Reading The Ringer’srecent reviewof Hereditary ’s Wikipedia page , I recall I ’d find another opportunity to do my favorite matter . Everyone ’s best-loved thing . The natural action that the cyberspace seems to have been designed for : acting ego - righteous .
“ I have readthe Wikipedia plot summary for Hereditarymultiple times , which is the only way I will ever personally go through any of that little terror and decapitation , ” reads The Ringer ’s inspection of the hereditary horror drama ( which I liked but did n’t love ) , “ because no way am I actually watching that shit . ”
“ Sad ! ” I cry , ready to peddle a story “ exploring ” why someone would take a summary of a movie or else of just watching the damn thing . Would it be a badly mask apology to judge people for doing something incredibly common ? for sure , but unspoiled ol’ legal opinion may be the only actual pleasure left in our medium wasteland of interminable takes and nihilistic delusion masquerading as insight .
quick to send another Charles Lamb to the Content Gods , I had a startling realization : Oh shit , I do that , too . With Westworld .
For weeks , I ’ve been running an elaborate con on friends and acquaintances , posing as a Westworld watcher and robbing them unreasoning of the communal good finger that come from being “ part of the conversation . ” Just this weekend , I blithely chattered along as lawful Westheads ( that ’s what you ’re called , right ? ) offered hypothesis on Maeve and her world power . ( Frankly , if the intact show was about a fatal robot - witch - geisha , I ’d belike watch it in earnest . )
What ’s peachy about Westworld , I ’ve discovered , is that none of the lover really know what the hell is locomote on — on the face of it by intent . Two seasons in , the show is still revealing even canonic motivations of principal characters . That ’s great for Fake Watchers like me , who can hazard to look on it , then act confused or intrigued when someone brings up something that ’s not in a review they rake . You ’re all disordered !
Of course , as always , the substantial perpetrator is society . The conversation surrounding a hegemonic soda culture merchandise are annoying , disdainful , and impossible to neglect . in person , I do n’t go for sports , which means I can bow out of discussion on everything from the World Cup to the Superbowl . I ’m just here for the Lebron memes , thanks . But as a known fan of nerd and sci - fi stuff , I experience a social obligation to participate in whatever Nerd Culture Emblem we ’re talking about this calendar week — and rather than face the shame , I adapt .
Anyway , the point in time is that I ’m a fraud . And you’re able to be one , too ! Twitter makes it well-fixed to rid yourself from Homework TV . Whenever a show ’s a hit , it ’s compulsively discuss on societal media . Something twist - y like Westworld or , say , Mr. Robot , is also pretty much always covered kink - first by pop culture sites . So rather than thread through a peck of patch , check out some retread , which fairly much always give you the biggest nugget in the first paragraph . From there , it ’s easy to finesse friends and acquaintances into believe you ’re the tangible deal . And if the dateless feed does n’t provide enough intel for your screening fib , try doing a search : The prominent reveal from the Westworld finale , for instance , was gif - erectile dysfunction all over social media within the hour and clips are already on YouTube .
Whether for ossification reasonableness or not - wanting - to - watch - people - get - decapitate intellect , it ’s actually easy to contract set of pop cultivation with the net . And in a culture that demands we consume and respond to every granule of medium , maybe faking it is the only way to not get conned .
fudge factor : An early version of this news report referred to the most recent time of year of Westworld as time of year three . However , there are only two season of the show . We regret the mistake . The writer is clearly unfamiliar with the show .
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