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Well I'm mostly bringing up the worst of twitch because that's what this article is focusing on. In terms of watching e-sports, that's easily comparable to watc
by volkk 8y ago
Well I'm mostly bringing up the worst of twitch because that's what this article is focusing on. In terms of watching e-sports, that's easily comparable to watching basketball on TV. I do the same thing.
What I'm bringing up is the IRL streams. If you're comparing the genius of Seinfeld to the mindnumbing garbage that you see on those streams, then I'm not sure what we're discussing here at all.
I'm also not sure why I can't bring up the Olympics since your initial point is exactly just that except using baseball as an example.
Watching someone put on makeup as an ASMR sort of thing like Bob Ross is also fine. You're missing the point of what I'm trying to say here. Bob Ross didn't wear skimpy clothes and share racist opinions all day on TV, either. He sat there and painted. There wasn't any romantic undertones with his viewers if they watched him long enough or paid him enough money. It's honestly crazy to me that I even have to have this argument and that this isn't objectively agreed upon.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoYeah, you're right. I still don't think it's the end of the world - it doesn't seem significantly different to me than people getting hooked on soap operas, but you're definitely right that this is much more aimed at children and young people than other media, and we don't really have a good way of educating kids about why the shitty shows are shitty.