I’ll mention something different for my own contribution than my usual:
I’ve always hated Seinfeld, including when his show was brand new. “It’s a show about nothing!” was a thought terminating cliche in the 90s that was used to pitch the show at me again and again by its fans, and also to dismiss any and all problems I had with the show and its ultra-privileged smarmy main character. If I got anything valuable out of that show and for that matter his stand up routine, it was a lifelong allergy to New Yorker comedy that front loads a whole lot of “I am a New Yorker which means I am smarter and tougher and wiser and more cultured and more sophisticated yet more grounded than you” self-aggrandizement into the set. :nyet:
EDIT: Please post your own disliked Hexbear-approved popular things! Don’t just reply to mine! :rage-cry:
That was part of my problem: if they’re shitty, why should I care about them enough to watch them be shitty and congratulate themselves for their shittiness?
Even the characters in Trailer Park Boys had redeemable characteristics and some outright wholesome intentions (like Ricky insisting Christmas isn’t about presents, but “getting drunk and doing drugs with your family”) and that made it far more enjoyable for me.