And now you jump on the fucking bandwagon?

[SlaveNumber23]

Yeah, unfortunately people are under no obligation to check out things you recommend to them, do you honestly check out every single thing someone recommends to you?

I don't understand where the fierce anger is coming from, people like the thing you like, who cares if its because you recommended it to them or if they found it out by themselves, how can you be anything but happy?

 

[Agent Cross]

I've never understood how your liking of something can be diminished by others liking it, once it gains popularity (unless its quality suffers from said popularity). Opinions change. Though if there was an example that could help me understand. I might be inclined to take that back.

The only time this bugs me is in sports. If my buddy starts liking something years after I told them about it because it got popular, I'm alright with that since that's just more people loving what I love.

However, sports are different. The people who show up to a Superbowl party with the favored teams jersey (Oh, you're a Ravens fan now? I thought you were a Giants fans last year?) are bad people and they should feel bad for doing it!

If I have to suffer the pain and anguish of being a Vikings fan all the time, you don't get to jump on the bandwagon when we make the playoffs damn it!!!! >.<

I TAKE IT BACK! I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!!

*falls to his knees and weeps*

These people. My God they're so infuriating. I have the same kind of friend. He always wants to bet me on who's favorite team will have the best record at the beginning of every football season. Depends man. What's this years flavor you damn front-runner?

His favorites list:

NFL: TBD. "Though he likes S.F."
NBA: Lakers
MLB: Yankees
NCAA FOOTBALL: Miami
NCAA BASKETBALL: Duke
UEFA: Liverpool
FIFA: Brazil

I mean... Your from Texas. At least pick one team from there. Fuck!

 

[The Wykydtron]

Well, I started playing Vergil "best character in the game, Broken Tier" in UMVC3 well before people noticed how good he is. He was considered mid tier at best for the longest time.

I don't think I have to worry about Persona 4 Arena online getting filled with Shabrys, Labrys and Aigis though. Literally everyone is playing Yu. As in Yu need to buy some skill, play someone with a somewhat high skillcap okbye.

If I see another one of the horde hitconfirm the slide move right into Cross Slash for half my health one more time...
Welp, at least it ain't Kanji.

Meanwhile, i'm trying to learn how to best utilise Orgia Mode and get the double overhead swag completely working. Also I need to see if I can get any combos in the air working because jumping defeats my missle lockdown .

It's easy with Labrys because the second hit of the jumping heavy causes a wall bounce and everyone knows that wall bounces are a combo's best friend.

 

[GrimTuesday]

Yeah, unfortunately people are under no obligation to check out things you recommend to them, do you honestly check out every single thing someone recommends to you?

Did I fucking say they were? No, I didn't so stop putting words into my mouth. And you know what, yeah, I do check out most things people recommend to me, because I know that either what they are recommending is something that they feel is worth my time, or that they are suggesting it because they know my tastes and think it would be something I would enjoy. Besides, its far more polite than just kind of rolling your eyes and going "oh yeah, sure" and never giving it a second though.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

Did I fucking say they were? No, I didn't so stop putting words into my mouth. And you know what, yeah, I do check out most things people recommend to me, because I know that either what they are recommending is something that they feel is worth my time, or that they are suggesting it because they know my tastes and think it would be something I would enjoy. Besides, its far more polite than just kind of rolling your eyes and going "oh yeah, sure" and never giving it a second though.

Wow why do you feel the need to be so hostile? Chill out and discuss it with me instead of attacking me.

The implication I get from your original post is that you feel that people who didn't have a look at Game of Thrones after you recommended it to them have betrayed you in some way or treated you rudely. I think this is an unfair judgement on your behalf, as you said they at least pretended to be interested which is more polite than them outright refusing your recommendation.

Expecting other people to look at everything you recommend to them is childish and selfish, yes you are doing it for them but why are you getting so intensely angry at them for not following up your original recommendation? They weren't interested at the time, they are interested now, get over it.

 

[Something Amyss]

"I LIKED GAME OF THRONES BEFORE IT WAS COOL!!!"

I'm sorry, but that's basically what you're saying.

It's a little different when you've been actively promoting the stuff for ages. By way of example, I'm in no way one of the earliest adopters of Harry Potter. I DEFINITELY didn't like it before it was cool. I checked out the books to see what the hype was about. Now, when friends of mine decided they liked the films, it was like "O HAI, MAYB U SHUD CHECK OWT TEH BUKZ 2" and they were all "LOL NO." Given a few more years, and then everyone was treating it like they'd just discovered some life-changing shit right there. And now they're telling me about it. I'm simultaneously glad they enjoyed something I enjoyed, and frustrated that they're talking like I've never heard of this PHENOMENON.

I was like this when the Marvel films got popular. I was like, "I've been reading this shit since I was 8 and you fucks are just now getting into it?!"

Then I realized that attitude wasn't very helpful to anyone and discarded it. Yeah, this kind of thing can be annoying to deal with, but it's a petty thing to be bothered by and it makes you look like a jerk. You should be happy people are enjoying something that you yourself enjoy!

Ha! I've been reading comics since I could READ!

...Wait, that's not what I intended to say.

Actually, I never had this with Marvel movies. I was too happy to see GOOD comic book movies. I remember the days when the best we could hope for was something not as bad as "Trial of the Incredible Hulk."

On the flip side, if I were to hear how awesome Thor is from a guy who used to be all "comic books? lol! That shit is so gay," I might rage a little.

I inherently want people to like what I like, and I don't care if I'm first or last. But there's certain levels of stupidity that do override my generally good nature...Wait, why are you all laughing?

 

[GrimTuesday]

Did I fucking say they were? No, I didn't so stop putting words into my mouth. And you know what, yeah, I do check out most things people recommend to me, because I know that either what they are recommending is something that they feel is worth my time, or that they are suggesting it because they know my tastes and think it would be something I would enjoy. Besides, its far more polite than just kind of rolling your eyes and going "oh yeah, sure" and never giving it a second though.

Wow why do you feel the need to be so hostile? Chill out and discuss it with me instead of attacking me.

Gee, I don't know, maybe the fact that the thread immediately devolved into people telling me what a dick I am could have gotten on my nerves a bit, as well as your insinuation that I think that people have to do everything I tell them to.

The implication I get from your original post is that you feel that people who didn't have a look at Game of Thrones after you recommended it to them have betrayed you in some way or treated you rudely. I think this is an unfair judgement on your behalf, as you said they at least pretended to be interested which is more polite than them outright refusing your recommendation.

Expecting other people to look at everything you recommend to them is childish and selfish, yes you are doing it for them but why are you getting so intensely angry at them for not following up your original recommendation? They weren't interested at the time, they are interested now, get over it.

Did you perhaps read the edit I made to the OP, or even read all the replies the thread got, because if you did you would have seen me clarifying myself a little bit. Its not about the fact that they ignored me, though the fact that it seems like I'm the only fucking person who actually listens to other people's recommendations does piss me off, its the fact that they act like they were somehow on the ground floor when it took off after having blown me off when I told them about the books years ago, same for when I was really excited for the show, I was trying to get all my friends into because I knew they would like it, and then suddenly when it got popular, they were all over it.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

Gee, I don't know, maybe the fact that the thread immediately devolved into people telling me what a dick I am could have gotten on my nerves a bit, as well as your insinuation that I think that people have to do everything I tell them to.

So the appropriate response to people calling you a dick is acting like more of a dick? You employed this hostile attitude before anyone even replied to your thread.

I mean come on, someone asks you "Hey man, have you heard of Game of Thrones?" and your feelings towards them are:

"fuck you cunts, I fucking told you about it five fucking years ago and you fucking ignored me, so don't fucking act like you're somehow hip for knowing about it now that the show is a massive hit"

Who is going to remember a recommendation they didn't follow up on 5 years ago? Where is their act of being "hip"? I know you didn't actually tell them or even hinted at what you really thought but your attitude here is completely unreasonable.

Did you perhaps read the edit I made to the OP, or even read all the replies the thread got, because if you did you would have seen me clarifying myself a little bit. Its not about the fact that they ignored me, though the fact that it seems like I'm the only fucking person who actually listens to other people's recommendations does piss me off, its the fact that they act like they were somehow on the ground floor when it took off after having blown me off when I told them about the books years ago, same for when I was really excited for the show, I was trying to get all my friends into because I knew they would like it, and then suddenly when it got popular, they were all over it.

Notice I specifically said "from your original post" my response was based purely on your original post. I don't see how your clarifications make a difference at all, I understood from the original post that you are angry at people for not being interested in Game of Thrones when you recommended it to them years ago, dismissing your recommendation as worthless and then developing an interest in it now, with the act that the series had never existed before. I can see that you might view these people as hypocritical, I've felt a similar attitude before as well. But this attitude isn't very fair at all, as people's tastes for books etc are going to change over time. Why aren't you just happy that you can now share your love of the series with more people?

 

[GrimTuesday]

Gee, I don't know, maybe the fact that the thread immediately devolved into people telling me what a dick I am could have gotten on my nerves a bit, as well as your insinuation that I think that people have to do everything I tell them to.

So the appropriate response to people calling you a dick is acting like more of a dick? You employed this hostile attitude before anyone even replied to your thread.

I mean come on, someone asks you "Hey man, have you heard of Game of Thrones?" and your feelings towards them are:

"fuck you cunts, I fucking told you about it five fucking years ago and you fucking ignored me, so don't fucking act like you're somehow hip for knowing about it now that the show is a massive hit"

Who is going to remember a recommendation they didn't follow up on 5 years ago? Where is their act of being "hip"? I know you didn't actually tell them or even hinted at what you really thought but your attitude here is completely unreasonable.

See, I didn't act like a dick in response to them acting like a dick, I said fuck one time and told you to stop putting words in my mouth in my first response to you and you took it in a negative way. My responses to everyone else who I've addressed have been perfectly cordial. In addition, its not an expectation that they remember it, its the fact that they blew me off. Most of the time, it seems people don't even bother to look up things I suggest. That is where my annoyance comes from, the fact that people who I make recommendations to don't even really consider it, and then it turns out to be something they would enjoy, and rather then taking me up on my recommendation (frequent recommendations at that, as well as offers to loan them a copy of the first book), they instead didn't even think about it until it had become cool.

Did you perhaps read the edit I made to the OP, or even read all the replies the thread got, because if you did you would have seen me clarifying myself a little bit. Its not about the fact that they ignored me, though the fact that it seems like I'm the only fucking person who actually listens to other people's recommendations does piss me off, its the fact that they act like they were somehow on the ground floor when it took off after having blown me off when I told them about the books years ago, same for when I was really excited for the show, I was trying to get all my friends into because I knew they would like it, and then suddenly when it got popular, they were all over it.

Notice I specifically said "from your original post" my response was based purely on your original post. I don't see how your clarifications make a difference at all, I understood from the original post that you are angry at people for not being interested in Game of Thrones when you recommended it to them years ago, dismissing your recommendation as worthless and then developing an interest in it now, with the act that the series had never existed before. I can see that you might view these people as hypocritical, I've felt a similar attitude before as well. But this attitude isn't very fair at all, as people's tastes for books etc are going to change over time. Why aren't you just happy that you can now share your love of the series with more people?

Its perfectly fair. Feeling insulted and angry that someone apparently thinks so little of your opinion that they ignore it only to find that it was in fact something they would enjoy only after the "mainstream"[footnote]I hate using that word, partly because A Song of Ice and Fire was pretty popular in the fantasy genre already and partly because of its association with hipsters.[/footnote] picked up on it and it became cool. Its not like I sit there and brood over it, This has nothing to do with me wanting to protect the purity of it or the idea that I want to be in a special club, it has to do with people jumping on the band wagon because its become cool, or people who ignored me and then act like they have found something new and special.

 

[Guffe]

UEFA: Liverpool

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!
Oh my god, your friends preferd team for winning is LIVERPOOL!!!??
As a HUGE Liverpool supporter I can say he should start following some sports, We haven't won the league in 23 years and the last big win was ChampionsLeague in 2005, which of course was a bit special, and a few cups here and there (Well 2001 treble was quite nice too) But as it comes to chance of winning... -.-
Yeah, we're pretty much a mid table team, tell your glory hunter friend to go for ManU, ManCity or Chelsky instead (not saying all the fans of these teams are glory hunters, all teams have plastic fans due to history and whatnot...)

 

[Agent Cross]

UEFA: Liverpool

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!
Oh my god, your friends preferd team for winning is LIVERPOOL!!!??
As a HUGE Liverpool supporter I can say he should start following some sports, We haven't won the league in 23 years and the last big win was ChampionsLeague in 2005, which of course was a bit special, and a few cups here and there (Well 2001 treble was quite nice too) But as it comes to chance of winning... -.-
Yeah, we're pretty much a mid table team, tell your glory hunter friend to go for ManU, ManCity or Chelsky instead (not saying all the fans of these teams are glory hunters, all teams have plastic fans due to history and whatnot...)

He's 35. He decided on his teams in the early 90's. All the teams/clubs I listed, he began following when they were winning championships or multiple championships. Each are some of (if not are) the most storied franchises in their respective leagues history. I think he just saw all of the trophies and was like O_O... SHINY!!!

 

[Hawk of Battle]

I tend to watch the first part of a series first, then if I get into it, immediately go out and buy the entire book series and read the whole thing before the next film/tv season is released. I did this with LotR and Ice and Fire, though I had been meaning to read Ice and Fire before the series was released. I didn't even realise they were one and the same until after I watched the first episode.

I also played Dune 2 and saw the (terrible) film before reading the novel and I've been meaning to read Enders Game for a while too, so the same is likely going to occur there as well.

I really should try and get hold of some more books before they're made into movies/tv shows, for once.

 

[Strazdas]

I don't actually sit there and curse at people, its a little thing known as being hyperbolic

this thread kinda proves that yes, you do.

I never heard of a Song of Ice and Fire before the show. actually i didnt even knew about the show until a friend showed me. Now, i have sought of the books and have read 1 so far, however it works kinda backward, when i saw the show further on than books.
For the people that onyl watch the show, perhaps they dont like readong books? or do you think everyone must like what you like?

I for one would love to read some books of shows ive seen, but that is simply impossible due to book taking much more time and effort (cant really read a book while sitting on a bus, can watch a TV show). Though recently i been moving towards audiobooks where i can, can easily listen to this while riding a bike or whatever. im so sorry there isnt 48 hours in a day.

Oh and for those people i usually go with "told you, you didnt listen, your loss". Most of the time they actually care the next time. there is one guy that actually calls me up on movie advice.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I do understand your point, I think a lot of people have misinterpreted what you're saying here.

Usually it tends to bug me when people act all cool because they're into something anyway, so I guess I enjoy the odd opportunity to take them down a peg if I can. Usually a band or something- I distinctly remember one guy thinking he was the coolest, darkest, brooding hipster king because he started listening to Nine Inch Nails (which I had been professing the brilliance of for years). Apparently he'd seen them the previous year, which was confusing considering this was during the hiatus.

I'm usually pretty welcoming when it comes to this sort of thing, but when people act like they're better than someone else due to their tastes, especially when it's a taste that I share myself (and have been suggesting to them for a long time), I can get a bit annoyed.

 

[Angie7F]

I am ok with jumping in band wagons no matter how mainstream or lame it is.
i would rather be a part of the party and have fun than being on the outside.

 

[Guffe]

UEFA: Liverpool

Oh my god, your friends preferd team for winning is LIVERPOOL!!!??

He's 35. He decided on his teams in the early 90's.

Well if he's been a red for that long then I guss it isn't too shabby.
I thought he just doesn't follow the team at all just looks at the trophy stats and goes for one in the top.

 

[ninjaRiv]

I'm a big fan of RHCP, have been since By the Way first came out, and I got a lot of shit about that at school. So I learned that nobody I know even remotely likes them, right? Fast forward a few years and I've just kept my love for the band quiet.

Kind of recently, out of fucking nowhere, people who once hated the band are saying "HEY, YOU HEARD OF THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS?!? YOU MIGHT LIKE THEM!!!"

So, I get what you mean. To be honest, I'd normally just say "I've been into them for years, man. Glad you like them NOW." But some of them respond with "NUH UH, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INTO THEM AT ALL!" or "I LIKED THEM FOR YEARS, TOO!!!" The former response is what pisses me off the most.