't read or bother with over and over again, ad infititum. This is why they are so desperate to fit in and why FOMO is a powerful allure.

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Tv Tropes is one of the most god awful things that shouldn’t have been made. It has affected /co/ and everywhere else on the net negatively

Tv Tropes is one of the most god awful things that shouldn’t have been made.
It has affected /co/ and everywhere else on the net negatively