Would you cancel Netflix if they bought a movie or came out with a film you didn't agree with?

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Would you cancel Netflix if they bought a movie or came out with a film you didn't agree with?

  • Yes

    Votes: 2 2.9%
  • No

    Votes: 64 91.4%
  • Maybe

    Votes: 4 5.7%

  • Total voters
    70

ImpulsE69

Lifer
Jan 8, 2010
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You make it sound like examples are plentiful. Please provide one.

They are plentiful, and it is not my job to look for it for you. You are just as able as I am. I don't play the 'oh you didn't post examples it must not be true' bs that people like to try on forums. You got fingers, figure it out. If you got 2 hours to kill go watch some podcasts (like joe rogan, tom segura etc)
 

MtnMan

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Jul 27, 2004
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So one yes vote at this point. This is the person that wakes up every single day with the goal of being offended by someone or something, and they never go to bed without meeting that goal....... the rest of us call them snowflakes.
 

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
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Wouldn’t cancel. If Netflix only invested heavily in content that I didn’t enjoy, I suspect they would go out of business long before I felt the need to cancel.

That, and I’ve really enjoyed Narcos and Ozark.
 

JSt0rm

Lifer
Sep 5, 2000
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They are plentiful, and it is not my job to look for it for you. You are just as able as I am. I don't play the 'oh you didn't post examples it must not be true' bs that people like to try on forums. You got fingers, figure it out. If you got 2 hours to kill go watch some podcasts (like joe rogan, tom segura etc)

double down on your fantasy.
 

ImpulsE69

Lifer
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double down on your fantasy.

You honestly have me confused at this point. You're trying to make this political. It isn't. Also, I get the impression you think I'm a Trump person. I'm not. You can be judgemental and lazy if you want. No skin off me. You're just proving you are exactly what you are acting like you are against.
 

JSt0rm

Lifer
Sep 5, 2000
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You honestly have me confused at this point. You're trying to make this political. It isn't. Also, I get the impression you think I'm a Trump person. I'm not. You can be judgemental and lazy if you want. No skin off me. You're just proving you are exactly what you are acting like you are against.

you spend a lot of time not giving examples.
 
Mar 11, 2004
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I seriously thought about cancelling when the news about their multi-movie Adam Sandler deal came out. I don't want my money going to enabling such shit as that. His new stuff sucks so bad that it actually ruins my enjoyment of his older stuff (that admittedly wasn't spectacular, but could be enjoyable senseless fun). Same with David Spade and the other jackasses that are often with him. Just fucking awful. No wonder Apatow and his tree of schlubs took over comedy, the alternative is apparently old SNL castoffs that haven't made a funny movie in almost 2 decades.

I have zero problem with people voicing their complaints. If they're full of shit (like the Moral Majority assholes were) then it'll become apparent and people can shout their asses down and their opinions will get invalidated.

And people are fine to speak with their money (like when people threatened to cancel when Netflix was going to keep that frizzle haired fuckface Scientologist alleged multiple sexual assaulter on their one show; he was on That 70s Show with Kutcher too). Even better when the one Netflix exec mouthed off to one of the (alleged) victims because he didn't know who she was and got fired over it. If you're a despicable asshole you should be called out for it and you shouldn't be too surprised when you face consequences over it.

College kids absolutely deserve to speak out (and should). I don't get why people at those events aren't shouting down the alleged "snowflakes" if things are so horrible and these poor comedians are being so victimized. But then, that's not what's really happening in almost all of those cases. Its that the crowds react to shitty jokes and/or being lectured to so the (typically student managed) organization who put them on basically stops their show as its not going to end up well and better to cut it off quick before it turns into a real shitshow. Its no different from going to a fucking religious thing and telling jokes about religious leaders molesting children, its going to bomb and they're gonna ask you to get off stage. Fuck, they used to joke about shit like that (the old cane coming to yank your ass off stage). Yet now, somehow its the end of society as we know it! Tell shitty jokes that bomb with your audience and you're gonna get booted. Or if you tell shitty jokes that the college kids say they'd rather not hear to begin with so they protest you and you get bumped, boo fucking hoo. Adapt or expect to keep getting told to stuff it.

100% guarantee that you people crying about that (isn't it funny how you don't view you doing what you're criticizing others for as being a crybaby snowflake that can't just ignore it?) don't actually know the specifics of almost any of those situations that you bitch about (Cracked - yes that fucking comedy site - actually looked into several and found out that the way the media portrayed the situations was often very different from what actually had happened - and generally the media had only listened to the comic or actually often just the comic's media/PR people and not even bothered to contact any of the college students involved, they might get some boilerplate response from the college itself but they often don't make any attempt to actually dig into it meaningfully or if they do they just talk to the comedian who is obviously going to be biased). Here's a tip, most of the comedians bitching about that shit haven't either and don't know jack shit about it and were not even there or had it happen to them (or are projecting instances where they bombed and got booted and acting like it was because of too-PC shit or other crap and not just that they sucked). They're just bitching because they're normal people too, getting outraged over stuff that they hear about (but often don't know any actual details of). But you want to give them a free pass for doing one of the things they are generally bitching about? Nah. And yes, there are some that have actually gone through the trouble of discussing the details of it (and weren't raging assholes about it). That's a very different thing from fuckwits like Seinfeld pissing and moaning about situations he doesn't know jack shit about and has not experienced himself.

If you're a comedian and can't handle people responding to your shit then you suck as a comedian and shouldn't be on stage. That people can't see that's literally asking for comedians to have a safe space (which I'm actually fine with, for instance, there's many comedians with legit mental illnesses that struggle with facing crowds; Maria Bamford did a special that was her in her parents house telling jokes to her parents) while bitching about safe spaces is just hilarious. Irony or ability to see how stand-up comedy is no longer stuck being a stage show seems lost on some people. But whoa, if a comedian, I don't know, loses their shit and just starts screaming n****r on stage, we need a moment of silence and some deep reflection (and stop fucking laughing!!!! Its not funny! Weird since you're complaining that people aren't accepting you going "people can joke about anything" but if they find your hilarious out of touch fucking stupid ass apology tour to be laughable, well damnit its not!!!). Which is to say fuck Jerry Seinfeld. Wonder if he's still trying to fuck underage girls?

If someone is legit harassing a comedian and its ruining the experience, its on those putting on the show to have them removed. That is almost never actually the case (it has happened some though assuredly), and thus is why things aren't happening like what you hear. But you're not any more interested in hearing the truth and not getting outraged than any of the people you're bitching about for doing that. That people can't see that they're doing exactly literally the same shit they're complaining about...just never ceases to baffle me.

I have to laugh at the way people now are trying to out tough guy each other "nah man, I ain't offended by shit, I'm so not offended that I'd let the guy rape me and then thank him for it, just because I don't enjoy it doesn't mean I have to make a fuss about it." Get over yourselves. I'm pretty sure I've seen just about every single one of you motherfuckers who act like that bitch about something you didn't like and tirade about it. Zin can eat an entire bag of dicks (its ok, I know he likes it, pretty sure he's admitted that several times). Fucking dipshit cries about Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings more than anyone I know. He makes the one guy from Clerks II seem like some soft spoken British nature commentator in comparison. Reminds me of people that wanted to bitch about idiots like Paris Hilton but claim they didn't care. Fuck that, I care and morons like that pissing away that much money on the dumbest shit imagineable while millions of people suffer, that shit pisses me off. Unless you're a psychopath who lacks empathy and/or sympathy, it should piss you off too. Sure there's not a lot you can do about it, and its not worth losing your mind over, but goddamn, why's it so hard to just admit that you can get offended by shit, even trivial shit? I do. Like what's the deal with airplane peanuts? (You can laugh at yourself about it too.)
 
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SKORPI0

Lifer
Jan 18, 2000
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Like mentioned earlier, I'd wouldn't watch anything I don't agree with, total waste of my time. Plenty of other shows to choose from, why cancel? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 

ch33zw1z

Lifer
Nov 4, 2004
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No, just not watch it. I'll cancel b meither because I didn't t watch enough or price gets to high....but for now price is ok and there's too much content for me to ever make it through.
 
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ImpulsE69

Lifer
Jan 8, 2010
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I seriously thought about cancelling when the news about their multi-movie Adam Sandler deal came out. I don't want my money going to enabling such shit as that. His new stuff sucks so bad that it actually ruins my enjoyment of his older stuff (that admittedly wasn't spectacular, but could be enjoyable senseless fun). Same with David Spade and the other jackasses that are often with him. Just fucking awful. No wonder Apatow and his tree of schlubs took over comedy, the alternative is apparently old SNL castoffs that haven't made a funny movie in almost 2 decades.

I have zero problem with people voicing their complaints. If they're full of shit (like the Moral Majority assholes were) then it'll become apparent and people can shout their asses down and their opinions will get invalidated.

And people are fine to speak with their money (like when people threatened to cancel when Netflix was going to keep that frizzle haired fuckface Scientologist alleged multiple sexual assaulter on their one show; he was on That 70s Show with Kutcher too). Even better when the one Netflix exec mouthed off to one of the (alleged) victims because he didn't know who she was and got fired over it. If you're a despicable asshole you should be called out for it and you shouldn't be too surprised when you face consequences over it.

College kids absolutely deserve to speak out (and should). I don't get why people at those events aren't shouting down the alleged "snowflakes" if things are so horrible and these poor comedians are being so victimized. But then, that's not what's really happening in almost all of those cases. Its that the crowds react to shitty jokes and/or being lectured to so the (typically student managed) organization who put them on basically stops their show as its not going to end up well and better to cut it off quick before it turns into a real shitshow. Its no different from going to a fucking religious thing and telling jokes about religious leaders molesting children, its going to bomb and they're gonna ask you to get off stage. Fuck, they used to joke about shit like that (the old cane coming to yank your ass off stage). Yet now, somehow its the end of society as we know it! Tell shitty jokes that bomb with your audience and you're gonna get booted. Or if you tell shitty jokes that the college kids say they'd rather not hear to begin with so they protest you and you get bumped, boo fucking hoo. Adapt or expect to keep getting told to stuff it.

100% guarantee that you people crying about that (isn't it funny how you don't view you doing what you're criticizing others for as being a crybaby snowflake that can't just ignore it?) don't actually know the specifics of almost any of those situations that you bitch about (Cracked - yes that fucking comedy site - actually looked into several and found out that the way the media portrayed the situations was often very different from what actually had happened - and generally the media had only listened to the comic or actually often just the comic's media/PR people and not even bothered to contact any of the college students involved, they might get some boilerplate response from the college itself but they often don't make any attempt to actually dig into it meaningfully or if they do they just talk to the comedian who is obviously going to be biased). Here's a tip, most of the comedians bitching about that shit haven't either and don't know jack shit about it and were not even there or had it happen to them (or are projecting instances where they bombed and got booted and acting like it was because of too-PC shit or other crap and not just that they sucked). They're just bitching because they're normal people too, getting outraged over stuff that they hear about (but often don't know any actual details of). But you want to give them a free pass for doing one of the things they are generally bitching about? Nah. And yes, there are some that have actually gone through the trouble of discussing the details of it (and weren't raging assholes about it). That's a very different thing from fuckwits like Seinfeld pissing and moaning about situations he doesn't know jack shit about and has not experienced himself.

If you're a comedian and can't handle people responding to your shit then you suck as a comedian and shouldn't be on stage. That people can't see that's literally asking for comedians to have a safe space (which I'm actually fine with, for instance, there's many comedians with legit mental illnesses that struggle with facing crowds; Maria Bamford did a special that was her in her parents house telling jokes to her parents) while bitching about safe spaces is just hilarious. Irony or ability to see how stand-up comedy is no longer stuck being a stage show seems lost on some people. But whoa, if a comedian, I don't know, loses their shit and just starts screaming n****r on stage, we need a moment of silence and some deep reflection (and stop fucking laughing!!!! Its not funny! Weird since you're complaining that people aren't accepting you going "people can joke about anything" but if they find your hilarious out of touch fucking stupid ass apology tour to be laughable, well damnit its not!!!). Which is to say fuck Jerry Seinfeld. Wonder if he's still trying to fuck underage girls?

If someone is legit harassing a comedian and its ruining the experience, its on those putting on the show to have them removed. That is almost never actually the case (it has happened some though assuredly), and thus is why things aren't happening like what you hear. But you're not any more interested in hearing the truth and not getting outraged than any of the people you're bitching about for doing that. That people can't see that they're doing exactly literally the same shit they're complaining about...just never ceases to baffle me.

I have to laugh at the way people now are trying to out tough guy each other "nah man, I ain't offended by shit, I'm so not offended that I'd let the guy rape me and then thank him for it, just because I don't enjoy it doesn't mean I have to make a fuss about it." Get over yourselves. I'm pretty sure I've seen just about every single one of you motherfuckers who act like that bitch about something you didn't like and tirade about it. Zin can eat an entire bag of dicks (its ok, I know he likes it, pretty sure he's admitted that several times). Fucking dipshit cries about Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings more than anyone I know. He makes the one guy from Clerks II seem like some soft spoken British nature commentator in comparison. Reminds me of people that wanted to bitch about idiots like Paris Hilton but claim they didn't care. Fuck that, I care and morons like that pissing away that much money on the dumbest shit imagineable while millions of people suffer, that shit pisses me off. Unless you're a psychopath who lacks empathy and/or sympathy, it should piss you off too. Sure there's not a lot you can do about it, and its not worth losing your mind over, but goddamn, why's it so hard to just admit that you can get offended by shit, even trivial shit? I do. Like what's the deal with airplane peanuts? (You can laugh at yourself about it too.)

A whole wall of "I'm offended". You sound like a real happy person.
 

snoopy7548

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Jan 1, 2005
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I love it when people get all up in arms about a movie but probably continue to gorge on Nestle bars.
 

WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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So one yes vote at this point. This is the person that wakes up every single day with the goal of being offended by someone or something, and they never go to bed without meeting that goal....... the rest of us call them snowflakes.
You know how coined the term "snowflake"?

Tyler Durden in Fight Club.

And Tyler Durden was a guy with massive mental health problems who couldn't relate to people or fit into society. He wasn't supposed to be someone people emulated.

Can we stop using the term now please?
 

ImpulsE69

Lifer
Jan 8, 2010
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n/m just a rabbit hole I don't feel like going down today
 
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destrekor

Lifer
Nov 18, 2005
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You know how coined the term "snowflake"?

Tyler Durden in Fight Club.

And Tyler Durden was a guy with massive mental health problems who couldn't relate to people or fit into society. He wasn't supposed to be someone people emulated.

Can we stop using the term now please?

You know what's interesting? My observation has been, generally, those who use the term snowflake are more often than not the truly special, challenged souls. Maybe they aren't emulating Durden but fully immersed in a similar reality? There is something awfully "special" about these souls, they who are often among the more deplorable among us.

The derogatory usage of "snowflake", however, I can't find myself really arguing that it is related in usage to the movie/book. A similar mindset, perhaps, but not identical in usage/style.
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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I'm thinking about canceling because they raised their prices again, and I feel like it's mostly to pay for content that I'm not interested in (their original content, new Star Wars stuff, etc). If they offered a discounted option without access to any content newer than like five years old, I'd be on that.
 

DietDrThunder

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Apr 6, 2001
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I guess my answer is like others, if I don't like the message of the movie, I just wouldn't watch, and there are a few I've started watching and didn't finish, but I wouldn't cancel.

Netflix other:

The original content that netflix is running from foreign countries, I can't really get into, unless of course they at least dub in english over the original language. I'm too lazy to watch and read while hearing foreign voices. Although I did enjoy "Casa De Papel", a movie created in Spain, but it had English voice overs and English subtitles (which didn't exactly match).

As far as the comedian specials go, I guess I no longer have a sense of humor. It isn't that I'm offended, I just don't find 99% of the jokes funny, so I stopped wasting my time.

About the only recent Netflix original movie I enjoyed recently was "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs".

I did enjoy most of the Marvel series, but all of this is going away. I have watched the first two episodes of the Punisher Season II is pretty good so far.

I also enjoyed the series "Manhunt" about the Unabomber, and "Stranger Things", but as you notice, I'm starting to list series's that are two years old.

Until yesterday, I had the subscription of two streaming devices at one time. Now I've dropped it to one streaming device with the price increase coming. As soon as the stock price spikes again to $350 a share, then I'll sell all of my netflix shares. Then if no worthwhile content appears, I will drop netflix for a couple of years, then resubscribe and see if there is anything worth watching that I missed.
 
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