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1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

It’s not about affirmation, it’s about feeling connected to some parts or the human race. Mostly people who are simular to ourselves. When you meet your friends, you probably discuss things you all like. Its universal.

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GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
As much as I understand what you say, this is not one of those things for me. I just don’t care what other people like or don’t like. I am going to form my own opinion based on my own experience and information. I also don’t look at these ratings at all.

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- 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Fair enough. Have you found that the rating is wildly inaccurate when you view a rated movie?
  
  I dont like almost any movie now these days but that’s because I think they are so silly, and that’s because I’m 50 years old. Movies are made for teenagers, so I’m not the right group.
  
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  - Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I mean, it’s a binary: either you like it or you don’t (plus the neutral option). The ratings in the meme were portion of people who liked it and didn’t. So you will either always fall with the majority or minority (or won’t care if you feel neutral about it). There is no wildly inaccurate for that, there’s just how many others you agree or disagree with.
    
    Assuming their sample population is representative, at least, because what it says about the population can be inaccurate (but “my friend group all agrees with the minority side” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s inaccurate for the pop since your friend group probably doesn’t represent the entire pop).
    
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  - GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    It depends. I think sometimes the joke goes over everyone’s head and then they catch up. Like a horribly rated comedy but the joke was that it was horrible and they leaned into it. But I don’t look at the ratings other than me looking and going “well I didn’t expect that” and moving on.
    
    I really can’t remember a rating I remember. I know word of mouth. Like most of my coworkers didn’t care for Sinners but I thought it was decent. Same with One Battle After Another. I thought it was excellent. But it seems that most of the Internet thinks it’s crap.
    
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melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It’s both. The old motherly advice “if your friends jumped off a bridge would you too?” still applies. Everything is intertwined.

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- 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Well yeah, I dont do anything my friends say. We often have different opinions about things too. But its how you deal with that. Some people fight over different opinions (common on Lemmy). Others have their own opinion without needing others to agree, and still remain friends anyway.
  
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  - melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    True enough.
    
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