Throwaway shit is the best shit

1. 2015-08-19 at 7:04 AM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage
   Anyone else notice this? I mainly notice it with shows and stuff, if I expect something to just be a mildly entertaining time-filler it's a lot more likely to really stick out as mind-blowing to me but I see it in other media as well, books, visual art, even music to some extent. I guess on some level, anything you go into with low expectations is more likely to impress you but I also think there's something to say for the psychological wedge of "trashy" media that has the power to free us from traditional critical judgement and classical limitations of enjoyment.
2. 2015-08-19 at 8:05 AM UTC

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   Malice Naturally Camouflaged
   Maybe you just have poor/lowbrow taste?
3. 2015-08-19 at 9:19 AM UTC

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   The Boobyverse X = X 1 = 0 Tuskegee Airman
   wanna buy some panic attacks?
4. 2015-08-19 at 2:36 PM UTC

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   Iron John Houston
   I try to own as little "throwaway" type stuff (like paperback books, particleboard furniture that comes unassembled and you have to put it together, etc.) as possible. That shit is anathema, and a bane to modern society.
5. 2015-08-19 at 6:47 PM UTC

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   Dissociator African Astronaut
   yeah, shit I find on bulk trash day is better than most stuff I have. theres something good about shit thats slightly less valuable than shit you'd buy, probably becauisuse older stuff has better craftmanship
6. 2019-06-04 at 10:01 PM UTC

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   Helladamnleet African Astronaut [impartially tyrannize that lentinus]

   Originally posted by Lanny Anyone else notice this? I mainly notice it with shows and stuff, if I expect something to just be a mildly entertaining time-filler it's a lot more likely to really stick out as mind-blowing to me but I see it in other media as well, books, visual art, even music to some extent. I guess on some level, anything you go into with low expectations is more likely to impress you but I also think there's something to say for the psychological wedge of "trashy" media that has the power to free us from traditional critical judgement and classical limitations of enjoyment.

   
   Yeah, somehow the line between cheap/good blurs when you get super off brand and you end up with decent shit.
7. 2019-06-04 at 10:02 PM UTC

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   WellHung Black Hole
   absolutely. That's why I only watch movies that get shitty ratings on rotten tomatoes.
8. 2019-06-04 at 10:06 PM UTC

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   WellHung Black Hole
   The media just seems to like main stream and what's gonna be big Box office smashes...Fake News.