Do you also get unusually strong emotional attachment to it? Watching movies and shows are probably the best form of escapist activity. You are immersed into alternate reality, which is far more interesting and fascinating than our own. If you're emotional like me, it can make you care, love, smile and cry like a baby, it can make you experience something more. Something that you don't experience in real life, maybe because reality sucks, you suck, or you have been conditioned to feel this way by the industry. Even if it's slop, as long as it has characters you care for, it will make you care. And when it's over, or when the reality hits you, then you get sad, depressed, lonely. Reality will never be like TV show X or movie Y.I stumbled upon this study, which found engagement with social media, online shopping, entertainment (/tv/), and gaming is positively linked to higher stress levels.https://www.jmir.org/2026/1/e78775And it made me contemplate. So, is this true, in your opinion? Or am I just a mentally unstable mutant? I'm specifically avoiding watching /tv/ lately because it constantly leads to depression.>inb4 touch grassI do that almost daily, doesn't help.
>>217254303I was already sad before becoming a /tv/ fagNow i'm depressed, but i also have media and people to talk about said media, life it's not supposed to be a constant joy, it's more of a monotone dreading experience in which we find meaning through activities that distract us from the reality of it all.Personally i really enjoy tales of young people in the 1990's/early 2000's, it takes me back to when i was a kid and i saw all of those subcultures like skaters,emos or slackers just hanging out in the park. I can't be part of it anymore but i can appreciate it.
>>217254303A lot of entertainment is trying to actively destroy escapism and promote wallowing in mediocre misery with no sense of ambitious wonder instead, that might be your problem
>>217254813Thanks for sharing that, anon.I agree that life is not supposed to be a constant joy, but maybe the entertainment industry has spoiled us? There's barely any joy in my life, and in shows/movies there's nothing but emotional rollercoasters of all kinds and colors all the time. After finishing an anime or whatever, I feel empty inside. I'm craving for an adventure with friends that I don't have. Then I remember that some people starve, get murdered and can't even afford a home, which is humbling, but does certainly does not improve my condition, in fact it does worse. I'm a bit neurotic, so that happens by itself, I can't really control what I feel sometimes. I might sound schizophrenic but whatever.
>>217254303i do feel the same
>>217254303>social media, online shopping, entertainment (/tv/), and gaminglumping all those things together is really stupid. entertainment is much older and could be argued to cover far more things.
I always feel great after watching tv because I'm really good at avoiding and ignoring subversive pro-Jewish pro-Israeli stuff.And I always watch things with a critical eye so I can recognize and reject the psyop parts.
>>217254927Well yes, a lot of modern shows have that problem. But Stranger Things, or Attack on Titan or early Game of Thrones for example, did not. They were the most addictive forms of escapism, do you disagree?
>>217255004It's nice to hear that I'm not alone, but I feel sorry for you.>>217255005It's only lumped together because they all show the same trend in relation to stress.Social media is also "old" in some sense. If theatres were the movies of old days, then social gatherings were social media of old days as well.
>>217254303I thought I was the only one, with me it started with Ghibli animes even before I experienced depression for the first time. After being depressed, my attachment was worst, but what I realised is it only happens with 2D shows or films, rarely with 3D or live-actions.Someone knows why? My hypothesis is that 2D is even more fantasical, optimistic, pure than 3D and live-actions, so my emotional brain gets even more attached, but I'm not sure if it's because that.
>>217254303>>217254813I have multiple different dreams about the cast / characters of Buffy, Friends, The OC when I used to binge watch those shows.
>>217255105I've had a *REALLY* strong attachment to Naruto and Attack on Titan. Naruto isn't even THAT great (but I do love Pain arc, incredible writing) however the melancholic music, the characters, drama, it's all so overwhelming that it's hard to detach myself from it. I always assumed it was because these shows last for 100+ hours, so you're bound to get attached emotionally. And when it's finished, you feel void. Extreme sadness. >>217255154Cute.
>>217255245>melancholic music, the characters, drama >100+ hoursTrue, plus all the comfy nature and cozy villages, houses and rooms, strong communities, friendship, brotherhoods. I mean, those are worlds worth living and even sacrificing for.I wish that in the real world, perhaps that's why I have an insane ammount of copium about the triumph of AI, not only to push human evolution faster and in a better way, but because it could really change reality and even mix it with our ideal / virtual / immaterial worlds.>aka, basically 40k / Event Horizon's Immaterium but instead of Hell, you live in Kinos like picrel, Looney Tunes Back in Action, Space Jam 1, etc.Imagine waking up in Pandaria (my favorite expansion, just by walking around).
>>217254813you can still be in their group as long as you play their sport or activity
>>217254303I wouldn't say depressed, but there's plenty of shows in that past that I was bummed out ended even if they weren't in their best years.
>>217254999>There's barely any joy in my life, and in shows/movies there's nothing but emotional rollercoasters of all kinds and colors all the time. After finishing an anime or whatever, I feel empty inside. Same. >>217255847>I'm craving for an adventure with friends that I don't have.Specially this. >>217255881What if where you live no longer has or never had that kind of sport, activity?
>>217254303I think you should watch Purple Rose of Cairo. It is the best film about this subject, bar none. One of my favorites.Needless to say, I feel similarly to you do, even if I think depressed is the wrong word for me.
Thought this thread died>>217255847>True, plus all the comfy nature and cozy villages, houses and rooms, strong communities, friendship, brotherhoods. I mean, those are worlds worth living and even sacrificing for.I absolutely agree. It has something that feels so close to human nature. I think that's what resonates with us, but with modern technology and millions of different reasons, we are no longer in the position to enjoy that.>why I have an insane ammount of copium about the triumph of AI>our ideal / virtual / immaterial worlds.SAME. I'm thinking about this as well. >>217256209Thanks for the rec.
>Be me>Realize these are coming out >$79.99 MSRP sold out everywhere>Call Gamestop release day>We got one left>Fly through traffic and get there 10 minutes>SOLD OUT>Go Target.com>SOLD OUT>Keep pressing F5 for a hour or two>Somehow get one in cart and place order>It goes through and I get it>Fun and everything but not enough games>Hakchi mod the shit out of it>95+ SNES, GBA, Arcade, games on it>Still play to this day and its worked for years.
>>217254303I rarely get attached to characters but I get what you mean.The last show that made me feel that way was Cyberpunk Edgerunners to the point that I can't listen to that song (you know the one) without feeling sad
>>217255105I'm reading weekly One Piece since 2006, when that shit ends I know I will have a whiplash of a century
>>217257498I haven't watched Cyberpunk Edgerunners, but I'd gladly listen to the song if you'd share it.
>>217254303Unrivaled depression generator.
>>217257568It's not the same if you haven't watched the show but here you go>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4VJGNNSQnw
>>217254303Entertainment depresses me but for a different reason. It depresses me because it´s made by soulless suits trying to tick every box in a research list made by marketers and sensibility consultants. I feel that 10 or 20 years ago authors and creators had more freedom to tell the stories they wanted to tell so we got more variety in topics, in cinematography, in everything. These days they are very careful to be as inclusive as possible and not to offend anyone and everything is samey. And you know what? Imagination is suffering from that self imposed censorship. Moreover costs have somehow raised even though making audiovisual media has never been cheaper. Cameras, lighting, editing and VFX software, all of it is cheaper now than it´s ever been and yet shows have gone from 20+ episode a season every year to 8 episodes a season every 2 years. It´s insane. But seriously though, how come that in an age on which anything is possible they are no longer capable of creating worlds as amazing and impossible as they could when all they had were some puppets and making VFX required very specialized equipment. I just don´t get it. Back in the day you had stuff like Dark Crystal, Hook, return to Oz, Labyrinth, the never ending story. Proper fantasy adventures. These days every fantasy show follows the GoT structure with half the episodes being a bunch of assholes arguing on halls about imaginary politics that mimic contemporary social issues. It´s all so tiring...
>>217255023Attack on Titan was perfect. Game of Thrones had 4 good seasons. Stranger Things is for bottom of the barrel retards
>>217255023Watch The Stand. 1994 not 2020You will lose your mind with love
>>217254303makes sense for video games and social media because you're an active participant with agency, with immediate feedback to your actions and a false sense of building up to something tangible. tvs and movies though? perfect level of detachment, and by design. so yeah, it is honestly kind of weird to feel this way about something /tv/ related as it's so passive.
>>217254303>You are immersed into alternate reality, which is far more interesting and fascinating than our own.I understand what you mean, I've grown more sensible to many ideas as I grew up aswell. But to me most of these universes appear really shallow against reality, the only thing Art has going for it, is it finds a way to make a setting where adventure is possible, even for the most mundane soul, and our world cruelly lacks adventure. But I don't think it has to be that way, governments are too big and the world culture is very unselfish, such that it is hard to find people who grand things for themselves and when you do you just don't have any funds, or permissions to go around and do stuff, the world will change but change is slow.
>>217257679I completely understand that. It was an emotional soundtrack, but I bet it feels more with the context. I have a fair share of my favorite soundtracks from Naruto, which wouldn't make you feel much if you have not watched it. Thanks for sharing, I'll definitely check out the show.>>217258024This is getting deeper into the cultural problems, and when you're technically correct about the general decline, I don't see why or how censorship specifically affects the quality. I think it has to do with the general cultural decadence and maybe even intellectual decline.>>217258071I agree, with the former 2, but you really didn't like Stranger Things? Not even the first season? Come on.>>217258215Shows/movies offer more depth than video games and media do, that's the difference. Unless there's a fully AI-integrated game, I don't see how it can compete in terms of emotionality.>>217258327Yes it kind of is shallow in the depth, there are no real, neutral conversations for example, everything is plot-driven and usually rushed, which is a flaw but also a necessity in many ways.~Anyway, going to bed, was a nice thread, thank you all:)
>>217258089Oh, saved! Thanks.
>>217255881There's really no 'scenes' anymore where you can just get in by enjoing some of the same things and hang out together, everyone is absolutely consumed by their phone and if you get a chance to talk to them one on one they've got nothing to say.Even if you manage to get some people together to watch a movie or something they'll all just be staring at their phones, not really paying attention. And they won't have anything to say about it after. The whole experience is just one big NULL.Every time I try to form a connection with people we have nothing in common and everything about the whole experience is so empty I just want to go home again.
