it may surprise her to hear that humour is a stress response, so if she's seeing a lot of jokes it might mean people are stressed. I think it's pretty strange to bitch about the manner in which your fans praise and positively engage with your work. It's almost like she wants the shallow fan relationship to become deeper, like some weird reverse parasocial situation.
Right? Online my friends and I are constantly sending each other relatable dark humor memes, no matter how serious the topic. Irl is where we hold sincere conversations and actually know how these issues affect us.
I completely agree, though I think it's one thing if no one is being serious while I totally get the frustration when you are putting something earnest out there and people respond with jokes.
She's definitely right. I think a lot of people started making jokes about everything to deal with the...everything that's been going on. And sometimes it can help relieve some of the constant stress everyone is under - but sometimes it keeps us from facing things head on. And clearly it can hurt other people when that's not how they want to approach important topics (like their creative expression or things they've experienced). I'm trying to be better about this with my own self-talk, and dealing with work stress currently.
I'm too tired and jaded to want to genuinely engage with the masses online anymore.
In real life, I just blank stare at jokes on topics I don't think are funny. That usually nips it in the bud because everyone hates a shitty joke falling flat.
Another thing to consider: The fire one-liner typically gets more engagement (quick comment, upvote, reaction) than a long, thoughtful response. That's important to some people.
I usually don't mind the one-liner reviews because I fully understand not every film warrants a whole essay and everyone goes at their own pace, but the one-liners have sadly made the site feel like a popularity contest ala twitter because it feels like it's more about who can have the most popular review or become the next Demi or Lucy rather than focus on, like, enjoying movies. It did take a lot of the fun out of the site for me and enjoying films as a whole for a while, tbh, sdbghjkgh. I'm pushing 30! I shouldn't give this much of a fuck about something that's essentially a FILM DIARY WEBSITE.
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it may surprise her to hear that humour is a stress response, so if she's seeing a lot of jokes it might mean people are stressed. I think it's pretty strange to bitch about the manner in which your fans praise and positively engage with your work. It's almost like she wants the shallow fan relationship to become deeper, like some weird reverse parasocial situation.
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In real life, if you surround yourself with the right people, sincere conversations are still very much a daily occurence.
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I'm too tired and jaded to want to genuinely engage with the masses online anymore.
In real life, I just blank stare at jokes on topics I don't think are funny. That usually nips it in the bud because everyone hates a shitty joke falling flat.
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aka what's made me hate letterboxd
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