[i'd like to hear the various answers on this, because i noticed i was using 'consume' rather than 'engage' and i'm sure i picked it up from tumblr, accidentally, as i was making constant efforts to not engage (ha.) with fandom in that arena because i Don't Like It. it seems to have happened regardless, and i didn't think too deeply about it until the 'backlash to the backlash' wave of people saying 'you don't consume media like an unthinking construct, don't you engage with it like a sentient being with ethics etc?!' that made me pause, and think, huh, i get you. i get what you're saying, backlash-squared folk. and i get what you're saying, yvannairie ]
[so what the funk is everyone else doing with these words? i'm going to continue to use 'consume' to speak for myself personally because i'm making some mental health humour about my status as an unthinking construct, and i link the word consume more closely with indulgence and experiential sensation than i do with mindless absorption or indeed capitalism ]
[engage implies some level of critical sparring that i used to enjoy with stuff like elder scrolls but i now reserve the mental spoons for the work arena. i consume my entertainment hedonistically and with a noncommital flippancy, whenever i can ]
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Date: 29/4/19 06:26 (UTC)[so what the funk is everyone else doing with these words? i'm going to continue to use 'consume' to speak for myself personally because i'm making some mental health humour about my status as an unthinking construct, and i link the word consume more closely with indulgence and experiential sensation than i do with mindless absorption or indeed capitalism ]
[engage implies some level of critical sparring that i used to enjoy with stuff like elder scrolls but i now reserve the mental spoons for the work arena. i consume my entertainment hedonistically and with a noncommital flippancy, whenever i can ]