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Can bad memories associated with a form of entertainment ruin it?

posted 13 days ago by MikeHunt12345 (793)
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This includes movies, TV shows, songs, games, books, etc. There's a hilarious Australian TV show I love called Housos. There's a mentally disabled character named Reg. I was bullied in high school, the bullies were fans of Housos, sometimes they'd call me Reg. In case you're wondering, I'm not actually mentally disabled. I was worried it would ruin the show, but thankfully it didn't, and I was still able to laugh at the scenes with Reg. I was wondering if anyone had any similar experiences.

[–] BlackChristmas (469) 13 days ago

I guess it can for some but I had a terribly interrupted first viewing of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986). Family drama. It completely ruined my first viewing and I suppose I will always have that memory of watching the movie when stressful shit was going down but thankfully I've been able to enjoy it on subsequent viewings.

[–] FredBurroughs (19918) 13 days ago

My girlfriend at the time told me that I was too drunk during Spider-Man 3, but I showed her!

[–] KiwiJim (262) 13 days ago

Yeah there’s a James Blunt song that I can’t listen to because it brings back a particularly painful memory for me.

On the bright side it’s James Blunt, so I don’t mind not hearing his crappy music.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12493) 12 days ago

Yes. It's because of my mom's monstrous first husband that she hates the Muppets and Monty Python. Dad and I can't watch any of that with her because of him.

One reason I'm not a fan of a lot of horror flicks or MTV is partially because the idiots I want to school with were fans of that shit. Any time I heard them praising such things, I knew they weren't people I wanted to associate with, because it meant they were morons who had extremely poor taste in film and no respect for the films that I liked. That, and I don't like horror movies or trashy tv.

[–] Kowalski (60674) 12 days ago

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