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What did you get into as it was dying or otherwise on its way out? (leminal.space)

submitted 6 months ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel like I do this a lot with podcasts. I started watching the Gus and Eddy podcast and finished it about a month before the last episode was released for example.

It could be anything though. An online game, an OS, a console, TV show, a forum, or anything else. I'm just curious what people have to say.

It also doesn't need to be "dead". It could just be a significant change where a chunk of the community left.

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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

So many things...

Game of Thrones, right before the last season came out. Glad I didn't have to wait for the disappointment.

Video games. I will wait 10 years to play a game I want so that the price goes down enough.

AFI's Sing the Sorrow album, until I gave it a fair chance years later.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I got into ASOIAF maybe a year ago. I’m glad I was able to go into the fandom knowing what a train wreck the show was and also that it’s entirely possible the books will just never be finished, lol. I’m enjoying the shit out of youtube theory videos though!

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

I think that's a much better way to start. Martin is clearly a discovery writer, but he talks like he's a plotter, and the intricacies of the political machinations imply he's a plotter, too.

He's written such a tangled mess that it's impossible to untangle everything. Plus, he's made his millions, so there's not much incentive for him to finish.

I started reading when book 5 was about "due" based on his expected release date he had previously announced thinking that book 5 would likely be out by the time I read up to that point. Over four years later book 5 finally released and I knew in my soul the series would never be finished.

[–] subverted_per@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

That can be double edged. I just got into the trails series, and discovered that the early games are all collectable.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

AFI are timeless poets. You could take their songs 100 years back in time and they'd still work.

I, I came here by day
But I left here in darkness
And found you, found you on the way...