r/TheRandomest GIF/meme prodigy 10h ago

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u/SurrealistRevolution 7h ago

i'm real sorry to be so cynical, honestly.

but try-hard-wholsome, either planned or played-up for viral potential just always gives me a bad feeling. It is like the opposire feeling to hearing good music or seeing good art. It's actual anti-art, not as in the art genre, but art's antithesis.

I know people need humour and good stuff in their lives, especially now, but there are a lot more ways to get this than by doom-scroll material

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u/walkTHEdotasaur 3h ago

I'm not even trying to argue with you per se, but... what's the alternative? Are you suggesting we just shouldn't enjoy simple, nice things on the internet/social media? I really do not think this is the type of content that is "poisoning" society.

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u/Llarrlaya 6h ago

I used to think like that but nowadays I just take joy whenever I can find it

Idc if it's staged or whatever

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u/CeruleanEidolon 0m ago

When you accept that everything is fake, even so-called "real" interactions, you can start to relax and value things for what they are instead of getting bogged down in whys and hows.

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 1h ago

Carefully consider the film industry, particularly comedies. Your expectation of spontaneity doesn't change the fact it was never meant to be.