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I know you're not a minority in this, but why do people like to watch shows that make them angry?

• rayiner 11y ago
  It's easy enough to turn off that part of your brain to watch what is otherwise an entertaining show.
  • jMyles 11y ago
    Is it really though? Or do you just think it's "turned off" while you're watching?
    • rayiner 11y ago
      I mean, I also think television writers are misogynist and so over-sexed they can't depict normal relationships between men and women on TV. But somehow I manage to watch HIMYM or Friends without raging.
      • anonbanker 11y ago
        yeah, I don't know how you do it. In that same situation, I'm actively contemplating the dead people in the laugh track to distract myself from the insulting of my intelligence. You should consider that skill to suffer fools a superpower.