Adrian Tchaikovsky

@aptshadow.bsky.social

You know, when someone says ‘I enjoyed a thing’ you are actually permitted not to reply with a small essay explaining why you did not.

May 27, 2024 at 19:21 UTC

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Shinjiro Aragaki 🏳️‍⚧️ @shinjiro-aragaki.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:40 UTC

Someone who kept doing this ruined our friendship.

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robeagle @robeagle.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 14:51 UTC

I think we should encouraging “what did you enjoy about it in particular?” Because that question may even allow us to see it in a different light and then ; Also enjoy [THING].

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Dann @dannfuller.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 16:04 UTC

My go to:

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Randy BluesBreaker @randulo.com
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 09:09 UTC

Absolutely. Pass, move on, one should only add value in comments, even if your posts have little or none (and that includes me). Comments (attitude in) always say more about the commenter than their "content".

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Luke Walker - Writer. The Ninth Circle out now. @lukewalkerwriter.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:58 UTC

Well, actually

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Deborah @deborah-c.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 20:52 UTC

That's so unfair! A short 🧵 on the many ways in which you're incorrect: (1/73)

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Win White @wsquared3d.bsky.social
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

It seems like there are an inordinate number of posts on Bluesky lately from people who, unbidden, preemptively skeet that they don’t like something that is popular with many other folks, with little or no rationale. Like “I don’t listen to audiobooks!” A cry for attention?

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mike. @literallymike.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

The internet (coughcoughsocialmedia) has led to an inherent feeling that we need to respond - to EVERYTHING. Take this comment, for example...

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Cathode Ray Zone @cathoderayzone.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

If one doesn’t want replies to something — or only want specific kinds of replies —why broadcast it publicly?

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your friend nate @metanate.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 23:05 UTC

This! I have added “can enjoy others enjoying things they do not enjoy” to my list of attributes of a worthwhile person. Right next to pleasant to servers and returns the shopping cart.

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Sean @betalogan.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

it's a very important lesson in growing up that way too many people never learn. let people enjoy things that don't harm anyone, no matter its quality.

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Secretoriginz @secretoriginz.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 20:43 UTC

Do you verification on this? It just seems too good to be true.

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Secretoriginz @secretoriginz.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:41 UTC

I'm sure that can't be right.

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@randomanybody.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 07:26 UTC

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar @golux13.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

This thread has put me in an awkward, paradoxical position, because I agree, and would like to explain why to some people downthread, but that violates the principle of "yeah, you can, but you don't have to, so maybe don't" that I would like to support.

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CMDR GreyAreaUK @greyareauk.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:20 UTC

Gah! Yep, exactly. I used to see a lot of this sort of thing in the Elite:Dangerous community - people who *didn't* like Elite would sometimes try to persuade other people not to like it either. I've never understood that level of petty tribalism.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:23 UTC

Preach!

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:49 UTC

Ah, Adrian, that's where you're wrong, as I'll indicate via this thread bel-*gets yoink off-stage by a comically long stick with a hook-like curve at the end*

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amity johnston 🐹💕 @harmoniousmeadow.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 23:58 UTC

i mean, that sounds a little like it could get to toxic positivity. when people are trying to argue, that can get concerning. not everyone agrees on topics, and comments are not meant to just agree with one another. destroying a person's happiness for fun is awful for sure.

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unter anderem rall @ute-rall.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:44 UTC

The discard button is quite underrated

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Bart Barry @bartholomewb.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:11 UTC

On the other hand, the internet

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God-Emperor Tsunami 💙 #FBPE #BLM #GTTO @tsunami65.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:02 UTC

It's actually OK to agree with them if you also liked it. Astounding, I know!

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Harvey @harvsbax.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 21:00 UTC

Now, I do believe you are incorrect. You see, as a white man on the internet it is my sacred duty to inform everybody of my obviously superior opinion that you will never have seen anywhere else. For example, The Last Jedi Bad. It would have been criminal not to share this in this not bird app essay

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Fiona Moore (new story collection, Human Resources, out now) @drfionamoore.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 08:55 UTC

When an episode of a series I like didn't really work for me, but lots of other people are squeeing about it... TBH I like seeing their joy so much that I don't want to say I didn't like the episode.

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Harkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:26 UTC

Especially when it's Furiosa or Rogue One. Not biased in the slightest. :)

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SuzieStockpot @suzistockpot.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 10:51 UTC

Some ppl think that expressing hatred of a thing = a personality. They are right, but it expresses how dull they are!

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Nick Gonzo: Slowly Vacating Earth @nickgonzo.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:22 UTC

I am not a fan of this weird “here’s why you’re wrong” culture. When I was young I did it all the time. I think I thought it made me appear smart. Instead it just made me look like a wanker.

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Capt. Curt Jackson @captaincurt.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:52 UTC

Miller shows us how this all ends. The real guzzoline is shit posting each other into the apocalypse.

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muddy cat🐈‍⬛🐾🐾🇺🇦 🇵🇸NAFO @muddycat.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:42 UTC

There’s a meme. I am doing the thing I don’t like the thing I am doing the thing more

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Antilles @wedgeantilles.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 21:05 UTC

Nonsense, I have the paperwork right here

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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:26 UTC

the canonical work on this topic was posted thirteen years ago!

youtu.be/0la5DBtOVNI?...

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Micheline Ronningen @michelines.bsky.social
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

And vice versa.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:30 UTC

Have a Scotty!

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 11:30 UTC

I'm glad you said this but

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@bjkeefe.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:47 UTC

I dunno. I'm mostly of the opinion that if Person A posts something in a public forum, A does not have a reasonable expectation of no pushback. Often, albeit not always, posts about "I love this" tend to be provocative. Would add that the OP always has the options to restrict comments on a post.

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yarn 𝔤𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫 @woolverine.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 20:15 UTC

oh I thought we were giving our opinion - why do we have to agree in order for me to speak?

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Antti Rasinen @ars.iki.fi
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 08:34 UTC

I saved a pic on my phone for situations like thesry

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@cuchelain.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

Also, if you don’t like a thing & you’re not a paid critic you don’t need to go online and trash it everywhere you can think of. It might just be a thing _you_ don’t like & trying to prevent it being successful doesn’t do anyone any good.

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Ulrike @uli2912.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:36 UTC

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 15:02 UTC

But even that is much more acceptable than an essay on why it is "bad" like there's a right and wrong opinion

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Sola Balisane @balisane.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 20:00 UTC

This post really is bringing out a specific type of guy, huh. Hit dogs holler..

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Sequentialkady @sequentialkady.bsky.social
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 13:56 UTC

Or why that person is, or course, the second coming of Hitler, for having liked the thing that didn't meet your standards of moral purity in art.

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 11:37 UTC

Just realized this is what I most enjoy about bsky: I see much less of that energy here than other places You can just hang and, vent or offer/receive friendly chat

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H. Chaos @hchaos.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 00:32 UTC

Hating things that other people like doesn't make you cool, it makes you boring.

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Phil @thedicemechanic.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 11:01 UTC

Thank you for this microblog. I shall set out below exactly why this is a facetious example of positivorio, which is a concept going back to 3rd century Sparta. What it represents is 1/89

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rage against the mean bean machine @spookykong.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 20:41 UTC

Good to know, I'll only do this if I want to, which I always do

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Pita Enigma @pitaenigma.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 13:39 UTC

There's that line from Shrek 2... "You have the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity". My goodreads account proves that maybe it applies to me.

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Jillebeans @jillebeans.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 10:50 UTC

And when someone says “ I didn’t enjoy a thing” you are also permitted not to reply with why you did

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Mitchell Gore @lestatdelc.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 21:54 UTC

This is how I feel with the “Rings of Power” series. The vitriol in a lot of fandoms these days, and the Tolkien ones in particular, has risen to the level where it almost increases my enjoyment that said toxic "fans" are refusing to watch and appreciate what is on offer.

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Pete Woods is full of love and pasta @thatpetewoods.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:43 UTC

I don’t mind the small essay explaining a difference of opinion as much as the “If you enjoyed that you must be a terrible person” replies.

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 21:40 UTC

Big if true 🤔

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Phyl @phylt.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 22:27 UTC

Just today I, wisely, stopped myself from commenting on an NBA thread—as I absolutely do not have the bandwidth to comment on NBA teams/players/games. Why was I even considering jumping in?

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mxhrad @mxhrad.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

It's not just randos online. The media repeatedly has "here's why I don't like xxxx" articles all the time. Here's an idiotic one from today.

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Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 21:10 UTC

> re-reads contract < Speaking of which, I'm about a third of the way through "Empire in Black and Gold" and I'm really enjoying it and looking forward to all the books that follow, thanks!

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