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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 19h

I am marginally cheering for my beloved Dodgers, but whatever happens, I'm glad this Series will end with a game where, conservatively, 500 of the weirdest fucking things you've ever seen in your life happen.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · Sep 7

The question of “do you like this?” and “how does it reflect its society?” are often two separate questions and we do both of them a disservice by pretending they’re the same. You can take the second question to pretty dark places while still answering “yes” to the first.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 2h

Actually I almost suggested making it include a friendly debate between FD Signifier (anti) and Emily St. James (pro) given I think you’re on good terms with both, but I realize their points of view on the subject don’t directly contradict each other.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 4h

See also: Seinfeld, The Office, The Big Bang Theory, the MCU.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 3h

My advice: 1. Don’t panic. 2. When you do your inevitable video essay on the subject, including interview segments could present multiple angles and given your connections you could do a lot with that. @fdsignifier.bsky.social could contribute a lot given he covered this issue in depth.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 4h

Once something gets popular and time passes, it’s fairly easy to find people complaining about it, making people think it’s unpopular.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 4h

I disagree with both you and often her in that media analysis isn’t about “defending” or “attacking” works but rather analyzing them as products of their society. See my other comments.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 4h

Once something gets popular and time passes, it’s fairly easy to find people complaining about it, making people think it’s unpopular.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

Family Guy was TikTok before there was TikTok. A lot of the parts people like best are isolated moments that might as well be shorter videos.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 4h

See also: Seinfeld, The Office, The Big Bang Theory, the MCU.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

Family Guy was TikTok before there was TikTok. A lot of the parts people like best are isolated moments that might as well be shorter videos.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

I think what confuses people is that now they’re fairly vocal outliers.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

Related, although I know praising other social networks here is taboo. bsky.app/profile/wild...

Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

Going on Threads especially in the early days when it was mostly Facebook and Insta people there was eye opening. I kept running into film and television takes that seemed unaware of all the Twitter factions that had cemented those discourses elsewhere. Rather refreshing tbh.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

Going on Threads especially in the early days when it was mostly Facebook and Insta people there was eye opening. I kept running into film and television takes that seemed unaware of all the Twitter factions that had cemented those discourses elsewhere. Rather refreshing tbh.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

It depends on what you mean by “people.” There are people who like it and people who don’t and people who change their minds about it. Like with anything. Do we have actual ways to measure this? (1/2)

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

Going on Threads especially in the early days when it was mostly Facebook and Insta people there was eye opening. I kept running into film and television takes that seemed unaware of all the Twitter factions that had cemented those discourses elsewhere. Rather refreshing tbh.

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 5h

It depends on what you mean by “people.” There are people who like it and people who don’t and people who change their minds about it. Like with anything. Do we have actual ways to measure this? (1/2)

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 7h

You’re welcome!

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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · Jan 26

Guy who’s watched 100 TV series: Succession is perhaps the finest TV drama since the Sopranos.
Guy who’s watched 1,000 TV series: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs’ series finale was based on a story by Harlan Ellison and written by the defining 1987 Ninja Turtles writer David Wise,

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 10h

I'm not going to share the screenshots, but apparently Twitter/X is full of racism this morning. Meanwhile, my Bluesky TL is full of awe and gratitude for rail staff and emergency services

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 13h

How every history and science textbook should start

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 8h

My view is that kind of combing CAN be helpful but it’s about analyzing culture more broadly. Hamilton is a fascinating window into Obama era culture, including its flaws, like Shakespeare’s Richard III is for Tudor England. That’s a separate question from “can I like this?”

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 8h

I actually take the apparently hard to explain point of view that analyzing something for its problematic aspects can be a way more interesting question when divorced from “am I allowed to like it?” See below: youtu.be/oG5EpzGmAtA?...

How “This Didn’t Age Well” Destroyed Media Literacy

YouTube video by Olurinatti

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 8h

I actually take the apparently hard to explain point of view that analyzing something for its problematic aspects can be a way more interesting question when divorced from “am I allowed to like it?” See below: youtu.be/oG5EpzGmAtA?...

How “This Didn’t Age Well” Destroyed Media Literacy

YouTube video by Olurinatti

youtu.be

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Ben Pounds @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social · 8h

My view is that kind of combing CAN be helpful but it’s about analyzing culture more broadly. Hamilton is a fascinating window into Obama era culture, including its flaws, like Shakespeare’s Richard III is for Tudor England. That’s a separate question from “can I like this?”

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