Pet Peeve: Judging a Story by it's Ending

Books. Movies. TV Shows. Radio Dramas. Comics.

I guess this goes hand-in-hand with people who don't like spoilers. Personally, I'd be pretty pissed off if someone purposely told me a plot twist or an ending. Other than that, accidents happen. Shit happens. Nothing I can do about it, but I'd still want to know how everything unfolded.

I can't wrap my head around people who think a book or a movie is bad or good based on the ending. I guess I sort of have an idea. It's a pessimistic view. I mean, we're all going to die someday. Not now. But some time in the future. That's our ending. So these people already have that bleak outlook on life.

It's detrimental. People miss out on a lot because of this self-exclusion rule.

Anyway, saw the How I Met Your Mother finale. Part of me was a little disappointed with the ending. However, looking back at the past episodes, it was leading up to this and ultimately it's conclusion. It was nice way of ending it. Not everything is happy-go-lucky and cookie-cutter. Just like real life, not everything is perfect. I like that. It was brutally honest.

I'm done.

Internet Pet Peeve

If you've been on the Internet and found yourself into an online discussion, debate or argument, you most likely have encountered people who don't really contribute anything, yet praised or commended for their comments. I'm talking about people who ask rhetorical questions with no follow up or people who use a personal stance on an issue against the person who said them, coming off as if they did something smart.

On the former, an example would be a person who responds to the topic or to another person in that discussion, saying "what else is new?" or "tell us something we don't already know?" On the latter, a more commonly observed reaction from people are twisting the topic or a comment in any discussion in favor of their side. It's a great skill when done wisely. However, in this case, the person will most likely say "it's ironic people are complaining about complainers" or something similar to that.

These comments and comebacks are quite lazy, to be honest. Half of me find these comments as "haha" funny, but when you really look into it, these types of reactions are just cirkle-jerk Internet elitism that avoids the real issue and subsequent discussion.

I'm far from conflicted in this topic. I know where I stand. Do you?

I'm done.