#Exclusive First Listens

[glassofpumpkinjuice]

it turns out that when you're obsessed with a band as a depressed 14 year old you sort of imprint on them like a baby bird in ways you won't fully realize until your mid twenties

[hplonesomeart]

Stabby stabby time 😌✨

(Original meme audio source can be found via this YouTube video!!)

[stabbingandorbeingstabbed]

wait what do u mean it's been 2 years since we got a blurry glimpse of metaman and then immediate radio silence for like hours can anyone hear me. the first big wardrobe zag of tour

[icewindandboringhorror]

I've referenced before how I have a big google document to keep track of every media I've ever seen in my entire life (just for reference because I like to track everything possible lol… I am the Data Collector), but recently as I was updating it, I thought of actually evaluating them to find out random percentages (like for example, out of Total Shows Watched, what percentage did I finish vs. stop watching, what percentage did I like or dislike, etc.)...

Evaluating these things is made easier by the fact that I already place everything on each subsection of the list into 6 broad ranking categories, so I don't have to go back and guess to figure out how I feel about them or anything. The categories are: Ranking 5 - overall best* (despite some criticisms of course because I'm too much of an Analyzer to ever find anything Perfect lol) Ranking 4 - more positive than neutral, but not good enough to be 5 Ranking 3 - either the good + bad negate each other, OR it's just not memorable/interesting in any way enough to be ranked higher or lower (this is the Default category ALL things are placed in if no other rank applies) Ranking 2 - maybe a few redeemable elements but largely more negatives than positives Ranking 1 - So bad that it circles around to being fascinating to observe in some way (not necessarily Funny, or Good, but just interesting somehow) Ranking 0 - Bad in a genuinely frustrating or obnoxious manner

*("best" primarily defined here as most interesting, rather than most good in a technical sense, or some other measure. I tend to value more highly whether there's something novel or thoughtful about the worldbuilding, tone, writing, base premise, etc - than about whether it's actually executed perfectly.)

And here's the amount of shows that have so far been placed into each category -

TV shows ~ Rank 5 (highest) - 20 shows ~ Rank 4 (mid-high) - 28 shows ~ Rank 3 (neutral/default/meh) - 114 shows ~ Rank 2 (mid low) -33 shows ~ Rank 1 (low low but intriguingly so) - 14 shows ~ Rank 0 (iredeemably low) - 2 shows

This would make for a total of 211 TV shows overall. However, there are 57 shows within these list marked as "didn't finish" (typically meaning I quit on the very first or second episode - but log them still to keep a record that I at least had a brief view of them).

So my total of genuinely fully watched shows would be more 154. 211 Total, but a More Accurate Total of 154.

Counting them all and using the Total Number Of The List (211) -- that means roughly 9.5% of all total shows I have ever watched (or at least attempted to watch) have been Mostly Good, 13% have been Moderately Okay, 54% have been either entirely Forgettable or some mix of good + bad that lands them right in the Neutral Middle, 15.6% have been Mostly Bad, 6.6% have been Bad (but in an interesting way), and 0.9% have been Terribly Bad.

Additionally, I didn't even get past the first two episodes of about 27% of the total.

Sooo, discounting ones I didn't finish, my total TV shows ever watched in my life would be about 154 (maybe give or take a few, assuming I might have forgotten some from very long ago).

But instead of entire life, let's just say this is the total for 'About 20 Years' (so, not counting very early childhood when I likely wouldn't remember things I saw/have no detailed recollection of them (like for example, I'm sure at some point when I was like 4yrs old I must have seen an episode of Spongebob or something, but I have zero distinct memories of it, can't quote anything of it, and barely recall the premise - so I don't count it on the list, etc.)).

In that case, 154 divided by 20 would be roughly 7.7 shows a year.

Which is actually surprisingly low considering that I often have stuff on in the background for hours whilst I make sculptures and do costumes and stuff (maybe I should have also marked some distinction between 'things I fully paid attention to' and 'things I kind of half listened to whilst sculpting', but that would further split the categories too much probably lol), but I guess a lot of that is youtube videos or random documentaries, so .. eh.. maybe I get it being lower.

Now, doing the same thing for movies-

Movies ~ Rank 5 (highest) - 4 movies (3.4% of total) ~ Rank 4 (mid-high) - 12 movies (10.3% of total) ~ Rank 3 (neutral/default/meh) - 91 movies (78.4% of total) ~ Rank 2 (mid low) - 8 movies (6.8% of total) ~ Rank 1 (low but interesting) - 1 movie (0.8% of total) ~ Rank 0 (irredeemably low) - none in this category (0%)

That makes 116 for a Total (Actually Remembered) Movies Watched In Lifetime (Or At Least In 20 Years).

116 divided by 20 is roughly 5 or 6 movies a year (I feel this has probably been skewed though by adding everything since like elementary school onwards, as I remember a lot more movies from child/teen years.. Whereas, the past 3 years I feel like I've barely seen maybe even 5 movies?? lol). I also have "Didn't Finish" marked on 18 of them. Which means I quit halfway through about 15% of the total movies.

So, a for broader summary stuff..

I seem to be less forgiving to movies than tv shows, by far. Which makes sense to me, I guess, because I love elaboration and details, so "short form" things that only last an hour or two are often lost on me a bit. My biggest complaint with movies is indeed usually walking away just wishing there had been more exposition, more scenes where characters are doing nothing, more "mindless bantering" conversations, more Quiet Downtime and Lore Elaboration and so on lol, so... of course most 1-2hr films end up feeling a bit Not Enough To Draw My Interest/Nothingy to me.

If you count 5 and 4 as "like" and rankings 2 to 0 as "dislike", then for TV shows I at least somewhat liked 48 of them, and at least somewhat disliked 47 of them.. So it's almost exactly the same lol. I'm just about equally as likely to find something bad as I am to find something redeeming about it. But overall, the largest chance is that I just won't really care much for it at all and it will be tossed into the 'neutral' pile, forgotten forever. Movies have a bit better of a balance, "liking" 16 of them, and "disliking" only 9 of them. So I'm slightly more likely to enjoy a movie than to find it annoying - though still VASTLY more likely to just not find it anything in particular, possibly not even finishing it.

ANYWAY.. this is vague and literally pointless, but like I said, I just really find information fun. Like my document where I've rated every apple flavor I've ever tried (like 40 of them now?), or reviewed every oreo flavor (32?), or ranking data from my entire 10 years of Trying To Make Friends process (out of 100 people, roughly 8% chance of a moderate compatibility, 3% chance of high), or etc. etc.. I love to have random pointless things to analyze I suppose lol.

I doubt anyone tracks things in their life in this same exact way, but I'd be interested in hearing any at least somewhat similar data !!! (like, how many TV shows you watch a year on average, and what percentage of those you like vs. dislike (if you keep track of that sort of thing), etc.)). I guess it might be easier with movies, since I think some people use those websites where you curate a list of movies you've seen and you can rate them or something, so maybe the numbers are already available on those places. :0

[frogintheair]

i miss rhys................................ oh and shinon's there too

[autistic-shaiapouf]

IF I WAS IN WORLD WAR II THEY'D CALL ME SPITFIRE

[lokh]

WHY am i having to run between two people instead of them contacting each other directly and then one of them ISNT EVEN COMMUNICATING WITH ME PROPERLY

[kamil-a]

i do not know a more eloquent way to word this but please tell me all about sayer (IF YOU WANT TO NO PRESSURE) as i am very curious about it. i have no specific questions just ramble about whatever. looks at you with my big ol eyes

[creditsvoice] SAYER is a podcast written by adam bash, (and in seasons 1-3 a small other pool of writers)

it is a scifi comedyhorror (horrorcomedy?) about an evil science company in space (think aperture but in space for basic setup: weird dangerous scifi with little care for employee life) and the ai who supervises it! thats sayer give it up for sayerrrrr "petty vengeful antique" seraphimagent8 everyone cheer & clap for its broadcasts or else

each season kind of mixes it up a bit, with 1 being a 2nd person pov story about waking up as an aerolith employee (im obsessed with the pov guy.) with no memories, 2-3 being a monster of the week sort of thing leading to a greater plot that s4+6 go into detail about, and s5 is a prequel story.

various themes: death as an inherent flipside of growth. Identity and the ship of theseus. the worst people you know having the worst arguments possible. if you upgrade your phone youre MURDERING your old phone and its FREAKING OUT and it wants you DEADDDD. what if the most 🥺 man in space was there.

you can find episode 1 here: https://iamsayer.com/sayer-episode-1-while-you-are-still-paralyzed

Episodes 1-6 have been remastered, but i personally recommend the originals.

have fun if you check it out!

[clegfly]

Hello three iromo au fans ever come get your food!!!!!

[phantomtrax]

Protip: You can listen to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard while reading manga.

[wi1dshxpe]

i just think it’s so sick and twisted gortash canonically has abs. like him being hairy isn’t enough i also need him to be fat. it’s like when people make mods that smooth out his old ass face or whiten his yellow ass teeth, but it’s real. i need to see his muffin top more than i need to see anything else in this game.

[tommygotwrittenoff]

my favorite thing about bt is when there's an opportunity for buck and t to have a deeper connection, but then t just shuts it down. like, go girl, give us nothing!!!!

[earl-grey-love]

Honestly I should draw some ship art of Howard and Charlie just so I can have something like that of them.

[justplaggin]

thank you for the tag story @iwritenarrativesandstuff :D

one song for each letter of my username aka perfect excuse to push my current interests and favorite performances agenda:

j. jue ai – faye (live ver.)

u. uragiri no yuuyake – kiiyan & mamo-chan :) (live ver.)

s. spirit of youth – zhang yuan

t. trigger – jo1 (live ver.)

p. phobia – jo1

l. love & hate – jo1 (live ver.)

a. avid – hiroyuki sawano

g. gradation – jo1 (live ver.)

g. goya no machiawase – hello sleepwalkers

i. ikenai taiyou – orange range (live - laposta cover >:D)

n. negai wa shine on the sea – trigger (+ the solo bc AH)

tagging: @always-a-joyful-note @kimakento @kyouka-supremacy @sableeira @moonlittalk @originalaccountname @nightrayv @elibean + everyone who sees this and feels like joining in!

[mismess]

When he. When he got that crooked little smile

[todayisafridaynight]

before ichi momence