The thing is, I'm seeing praise for the show and I don't understand it...
Where are you hearing praise? If it's mainstream conservatives or something, I've noticed a - in my opinion - very frustrating trend, where they feel the need to latch onto popular culture to show they're not "outsiders," or something. A bunch of prominent mainstream conservatives were singing the praises of The Last of Us at the time, too. I suppose because it wasn't as woke as it could have been, or something. "Look at us, we're conservatives, but we can consoom Current Thing too! We're hip, we're with it!"
Not sure if that's what's happening with Fallout, or that's what you're talking about, but I have seen at least a bit of that. Fallout is (apparently, as I haven't watched it) not as woke as it could be. So some people are taking that as a win. Which is in my opinion stupid, as they often wait a bit to inject the woke anyway. I can almost guarantee that if there's a season 2, it will be at the very, very least marginally more woke than the first season.
...so I'm wondering if those giving praise are used to wading through outhouse troughs and view this as a breath of fresh air? Are my expectations too high? Is this a me problem?
To the first point, that's probably a big part of it. Lots of stuff out there is worse, so if Current Thing isn't as bad as Current Thing -1, some people cheer. To the second point...no, this is not a you problem. Shit sucks.
Yeah, I saw a bit here, which I agree is strange. "It's not as bad as it could be" is a really fucking low bar and, from the little I've checked out, Fallout isn't great. Not sure why some people tried to defend it, maybe nostalgia too?
A mean, a Fallout show could/would be very cool. Maybe people got wrapped up in the potential and had rose-tinted glasses on.
I'll never understand how people think this is a good argument. There are only so many hours in the day I have which are not used for work, family or sleep. I'll be damned if I use any of them on something that is "not quite complete shit... but close".
Its because FOMO is powerful and some people feel compelled to be involved in "current event" so they can socialize with others.
Because for a large amount of people, and not just the Woke, they compensate for a boring, politics obsessed lack of personality by bonding over media consumption. So the "current event" show is the only way they can even have a conversation with their coworkers and they don't want to feel left out.
Where are you hearing praise? If it's mainstream conservatives or something, I've noticed a - in my opinion - very frustrating trend, where they feel the need to latch onto popular culture to show they're not "outsiders," or something. A bunch of prominent mainstream conservatives were singing the praises of The Last of Us at the time, too. I suppose because it wasn't as woke as it could have been, or something. "Look at us, we're conservatives, but we can consoom Current Thing too! We're hip, we're with it!"
Not sure if that's what's happening with Fallout, or that's what you're talking about, but I have seen at least a bit of that. Fallout is (apparently, as I haven't watched it) not as woke as it could be. So some people are taking that as a win. Which is in my opinion stupid, as they often wait a bit to inject the woke anyway. I can almost guarantee that if there's a season 2, it will be at the very, very least marginally more woke than the first season.
To the first point, that's probably a big part of it. Lots of stuff out there is worse, so if Current Thing isn't as bad as Current Thing -1, some people cheer. To the second point...no, this is not a you problem. Shit sucks.
Yeah, I saw a bit here, which I agree is strange. "It's not as bad as it could be" is a really fucking low bar and, from the little I've checked out, Fallout isn't great. Not sure why some people tried to defend it, maybe nostalgia too?
A mean, a Fallout show could/would be very cool. Maybe people got wrapped up in the potential and had rose-tinted glasses on.
I'll never understand how people think this is a good argument. There are only so many hours in the day I have which are not used for work, family or sleep. I'll be damned if I use any of them on something that is "not quite complete shit... but close".
Its because FOMO is powerful and some people feel compelled to be involved in "current event" so they can socialize with others.
Because for a large amount of people, and not just the Woke, they compensate for a boring, politics obsessed lack of personality by bonding over media consumption. So the "current event" show is the only way they can even have a conversation with their coworkers and they don't want to feel left out.
They have accepted the new Overton window. Turn the water up on the frog another bit more.