Current Events > My parents watch cringy shows.

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Like The Office and Arrested Development.

yeah if only they watched let's plays of doki doki literature club.

As much as I enjoy AD a lot of the writing is just corny dad jokes

what do you watch tc

Okay and? Just watch your own thing.

Cheater87 posted...

Like The Office and Arrested Development.

I personally dislike The Office, but Arrested Development is actually quite funny and well written.

If you follow the characters and plot-line through Arrested Development, it's a pretty great dark comedy.

My main problems with the office are Steve Carell is too ridiculous to be believable in a show that's supposed to be semi-grounded in real life office culture, and that the main character Jim that you're supposed to empathize with is basically a bully. Also Pam is so dull and unlikable... and these are supposed to be the characters you root for.

They probably have a terrible taste in music too

Every time I'm over at may dad's we watch some absurdly weird western.
There was Bone Tomahawk, then some one with Tommy Lee Jones transporting insane mail-order-brides across the country.

Impressed him as hell when I suggested Buster Scruggs. Some day, it may actually be Cannibal the Musical.

Torgo posted...

and that the main character Jim that you're supposed to empathize with is basically a bully

to be fair you get the gist very quickly that jim does what he does specifically because dwight bullied him and others first

like yeah its petty but it makes sense and as it goes on the character admits its petty and all involved grow from it

Mine watch... the same prestige shows I do.

My revenge is, "you have paramount?" then five hours of Beavis and Butt-Head.

My dad watches quality TV like Mamas Family, Mash and Taxi.

I only watch quality shows like The Big Bang Theory.

Questionmarktarius posted...

My revenge is, "you have paramount?" then five hours of Beavis and Butt-Head.

Put this on and see what happens. This is one of the most fucked up movies I've ever seen. I almost can't believe it's on Tubi. It got to me. I was legit disturbed.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2149360/

And when/if you have kids, they'll say the same about you.

Ferroseed posted...

to be fair you get the gist very quickly that jim does what he does specifically because dwight bullied him and others first

like yeah its petty but it makes sense and as it goes on the character admits its petty and all involved grow from it

I argued with someone about this, and maybe the reason is because I stopped watching early on after a season or two... but it's clear from the start Dwight is so far out of his league in terms of competence and Jim realizes this early on and makes picking on and humiliating Dwight his hobby bordering on obsession.

After a time, I started feeling sorry for Dwight despite being written to be unlikable and started hating Jim... and partly because Jim is not really likable outside of the bullying. Jim and Pam are just dull main characters for the most part.

GeraldDarko posted...

Put this on and see what happens. This is one of the most fucked up movies I've ever seen. I almost can't believe it's on Tubi. It got to me. I was legit disturbed.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2149360/

I don't think that's a western.

Torgo posted...

I argued with someone about this, and maybe the reason is because I stopped watching early on after a season or two... but it's clear from the start Dwight is so far out of his league in terms of competence and Jim realizes this early on and makes picking on and humiliating Dwight his hobby bordering on obsession.

After a time, I started feeling sorry for Dwight despite being written to be unlikable and started hating Jim... and partly because Jim is not really likable outside of the bullying. Jim and Pam are just dull main characters for the most part.

Nah, they're awesome and the show is great for 5 or 6 seasons

Priere posted...

My dad watches quality TV like Mamas Family, Mash and Taxi.

I do actually like Taxi. Great cast of oddball character actors including Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and Andy Kaufman.

If you want some good old school sitcoms, I go with Night Court (the 80s one) and Newsradio despite dumbass Joe Rogan being on it. RIP Phil Hartman.

Torgo posted...

If you want some good old school sitcoms

Dad's Army.

It used to be on Netflix, I dunno anymore.

Torgo posted...

Newsradio

Can't be beaten. My absolute favorite sitcom of all time. Rewatched it so many times. Guzzizah my dilsnoofus.

Torgo posted...

I argued with someone about this, and maybe the reason is because I stopped watching early on after a season or two... but it's clear from the start Dwight is so far out of his league in terms of competence and Jim realizes this early on and makes picking on and humiliating Dwight his hobby bordering on obsession.

After a time, I started feeling sorry for Dwight despite being written to be unlikable and started hating Jim... and partly because Jim is not really likable outside of the bullying. Jim and Pam are just dull main characters for the most part.

its not very long into..season 2, i think, maybe even late season 1, that it makes it clear dwight is antagonistic to everybody in the office, since as soon as he even sniffs power, he goes out of his way to basically make things miserable for everybody else in order to make himself look good. you basically find out this is what drives jims motivations against him. but then as the series continues, it also starts to paint it as its almost a bit of a cat and mouse game between the two, and they almost even kinda respect each other for it.

there are several instances where when dwight is at his most..dwight, jim actually tries to help him out. this is especially evident later when jim basically saves his job.

Human: *exists*
somebody else: how can I criticize this

I enjoy the Drew Carey Show...

At least they don't watch reality shows

Yeah too bad they dont watch cringe like One Piece or Lets Play Sonic whatever

Ferroseed posted...

its not very long into..season 2, i think, maybe even late season 1, that it makes it clear dwight is antagonistic to everybody in the office, since as soon as he even sniffs power, he goes out of his way to basically make things miserable for everybody else in order to make himself look good. you basically find out this is what drives jims motivations against him. but then as the series continues, it also starts to paint it as its almost a bit of a cat and mouse game between the two, and they almost even kinda respect each other for it.

I get that, but again... Dwight is shown to be incompetent and incapable of ever getting back at Jim, and Jim often just initiates cruel pranks without provocation just because he's bored, and at times to impress Pam.

After a point it's just excessive and makes Jim the bad guy.

Torgo posted...

I argued with someone about this, and maybe the reason is because I stopped watching early on after a season or two... but it's clear from the start Dwight is so far out of his league in terms of competence and Jim realizes this early on and makes picking on and humiliating Dwight his hobby bordering on obsession.

After a time, I started feeling sorry for Dwight despite being written to be unlikable and started hating Jim... and partly because Jim is not really likable outside of the bullying. Jim and Pam are just dull main characters for the most part.

Do people really overthink this stuff this much? It's a comedy. Don't take it so seriously.

Deutschenlied posted...

At least they don't watch reality shows

They do.

Cheater87 posted...

They do.

well... shit

Torgo posted...

I get that, but again... Dwight is shown to be incompetent and incapable of ever getting back at Jim, and Jim often just initiates cruel pranks without provocation just because he's bored, and at times to impress Pam.

After a point it's just excessive and makes Jim the bad guy.

You make it like all Jim does every episode is prank Dwight.

and to be fair yeah early office jim seems like a bit of a bully, but theres an episode i think late season 1 where michael puts dwight in charge of picking a health plan for example because he doesnt want to seem like the bad guy, and not only does dwight pick the worst possible plan, but he straight up mocks the idea of some of the workers having certain ailments (such as kevin listing "anal fissures") and he basically tells them to suck it up and deal with it, so that he can look good for saving the company money

Whenever people do the so and so is such a bad person! On a sitcom is so fucking dumb

its a comedy sitcom and youre more upset than the people in the show

Questionmarktarius posted...

I don't think that's a western.

It's a western culture movie. You could call it a western and not be lying or truthful.
I actually can't imagine watching with a family member. There's full on boner.