The latter. Actually, I guess I still consume a lot of unknown things, but now almost exclusively online, where when the thing sucks, you can instantly move on to something else.
Much better to download a movie and watch five minutes of it and delete it than to coordinate going to the theater with someone, buy overpriced popcorn, watch a bunch of ads, then sit through an hour and a half of something you don’t really like.
I can’t really tell whether this is me failing to appreciate some aspect of human experience, or just that the way people tend to do things is stupid.
The latter. Actually, I guess I still consume a lot of unknown things, but now almost exclusively online, where when the thing sucks, you can instantly move on to something else.
Much better to download a movie and watch five minutes of it and delete it than to coordinate going to the theater with someone, buy overpriced popcorn, watch a bunch of ads, then sit through an hour and a half of something you don’t really like.
I can’t really tell whether this is me failing to appreciate some aspect of human experience, or just that the way people tend to do things is stupid.
Or you just have different preferences from some other people.