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The good thing about watching a Meteor Game is that it helps you really zero in on which team you hate the most. I always thought I hated the Pats more than the Ravens, and then I saw Ray Lewis fake crying during the national anthem and I suddenly wished the Patriots would win by 97 points. But then I saw Ray Rice score a touchdown, and a Pats fan in the end zone who looked like EVERY BOSTON FAN EVER was mouthing "fuck you" at Rice, and the momentum of my hatred swung back toward New England.
We kept waiting for the big comeback. We waited for the goofy bounce that would go in favor of the Patriots. We waited for the opponents to bow at the altar of Gillette Stadium and melt into a puddle at the sight of Messrs. Belichick and Brady... We waited for the football gods to shine some light on the ever-fortunate sons of New England.>
So why do we intentionally make ourselves feel these things? And why are hate-watching and hate-following so addictive? Ilagan said we can approach these questions through a biopsychosocial lens, which, as the name suggests, takes a look at the biological, psychological, and social factors of a certain phenomenon.
How often after watching a terrible show do you go online to read the tweets? Maybe you go off on a rant in a forum dedicated to hating on that show. Or maybe, you invite your friends over to watch the show together.
A study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology explored the differences in the way we conceptualize feelings of dislike versus feelings of hate. The researchers found that hatred and dislike are differentiated by both intensity and morality.
When participants in the study were asked to think about things that they truly hated and things that they just disliked, the participants viewed the hated objects as more negative than the disliked objects, and they also found the hated objects to be more strongly associated with moral emotions like anger, disgust and contempt.
As good as hate-watching can make us feel, hate is a strong emotion that should be taken in small doses. Hate-watching can be a benign hobby that allows you to channel negative energy or bond with your friends, but too much of it could eventually take a toll on your mental health.
As harmless as this can feel in the moment, frequently focusing on the negatives of something could lead to us be more cynical and pessimistic in other areas of our lives. If you feel yourself becoming more hateful towards things besides trash TV, it might be time to take a break from hate-watching.
On good days, you can take hate-watching as a sign that you really care about something. You have high expectations from creators and consume content deeply, with the intent to engage. However, hate-watching can potentially spill over to other parts of your life, causing you to trash on things as a hobby. Balancing our urge to hate-watch with healthier pursuits like creating things you love or consuming content that makes you laugh, reflect or appreciate life can save you from the negativity trap.
Shortly after I bought the watch, I was using the phone to listen to some music while making a pot of coffee. Realizing I was running late, I glanced at my watch to see my next appointment. Instead, I saw a pause and play button and the name of the jazz tune that made the coffee bean grinding process less of a grind. (Sorry about that.)
One thing I was eager to do with my Apple Watch was to get driving directions. I have used Apple Carplay, which is a wonderful piece of software, but the screen can become unreadable in direct sunlight. Fear not, though. Now I have my Apple Watch 4 to give me directions. Understandably enough, it will only work when the directions are coming from Apple Maps. No problem: Apple Maps it is.
Evan Schuman has covered IT issues for a lot longer than he'll ever admit. The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek, Computerworld and eWeek and his byline has appeared in titles ranging from BusinessWeek, VentureBeat and Fortune to The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Detroit News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Evan can be reached at esch...@thecontentfirm.com and he can be followed at twitter.com/eschuman. Look for his blog twice a week.
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So if you want to hate-watch a series so hard that it makes you forget what good television is, follow the steps above to completely change your taste in shows! Wait, is it even hate-watching at this point? You decide!
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Before you jump down my throat and pull my teeth out for this headline, let me just say that I think I actually like season two of True Detective, which ends tonight, more than anyone else here at Complex HQ. It's hard to explain, but this season has an odd flair that I find pretty entrancing. For better or worse, it's certainly its own thing, and creator Nic Pizzolatto clearly doesn't care if you're down with it or not. Say what you will about a line like, "I used to wanna be an astronaut. But astronauts don't even go to the moon anymore," but you have to admit it takes balls to write that, and then keep it in there after a round of edits.
But none of this is to say that True Detective is a good show. I like it, but it's actually pretty bad. Season two lacks subtlety to a shocking degree; they forced Vince Vaughn to tone down his signature characteristic, his charisma, and he's drowning without it; and it took seven entire episodes for the plot to unravel and become clear on a basic level, which seems like a big problem for an eight-episode miniseries. It's very possible that the first season of True Detective was this bad, and that Nic P's bear-shaped aura was always prestige TV poison, but season one had Matthew McConaughey to sell the writing and director Cary Fukunaga to unify the story and likely stamp down some of Pizzolatto's more defective instincts. McConaughey and Fukunaga ain't here no more.
- I now welcome you to the Amazingness of Ray Velcoro. Part One, when Ray hears that his son's LeBrons have been stolen and he immediately assumes they've been shit in. Part Two, when Ray calls his already traumatized son a "fat pussy" and says, "I'll pull down your pants and spank you in front of the fucking cheerleading squad." And Part Three, when Ray goes to his son's tormentor's house (Ass-pen?), beats the shit out of the kid's dad, and then says this:
Ohh boy. So after kicking things off with a deliciously hate-able episode, Nic P and crew had some CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP momentum, and it definitely carried over into the first scene of episode two, and then some. To recap:
- Gloriously, episode two is also where we get our first instance of slander against e-cigarettes. It's so Nic Pizzolatto of Nic Pizzolatto to villainize e-cigs and then assign his only main female character the defining characteristic that she smokes e-cigarettes instead of the REAL, MANLY, AMERICAN THING. Ray goes off on a whole tangent about e-cigs, but this basically distills how he (and really, Nic P) feels about the things:
Not too many hate-worthy highlights in this one (the episode-opening dream sequence is actually, wholeheartedly great), which is good, because the first two episodes have us lagging behind. So let's get through this one quick:
- And then came this season's big shootout, the one that was very clearly meant to stand up to season one's six-minute take in the slums. I'm mentioning it here, but only softly, because while some people might define it as a hate-watching highlight, others praised it for being the next coming of Heat, so to each his own. One thing that's not really up for debate is FUCK BYSTANDERS:
"Once our emotions are unleashed, whether it's because we're very attracted to something or very repelled by something, if we feel strongly enough about it, we want to know more," Levinson says. He gives the example of President Trump to further his point: Even if you hate him, you can't seem to look away.
Yes, Chilling Adventures unleashed my emotions, so one point for Levinson. I was annoyed by Aunt Zelda's cigarette stick, the show's attempts at tackling social issues seemed shallow, Sabrina's choice between the mortal and witch worlds felt half-baked, and her family's coven was confusingly run by a man. I liked Sabrina's mysterious cousin Ambrose, though, so the series has some redeeming qualities.
An episode or two beyond the halfway mark, I thought to myself: Maybe I should do something else? I quickly flicked that musing away. There's only a few more episodes left and everyone's talking about this show; there must be some redeeming quality I'm missing, I told myself. Besides, it'll take too long for me to settle on something new to watch, and I really don't want to go change the laundry.
These rationalizations can be tied to psychological research, says Alice Atkin, a PhD student at the University of Alberta's Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute who is studying video game players and their personality types.
In this age of Peak TV, you might think it'd be easy to toss one show aside and move onto something new. But it can seem overwhelming to start over. I've already spent 15 minutes scrolling through Netflix to decide what to watch in the first place. Why would I want to do that again?
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