Why Mainstream Sucks

[Charu]

Re: Why Mainstream Sucks

I just realized something... How the fuck did MLP get involved in this? Oh well, it's kind of relevant I suppose because of the mainstream debate going on.

[Pseudo Enigma]

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I just realized something... How the fuck did MLP get involved in this?

it started because of the avatar of this annoyingly mainstream show.

Thread is finished if we're talking about shit like this. As always MLP derails FFR threads.

[UserNameGoesHere]

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I just realized something... How the fuck did MLP get involved in this? Oh well, it's kind of relevant I suppose because of the mainstream debate going on.

Because there's apparently a sizeable portion of anti-MLP posters who nevertheless see the need to turn lots of threads into MLP discussion. It's quite ironic.

[benguino]

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I just realized something... How the fuck did MLP get involved in this? Oh well, it's kind of relevant I suppose because of the mainstream debate going on.

someone a few pages back tried to throw both a red herring and a possibly a subtle ad hominem.

EDIT: hating on mlp is the new mainstream peoplez

[UserNameGoesHere]

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I'd be in favor of handing out bans for derailing threads into MLP discussion.

If it's not an MLP thread, don't derail it into one.

It's especially ironic as it tends to be the people who most "hate" MLP who just can't seem to stop talking about it.

[ssbmchamp]

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I have come to the conclusion that mainstream sucks. Mainstream what? - you might ask. Mainstream anything. It doesn't matter what.

The problem with the mainstream is it tries to cater to everyone and in the process so caters to no one in particular -- at least no one interesting. So you're almost guaranteed mediocrity, with rare exceptions. Further, to find anything outside the mainstream wants/needs, you have to go out of your way - sometimes way out of your way.

So, I don't really have a problem with liking things which are mainstream or popular. Just don't like something because it is mainstream or popular. If you like something and that thing just so happens to be mainstream/popular, that's cool. If you like something because it is mainstream/popular, that's not. Make sense?

Also there tends to be the argument made that people who shun the mainstream are just trying to be "different" and thus all end up being "the same" as the others in their groups. For anyone who might make that argument, have you considered that their goal might not be to "be different" and that they may actually enjoy those things and enjoy being around other people who enjoy the same things they do?

I say enjoy/do what you like. If you like something and it happens to be mainstream -- cool. If you like something and it's not popular in the mainstream -- cool. But just like what you like. Don't let other people determine what you like and especially don't let corporate marketing drones determine it.

This thread is, for a lack of a better word, pointless for a couple reasons:

you say "all mainstream sucks"...well maybe you personally dislike it but the reason something is mainstream is because the majority of the population enjoys it.

then you say "enjoy/do what you like" right after you mention that "no one should ever like something just because it's mainstream" and that "you shouldn't let people determine what you like"...........right here you're telling people how they should go about their lives when it comes to liking things, completely going against your own argument.

I just don't see a point with this thread.

[benguino]

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This thread is, for a lack of a better word, pointless for a couple reasons:

you say "all mainstream sucks"...well maybe you personally dislike it but the reason something is mainstream is because the majority of the population enjoys it.

then you say "enjoy/do what you like" right after you mention that "no one should ever like something just because it's mainstream" and that "you shouldn't let people determine what you like"...........right here you're telling people how they should go about their lives when it comes to liking things, completely going against your own argument.

I just don't see a point with this thread.

if you go back and read through the thread, he clarifies by saying that the "mainstream process" is something that sucks but the actual products that come out of such a process isn't necessarily bad.

[Trogdor!!!!]

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I'm honestly confused as to why this thread was even entertained with anything relative to serious in the first place.

[ssbmchamp]

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if you go back and read through the thread, he clarifies by saying that the "mainstream process" is something that sucks but the actual products that come out of such a process isn't necessarily bad.

I wasn't about to waste time and go through 90+ posts on an already dumb topic. I read the OP which describes why he made the thread, and if he left something out or wanted to change his views based on responses generated from the OP that's not my problem. Even if that's what he changed it too I still think it's a pretty pointless argument.

[Claire Diviner]

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I agree with the OP for the most part. The slight exception is that if someone likes something because it's mainstream, then that's their prerogative; I won't judge them, but I won't share their interest/enthusiasm either.

[Pseudo Enigma]

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I'd be in favor of handing out bans for derailing threads into MLP discussion.

If it's not an MLP thread, don't derail it into one.

It's especially ironic as it tends to be the people who most "hate" MLP who just can't seem to stop talking about it.

just ban for derailing (extensively) in the first place. All the other forums do it. I don't know why FFR doesn't.

[Ohaider]

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itt FFR vs. usernamegoeshere

[Snowcrafta]

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just ban for derailing (extensively) in the first place. All the other forums do it. I don't know why FFR doesn't.

Haha you think the admins care about teenagers anymore?

[G.S.M]

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Heteronormativity is the worst possible justification for insulting others over which TV shows they choose to watch. Think harder next time.

lol

[Izzy]

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What about things that become mainstream instead of things being created to appeal to the mainstream?

In that case its quality would be unrelated to its popularity.