I’m not even going to link the stupid list, because it really made me mad. But you can find it if you haven’t seen it yourself: the “100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century.” Obviously, any list like that is going to be incredibly subjective, and there was a lot of discussion about shows that were missing or underrated by the list. But I didn’t see many people having the same level of visceral negative reaction that I had when I realized just how many of those shows I found aggressively counter to my tastes. It was a moment where I realized just how different I was from a mainstream media consumer. Sure, there were some choices I did agree with – Andor, Squid Game, The Good Place, to name the most noteworthy – but just so many shows that I despised were given top ranks. And I have decided it’s time for me to articulate why I feel the way I do about those shows.