Now, for those who are fans of CSI (I have two friends here and two back in Louisville, KY who are), my last post was not a "lol, your taste in TV sucks" post
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Even when I accept and understand your viewpoint, I feel almost offended by the level of naiveness in which you tag stuff of being "negative". I think stuff like this works in the exact same way age ratings are issued to shows or movies, measuring the level of mental development, yes, but also susceptibility.
If it's common or standard to think that an average adult would rather than being infuriated by the menial concepts portrayed by a show, be fascinated by them, then the idea of them being considered negative would be negative in itself.
It's just subjectivity over something that honestly cannot really be defined since it's up to very valid viewpoints on both sides of a menial argument.
Same question I posed to Cupro below. I have done my absolute best to present a logical reason for why I would be so deeply affected, and not the others around me (including Jalen, who is not a fan of the show, but was also unaffected). Why would I be so wrenchingly, drastically disturbed by this show when I've watched countless things with blood/gore/death/etc?
That in itself implies that they're using a deeper, darker psychology than anyone else in the game.
No, what I'm really talking about is television shows (or movies) that can only be appreciated if someone's core view of the value of life has...lowered, somewhat. Maybe they've been in debt most of their life, or they lost a loved one, or they had a terrible childhood, bankruptcy, divorce, dead pet, diabetes, whatever...
Well fuck you too. Nice to know you think I want to watch CSI because I don't care about life. What about the people who used to or still do watch it because they enjoy trying to figure out "whodunnit"? As it happens I stopped watching about 2 and a half years ago, but according to you I have a "low core view of the value of life" because I'm dibetic?!
No...and here we go again with the "general specific" issue. I was just picking a list of random things that MIGHT cause someone to feel "down" about life. I could just as easily have inserted AIDS, or lung cancer, or whatever in that slot.
So, if you're going to criticize how I present my argument, then I want to hear an alternative. How would you explain why one person can watch that show and be unbothered by it, and another person watch it and feel an intense desire to throw up because it was so unsettling? Keeping in mind, of course, that I've watched plenty of other things containing gore, death, horror, etc.
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If it's common or standard to think that an average adult would rather than being infuriated by the menial concepts portrayed by a show, be fascinated by them, then the idea of them being considered negative would be negative in itself.
It's just subjectivity over something that honestly cannot really be defined since it's up to very valid viewpoints on both sides of a menial argument.
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That in itself implies that they're using a deeper, darker psychology than anyone else in the game.
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Dammit, Jav...I really expected better from you. :(
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Well fuck you too. Nice to know you think I want to watch CSI because I don't care about life. What about the people who used to or still do watch it because they enjoy trying to figure out "whodunnit"? As it happens I stopped watching about 2 and a half years ago, but according to you I have a "low core view of the value of life" because I'm dibetic?!
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No...and here we go again with the "general specific" issue. I was just picking a list of random things that MIGHT cause someone to feel "down" about life. I could just as easily have inserted AIDS, or lung cancer, or whatever in that slot.
So, if you're going to criticize how I present my argument, then I want to hear an alternative. How would you explain why one person can watch that show and be unbothered by it, and another person watch it and feel an intense desire to throw up because it was so unsettling? Keeping in mind, of course, that I've watched plenty of other things containing gore, death, horror, etc.
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I'm a fan of CSI. I'll freely admit this too, despite the fact that the science can be sketchy for the sake of entertainment.
But while I'm a fan of CSI, like Flynn, it also finds ways to push my "oh holy HELL!" buttons, make me feel ill, and make me turn it off.
It's not a unique thing she experiences, guys... please at least try to understand that.
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