dba_afish said:
a friend on Discord posted a Naruto character tier list. I half jokingly responded asking if the characters were "from some anime or something".

the resulting discussion made think about just how little of my own generation's popular media I've actually consumed. and it's made be come to two realizations:

do I just actively avoid anything more than like three people tell me is good?
yes. I think part of it is that I'm afraid that I won't like something and then feel the need to explain why if anyone ever asks me my opinion.

has it had any actual negative effect on me?
no. everything I like is better than everything everyone else likes, and it's literally impossible to prove otherwise without having to play Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland all the way through, at which point I've won anyway.

Oof yeah i get the feeling