C3PX said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
And you're trying to demonstrate my supposed immaturity by descending to puerile insults?
Not trying to insult you, just saying, you really come off as someone very young. I doubt I am the only one who feels this way.
And I wasn't having a broken record moment, I just didn't feel the need to retype what I already said. You clearly missed my point, and I was in no way making an attempt to mock you. Sorry you feel this way, but it simply was not the case. I was simply stating that money and resources are constantly spent by other people on things that make absolutely no benefit to you, why should this bother you?
You seem to hate Lost with a passion and think it is somehow unjust that it hasn't recieved the axe. I on the other hand absolutely love Lost. I enjoy it more than any other show currently on TV. To me it would be a huge disappointment if it got canceled. Same thing to many other fans of the show. I am happy they spend money on it because I like it. This money is not being thrown away or wasted, because millions of viewers enjoy it and the studio makes even more money through advertising and DVD sells, in turn, this money is reinvested into other shows.
I am sure there are things you like that I think are silly and don't deserve to exist, but I wouldn't begin to wish their destruction to the determent of the enjoyment of others. What would be the point?
That is what I meant by McDonald's burgers and skiing. I don't care one bit for either of those things. But plenty of other people do. Yet, I am perfectly fine with the fact that millions upon millions of dollars are handed over to McDonald's resturants and skii resorts everyday, regardless of the fact that this does absolutely nothing for me personally.
And I wasn't having a broken record moment, I just didn't feel the need to retype what I already said.
Repeating your post like that is a broken record moment whatever your intent. I think you should have reacted to what I said with new material rather than acting as if what I said didn't change the situation. I think you should have taken my word for it that I got your point and taken into consideration that I might actually know what I was talking about when I said you making that point was evidence that you didn't understand my point.
You clearly missed my point, and I was in no way making an attempt to mock you. Sorry you feel this way, but it simply was not the case. I was simply stating that money and resources are constantly spent by other people on things that make absolutely no benefit to you, why should this bother you?
You seem to hate Lost with a passion and think it is somehow unjust that it hasn't recieved the axe. I on the other hand absolutely love Lost. I enjoy it more than any other show currently on TV. To me it would be a huge disappointment if it got canceled. Same thing to many other fans of the show. I am happy they spend money on it because I like it. This money is not being thrown away or wasted, because millions of viewers enjoy it and the studio makes even more money through advertising and DVD sells, in turn, this money is reinvested into other shows.
I am sure there are things you like that I think are silly and don't deserve to exist, but I wouldn't begin to wish their destruction to the determent of the enjoyment of others. What would be the point?
That is what I meant by McDonald's burgers and skiing. I don't care one bit for either of those things. But plenty of other people do. Yet, I am perfectly fine with the fact that millions upon millions of dollars are handed over to McDonald's resturants and skii resorts everyday, regardless of the fact that this does absolutely nothing for me personally.
I got your point perfectly well. And as I said before, you putting it forward as an argument demonstrates that you're not getting what I'm trying to say. Maybe that's my fault or maybe that's your fault, but either way you're not getting it.
I've also given good reasons why somebody would wish the end of bad shows. I'm not going to bother explaining myself further because after a page or so of explaining myself you're still repeating the same stuff at me and clearly not getting it.
But one little thing I'd like to point out is that my concern is not about what's of benefit to me, but rather about the creation and recognition of quality art. If some good show came out and I never saw it (and would never get the opportunity to see it) but had reason to believe it was good, I would be happy that good art was being put out, despite the fact that it was of no benefit to me. Reducing it to an issue of what's of benefit to me is insulting and misconstrues my thinking rather drastically.
In artistic terms yes the money spent on Lost is wasted, no matter what other criteria you might dig up to find ways to judge it as not wasted.
I will continue to judge art by artistic criteria and wish the bad stuff would vanish as much as possible. Don't expect me to change my position on that just because it doesn't fit your thinking or ChainsawAsh's. I suspect if the show I was wishing an end to was one you didn't care for I wouldn't be getting all this opposition from you.
As for the issue of whether or not you were mocking me, I think you need to read over your original burgers and skiing post carefully and note the very mocking tone.