Just let it go...for real this time...
...so...here...we go...again.
Although this time, I think I've figured out the problem.
Another round of fan dumb has been unleashed, this time on the Castle premiere. And it's given many loud protesters ample ammo to stop watching...and explain loudly to the world that they've stopped watching.
Why? The only reason would be to get other people to stop watching. Or to be an attention whore, in the "I quit watching before it got really bad" vein.
Well, go. No one's stopping you. No one will be upset if you just leave.
You know what we will be upset about? Lording your newfound freedom over those who still want to watch.
I've seen it happen quite a few times, most notably General Hospital (which, it seems, like its ABC soapmates, is just about to go extinct...and lo, will the cries of those who hated on it so much be loud then!) People proclaiming to the world that they're not watching, as though producers are expected to cater to every fan's every whim. Look, I'm sorry last year's cliffhanger wasn't resolved the way you wanted, and Castle hasn't cracked a good joke in two episodes, and that you feel that Castle and Beckett should be getting it on like rabbits, and you need to find another show...
...but non of that is the fault of any of the fans. We don't want to hear how cool you are that you can quit this show. And we sure as hell don't want to hear about how we're lesser people because we still watch.
Just go. Just let it go. Just use your newfound free hour per week on other pursuits. I hear there's football on ESPN that you can watch instead, for one. Catch up on your sleep, play with your kids, whatever. We aren't stopping you. We really don't care. And we don't care why you stopped watching and why we're worse people for watching. What interest is it of yours that we watch anyway? Or is it that since you no longer watch, no one else should, either? What is this, high school? Grow up and let it go.
And you don't just see this in teevee shows. There seems to be an insatiable need to tear down that which you once loved, something I don't get...because I just stop. No theatrics, no "This thing is bad and you should feel bad", I just stop whatever I used to love. I can't get mad enough at that thing to tear it down. If I do get mad enough to try and tear something down, you know there's no love involved at all. My reasoning: Why subject yourself to it? Why quit something and then hang around? Again, for your health, for the health of your former fan-mates, and for everyone's sanity...just let it go.
Although this time, I think I've figured out the problem.
Another round of fan dumb has been unleashed, this time on the Castle premiere. And it's given many loud protesters ample ammo to stop watching...and explain loudly to the world that they've stopped watching.
Why? The only reason would be to get other people to stop watching. Or to be an attention whore, in the "I quit watching before it got really bad" vein.
Well, go. No one's stopping you. No one will be upset if you just leave.
You know what we will be upset about? Lording your newfound freedom over those who still want to watch.
I've seen it happen quite a few times, most notably General Hospital (which, it seems, like its ABC soapmates, is just about to go extinct...and lo, will the cries of those who hated on it so much be loud then!) People proclaiming to the world that they're not watching, as though producers are expected to cater to every fan's every whim. Look, I'm sorry last year's cliffhanger wasn't resolved the way you wanted, and Castle hasn't cracked a good joke in two episodes, and that you feel that Castle and Beckett should be getting it on like rabbits, and you need to find another show...
...but non of that is the fault of any of the fans. We don't want to hear how cool you are that you can quit this show. And we sure as hell don't want to hear about how we're lesser people because we still watch.
Just go. Just let it go. Just use your newfound free hour per week on other pursuits. I hear there's football on ESPN that you can watch instead, for one. Catch up on your sleep, play with your kids, whatever. We aren't stopping you. We really don't care. And we don't care why you stopped watching and why we're worse people for watching. What interest is it of yours that we watch anyway? Or is it that since you no longer watch, no one else should, either? What is this, high school? Grow up and let it go.
And you don't just see this in teevee shows. There seems to be an insatiable need to tear down that which you once loved, something I don't get...because I just stop. No theatrics, no "This thing is bad and you should feel bad", I just stop whatever I used to love. I can't get mad enough at that thing to tear it down. If I do get mad enough to try and tear something down, you know there's no love involved at all. My reasoning: Why subject yourself to it? Why quit something and then hang around? Again, for your health, for the health of your former fan-mates, and for everyone's sanity...just let it go.