Post 9s3PzOXYGCUKPCKdUW by ayo@niu.moe
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 (DIR) Post #9jy0nPCkrn1fY19yme by ayo@niu.moe
       2019-06-18T08:42:57Z
       
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       I never understand why there's often such a hype around new movies, series, games, books, etc. There's a good chance you'll find something much better among what's already been produced in the past 50 years, with the added benefit that you can rely on good reviews from people who have already experienced it.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jy0nPTPrqLyNgxHkm by Wolf480pl@niu.moe
       2019-06-18T09:28:37Z
       
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       @ayo what is the thing you want the most after finishing a book/movie/etc ?For me, I want to immediately talk about it with someone who has read/watched it and remembers a lot of it.It's easy to do this if everyone reads/watches/plays the same stuff at around the same time. Otherwise, it's hard to find someone who read/watched/played the same stuff as you, and even then they may've already forgotten it.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jy1HcQgGK4LFb531k by ayo@niu.moe
       2019-06-18T09:34:04Z
       
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       @Wolf480pl None of my friends actively consume new things, so that won't work either way (that's likely a bias in the way I select my friends...)What does work: We talk about things we've read/watched/played and recommend it if it was good, then after they also tried it we can have a more in-depth discussion. That's still usually within a month, so it's fine.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jy1fgN3G9gcQOrDVo by Wolf480pl@niu.moe
       2019-06-18T09:38:26Z
       
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       @ayo nice! Glad that it works for you, guess I should find more friends like that, too.I'm not saying that the way those hyped people do it is right, I'm just saying that it's one of the possible solutions to this problem, and that this hypothesis explains why they do what they do.
       
 (DIR) Post #9s3PzO4U0HEgx2jQBM by whom@niu.moe
       2019-06-18T08:45:55Z
       
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       @ayo I spend most of my time with older things so I get where you're coming from, but that joy of discovery is part of it.Plus if you're looking for something new and cutting edge...you can't get that from the past!  Any experimental music from the 70s I listen to may be very good, but it's not the same as hearing something which is breaking new ground beyond anything that existed before.
       
 (DIR) Post #9s3PzOXYGCUKPCKdUW by ayo@niu.moe
       2019-06-18T08:49:47Z
       
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       @whom Has there been much innovation, though? I mean, I've read SciFi novels from the 70's that are far more plausible, realistic and appropiate than anything that has come from Hollywood. In terms of music styles, the creative/weird/new things from the 90's I keep discovering continue to blow my mind.