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Why I Have No Plans To Watch Game Of Thrones or Titanic

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Movies and television shows are cultural touchstones. We learn behaviors from the things we see which in turn influences the way society acts as a whole.  Yet there's an iconic film and an iconic TV show that I have never seen, and quite frankly I'm in no rush to see either of them.  Game of Thrones This isn't because I don't currently have Home Box Office (what smart people know "HBO" stands for). I had HBO through most of college and still never hopped on the bandwagon. I'm sure it's good because that's what everyone with a pulse has tried to tell me. I'm just not a huge fan of high fantasy (which sounds like a Cheech & Chong movie where they play knights). I think it's because I can't relate to the subject matter. I've never been chosen to go on a quest to find the Shield of Grimblegär or had to rescue an orc from a bunch of other orcs or whatever it is happens in those things. I feel the same way about Lord