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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9410834">I think it is always good to step back and enjoy things, not get too caught up in the discourse around those things. Criticism is fine, but I think what Reynard is talking about is what happens when you carry anger and negativity around you (I don't think he is saying you have to agree with his opinion about a Disney ride being joyous). I definitely find a lot of the anger and hostility when talking about media online to be perplexing. I am as critical as they come, but it is the interpersonal anger, the taking criticism to the level of obsession and hate watching I don't get. I tried to make this point in the Doctor Who thread but I think it was a little lost in the confusion, but its why I often wait a long time to watch something that has just come out or play something that has just come out (I want distance from the intense online emotions around it so I can enjoy it for its own sake and have an authentic reaction to it, not influenced by this camp liking it for X reason or this camp hating it for Y reason)On Disney, I wish I could share your love Reynard. I always found when I went to Disneyland, and the one time I went to Disney World, I get so dazed by all the noise and the crowds that it feels uncomfortably surreal (like I am in a dream). Literally every time I went as I kid I had a whole conversation with myself about whether it was real or a dream. I did always like Pirates of the Caribbean though (something about the atmosphere they create with that ship battle)</blockquote>

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