good to know, I guess.

[dira]

For a while now, I have attributed lots of things (inability to watch late-seasons Due South, antipathy toward most sitcoms) to having a "farce squick".

After seeing Star Trek for the third time with iulia and therefore seeing the Land of the Lost trailer for the third time and seriously nearly coming out of my seat, I have now articulated it slightly better, I think: I have an embarrassment squick that extends even/especially to characters who do not realize they ought to be embarrassed (Benton Fraser, and possibly everyone ever played by Will Ferrell) and also, relatedly or not, absurd humor mostly just makes me angry.

(BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, IS WHY. IT'S NOT FUNNY, IT JUST ... DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.)

So, you know. There is a whole class of movies and TV shows that I really am never going to watch. And I guess it's good to know that.


What, no, I'm having an extremely productive day at work, why do you ask... ?

Comments

[foi_nefaste]

EXACTLY. You've just articulated how I feel.

... This extends, especially, to reality TV. My immediate reaction to most of it is "You don't seem to be embarrassed, but ye gods, you should be, and I'm so embarrassed for you that I'll just be hiding under that couch over there waiting for the universe to go away and spare us both the shame, mmmkay?".

[ellen_fremedon]

YES. THIS.

This is also why I can't watch most sitcoms.

[dira]

Ugggh, yeah, I very rarely watch reality TV. Even game shows are frequently so very cringeworthy.

[indywind]

I have nothing more eloquent to say than "me too."

Perhaps this is why the recurring Great Fandom Social Issue of The Month Debates, aka [whatever]FAIL, disturb me, completely separately from my concern for whatever the issue is.

[dira]

Oh, hm, because you are embarrassed for the people who ought to be embarrassed at their fail? I hadn't thought of that, but--yeah, if it's someone I like, I definitely get a sense of OH GOD JUST STOP JUST STOP TALKING DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF NOOOOO.

[indywind]

something like that. I cringe at how people who otherwise seem to be intelligent, thoughtful, and well-intentioned, seem to lose those qualities and inexplicably take up behaving badly just at the time when it would be extra counterproductive and inflammatory. It's like someone just rotated the gravity 90 degrees --gives me the sick feeling of confronting a danger outside my ability to comprehend.

[elynross]

I have an embarrassment squick that extends even/especially to characters who do not realize they ought to be embarrassed...

This is totally it, for me. I've had this for ages, and I'm sure it factors into my dislike of a lot of the stuff that passes for modern American humor these days. And I almost can't read or watch the scene from GWTW where Scarlett is throwing herself at Ashley at the mill, because I'm so damned embarrassed for her because she doesn't have sense enough to be embarrassed for herself.

[dira]

It usually doesn't affect me as much when I'm reading as when I'm watching, but yeah. *shudder*

[moss]

Oh good. I'm not the only one....

[dira]

You are never the only one on the internet! \o/