I mean, it is a hype bubble, just like the dotcom bubble. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing to it, just that a lot of the claims people are making about it are unrealistic.

So is Breaking Bad just Seinfeld with drugs, because they are both set in modern USA?

This is kind of a weird take, GoT is not even remotely similar to LotR in style, themes or narrative.

First season is some of the best TV I’ve ever seen. After that the story lines get more and more unbelievable and the characters get less and less tolerable. Possibly the most overrated show of all time, imo.

Kudos to you, sir, just for being cool.

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Yeah exactly, the people on there are both weird enough to make it up and also weird enough to be actually doing this shit irl.

The beauty of this shit is that it’s equally hilarious whether it’s real or made up.

I agree, Cain was based.

For graphic novels:

I can’t avoid bringing up Alan Moore’s Watchmen. Probably the most influential graphic novel ever written, it is a masterpiece on every level. Even if you’re not into superhero comics (which this is kind of a deconstruction of) the story stands on its own.

The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. Feel free to pirate these considering Gaiman has turned out to be a piece of human garbage. But you can’t deny the mastery of this series. Gothic, romantic fantasy with incredible depth, beauty and power.

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan is a popular space opera series by one of the best writers in comics. Just really charismatic and engaging, great art, great characters and a narrative that effortlessly carries you along for the ride.

Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire is a strange, unique post apocalypse story. Great writing and characters but very dark and the overarching plot is kind of weird (but not really the point of the story).

Preacher by Garth Ennis is a modern fantasy with some of the sharpest writing in comics and a brilliant concept. I’d compare it to a Tarantino film where the overarching story is just an excuse for razor sharp dialogue and ultra-stylish characters and scenes (but the overarching story is great, too). Be warned that Ennis loves over the top shock and gross outs, which I personally find tedious but put up with because the rest is so good. Note that I think the second half of the series (there’s a major event and small time skip at this point) is kind of dull and self-indulgent and can essentially be avoided.

For manga:

Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed by Masamune Shirow are very influential and well known (in the west) scifi manga, but they are pretty dense and technical and not everyone’s cup of tea. Both go into a lot of very detailed world building and politics, but also have some of the coolest Japanese cyberpunk action every put to page.

Berserk by Kentaro Miura is probably the most famous fantasy manga in the west. Unrelentingly dark and grim, it isn’t to everyone’s taste but the spectacular art and unique, epic story make it stand out in the genre. Contains some nasty sexual violence.

Fullmetal Alchemist is a steampunk fantasy setting with great characters and story. It’s aimed at a younger audience but mostly avoids the common tropes and cliches of that style. Easy to read and charismatic series.

Akira is the obvious entry point, its a masterpiece.

See if you can get your hands on a series of OVAs called Genocyber, it takes cyberpunk concepts to their extremes. Very dark and violent.

Also worth watching Wicked City if you haven’t seen it. It’s more supernatural than cyberpunk but has very CP vibes and atmosphere, it’s a classic of the era.

Have you watched many other OVA from this era? This is the shit that got me into anime in my late teens and early 20s.

The Wedding Singer. Even if you don’t like Adam Sandler’s usual schtick, he plays this completely straight and is really endearing. Great 80s soundtrack and Sandler and Barrymore are adorable and funny.

Streetcleaner definitely leans more into the metal side than industrial.

That’s a small fraction of the promised final game.

Did I see Laidlaw’s 400 Boys in there!?!? O_O

We taught a lion to eat tofu!

Your reactions are very exaggerated, overly emotional and not actually grounded in reality. The French Alps don’t actually smell like pig shit.

I much prefer the internet tbh, here I have control, if there’s something I don’t like, I don’t have to ever see it again, but I can also engage with it freely without the interaction ever escaping my control

You type this but then say that you’re not hiding from anything? I’m sure psych textbooks could give you a name for this. Do you really not see a difference between “I don’t litter to avoid attracting flies” and “I don’t want to interact with any situations that I can’t completely control”?