I'm Not Mainstream - Get Over It

One thing that I absolutely loathe is the conversations I have with people that begin with "Have you seen/heard (insert main stream media element here)?" And when my response is usually "no", I am greeted with a battle of my trendiness or coolness or even blackness! Another thing I get are the almost confused pup-like stares when I explain that I don't give a shit. Case in point, I was recently asked if I watch the show "The Wire" and I said no I did not. Not one single solitary episode. I was immediately barraged with "What? Why not? That show is the shit!" I explained (which I will not do again because it's my choice) that I don't choose to watch this show because I have personally seen some of the things that I read the show was about and I choose not to relive or acknowledge that type of content. Done. Period. Should have been end of story but of course not because some people just don't understand that everyone doesn't watch everything. So I get the response of "of course! That's why you should watch it! It's real!" No dammit! It's a fucking show! Actors are getting paid an awful amount of money to entertain! But regardless of which, the bottom line is that just because a show has a hot actor, a song has the number one spot on 106th & Park, and a pair of glasses has a $200 pricetag and a definitive logo doesn't mean I have to give two halves of a whole damn. I don't knock the people that do enjoy such things at all but I do take offense when my merit is questioned by a matter of viewer ratings. I'm just that "I don't care sometimes" person. End of story.

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