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Some supposedly good things I just don’t like

Why can’t I just enjoy stuff?

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Tom Barrie
Nov 01, 2025
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This week I had a think about some of the works of art and artists which seem to be generally praised but whom I (often secretly) cannot really abide.

Often these are water cooler films, established books or albums that one’s friends and colleagues express admiration for, creative endeavours considered almost de facto masterpieces, whose merits are broa…

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