Is Hype in pop culture becoming dangerous?

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It seems now-a-days everything has to be hyped up, everyone has to like every or certain pop-culture things and have it paraded all around the internet and TV. Which in such hype and idolatry things cant be criticized, put up higher than it needs to be, criticize anything that isn’t it, attack anyone who doesn’t like that thing or has critics about it(often called an “uncultured swine”) and everyone has to chant the thing’s motto like a mantra.

Like for example, everyone who liked a story called My Hero Academia and liked dark, gritty, and bittersweet narratives expected it to take a darker turn in a way that certain other shows did, which for the sake of my own I shall keep anonymous, and when it didn’t some began spewing insults at it and compared it to a bad story that was lighthearted because it simply didn’t add the drama they wanted. As if every epic is obligated to do so because George RR Martin says otherwise would be “cheating”

I’m talking about anything from video games, tv shows, movies, comics, anything. And the time way it’s safe to be enjoyed, critiqued, or even re-written by fanfictions or what have you is years after that thing ends, which it often takes a DECADE before it even ends and is treated as something that should have been treated as from the very beginning, a fictional thing that can be played around with or critiqued. All because the “Hype” that surrounded that thing in the first place.

An example I can think of is Code Geass if anyone has heard of this, it took FOREVER for its own hype and blind loyalty and purism to die out.

Anyone see this today?
 
Lol.

People do these kinds of things. Even Amish people.

People want time to enjoy something before people start forming opinions or making stuff up.

While this is not oral tradition in the traditional sense, it is in the ontological sense. When hearing a tale for the first time people want to understand it…not be bombarded by fanboys and wannabe writers.

In my First Nations culture, stories, (here used differently than legends and religious works) even ones not based in reality are what we would call the “intellectual property” of the storyteller until their death…unless permission is given otherwise and the author gives all control away.
 
As someone who has been in and out of fandom, I can say that issues of shipping and plot twists and endings are utterly enthralling to the fans and incomprehensible to non-fans.

If it’s becoming an obsession, you need to step away from the online communities.
 
The fact that you don’t like how something is presented - something, I would add, that probably huge numbers of us never heard of, don’t care about, it could be hyped all day and we ignore it, etc - doesn’t make it “dangerous”.

Does this relate to Catholic Living in some way? I’m not seeing a connection here as to how this has anything to do with Catholic values.
 
Honestly, what you are describing only really exists with a small minority on the Internet. Just ignore it.
 
I found it relatable is because there’s a very fine line between admiration of a fictional thing, and completely idolatry and pharisee-like pride that on the internet, which many younger and impressionable generations are exposed to, could do harmful effects on their spirituality and psyche. I’ve heard horrible stories about this “Steven Universe” Fandom and “Rick and Morty” and it wouldn’t be an issue when the ones getting hurt are not teenagers, some barley 14 Adults are often mature enough to ignore the hype or take the heat, but kids could gain anxiety and disorders and become prone to cult-like behavior of an online fandom which could sap them of any sense of prioritizing betwen the fictional and real world

Speaking from experience, when you get into a popular thing, don’t like where its going or what it is, there are those online who will demonize you, mock you, or pompously talk down on you feeling like a selfish scumbag because your backing out. Especially if those reasons are “subjective” which would imply there is no truth or good reason for doing so and they make you feel even worse. One show took a dark turn that was, too keep a long story short, to me a stab in the back. I tried to accept it but it was making me miserable so I wanted out, everyone online its wiki discussion page and on Tumblr verbally ripped my throat out while preaching the shows motto like some kind of cult. I seriously fell into an OCD depression that took forever to get out of
 
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This is why parents should monitor what their kids are doing online. Especially younger ones. No smart phone until high school, do homework on a family computer. And teach them to use the block button if they see something they don’t like.
 
The real issue in what you’re saying isn’t that hype on the internet is dangerous, it’s that people are using the internet who are too young to be there and are adversely affected by the fact that some people on the internet may not be kind, or at least are not going to make special allowances to treat younger people with kid gloves.

If you see someone being unkind to a younger person, you may want to call them out. If this is happening constantly then as a Christian you might wish to stop participating. You can also be kind yourself.
 
I don’t think it’s becoming dangerous. Sometimes it is sad, but it isn’t dangerous. At the very least, I think people aren’t actually going to carry out the death threats they send.

That said, I definitely get swept up in hype for certain things, especially albums from my favorite bands.
 
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