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The one thing Krispy Kreme has going for them is if you can get them fresh and warm, they are pretty damn good, and they generally make them fresh all day. But at least in my area, what they did is open a handful of locations where you could get them freshly-made, let those build some hype for a year or two, then close them down and sell the pre-packaged garbage in grocery stores and gas stations.

IMO they are still generally better than whatever other basic glazed donuts you can buy off the store shelf, but if there's a local bakery that sells fresh donuts though, 10/10 they will be better than Krispy Kreme.

Apps can collect all your data from your phone whereas a website doesn't have access to your GPS location, etc necessarily.

When an artist is the first to inspire a movement, history tends to look back on them differently. There's a related trope that covers this phenomenon - "Seinfeld is Unfunny." From that page:

There are certain works that you can safely assume most people have enjoyed. These shows were considered fantastic when they were released. Now, however, these have a Hype Backlash curse on them. Whenever we watch them, we'll cry, "That is so old" or "That is so overdone".

The sad irony? It wasn't old or overdone when they did it, because they were the first ones to do it. But the things it created were so brilliant and popular, they became woven into the fabric of that work's niche. They ended up being taken for granted, copied, and endlessly repeated. Although they often began by saying something new, they in turn became the new status quo.

Nirvana is one of the artists mentioned under the "Music" examples on that same page. The point is, they were groundbreaking when they came out, but they changed the music scene so much and have inspired so many similar artists that their original work has become overshadowed by the successors they helped create.

Your experience is common and it's okay not to enjoy their music, but the key to remember is that without Nirvana helping to pave the way, other grunge bands may not have risen to the popular level they reached.

I respect Nirvana tremendously for the movement they ushered in. I cannot enjoy most of their music, however.

Foo fighters is a bit better, but I admit I pick and choose.

Bleach and Incesticide weren't particularly good albums. Generic rock pulp, the songs were interchangeable.
EIDT: I'd argue it's their live shows that made them stand out. "Live and Loud" electrified me to no end.

Hey don't bring vanilla into this, vanilla is actually an amazingly deep and complex spice and flavor. Common =/= complex or good

I can't help but wonder how much the popularity of reality TV led us to where we are now. I don't just mean how the US president used to have his own stupid show, but how many people grew up thinking that "watching people create drama" is peak entertainment.

The same era saw the decline and demise of a number of educational channels and shows. Is it a coincidence? I don't know. All I know is there are lots of adults who grew up watching "reality" shows who now think politics are just a game to "win" and that when their opponents are upset, it's amusing. It's like the concept of empathy or working together don't even enter their minds. Everything is just for entertainment, no matter how serious it is or how many innocent people get screwed over by it.

It's cheap to make. People watch other people at their packagable worst. That's about it.

It's fun seeing someone do something with Incredible skill /or great athleticism. Doesn't need to be sport per se performance art like acrobatics or artistry e.g. Bob Ross have similar aspects.

Some sports I like to watch I have personally partaken in, in that way I can more appreciate the skill needed by the professionals.

Some sports I don't know at all but I like to figure out the rules by watching and discovering what makes a great play (American Football is in that category for me).

Supposedly vtubers need to make very exaggerated facial expressions irl in order to make sure the software picks it up and translates it onto the model, which is sometimes unsettling to people when they get in the habit of doing that normally.

I enjoy watching and chatting in smaller streams sometimes (like, a couple hundred in the chat at the MOST, usually < 100), it’s still parasocial, but tends to be WAY more chill. If it’s a stream with thousands of people, I don’t see the point in chatting, it’s passive entertainment at that point for me, personally!