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annoying commenters

june 6, 2025

There’s a type of commenter on Youtube that pops up a surprising amount of times, but I feel like I’ve encountered such comments too many times that I feel the need to talk about it.
I read the comments of a clip of some media and stumble upon a comment that’s interesting; either a theory about the show/movie/game/some-other-thing, a personal anecdote or just an interesting tidbit the commenter thought would be nice to share. I click the replies, expecting to see some engaging and fulfilling conversation (a high bar, I know), but there's someone who says something along the lines of "It’s just a show,” or “It’s not that deep,” or “you’re analyzing this too much.”
You’re allowed to not care about a comment, but to put in the effort to reply, dismissing someone trying to interact with something in an engaging way? The kind of people who reply to comments like this baffle me. Why don't you just ignore the comment and move on with your day?
remark: this came off more aggressive than I expected but this has been ruminating in my head for a while now. next time I post here I want to write about something more... cool at least