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Writing and reading. Not watching movies so much. Not watching TV, at least very little TV produced in English, and I find myself unable to sit through new movies because they all seem so old. I'm sick of foreshadowing. I am sick of arcs, beats, character development, protagonists, antagonists, tropes, genre, needle drops, backstory, prequels, secondary characters, breaking the fourth wall, critics that use the word 'titular', press junkets, stans, TikTok, artificial intelligence, people that talk about Chekhov's gun but have never read or seen Chekhov, fight sequences, CGI, actors looking into the camera, actors who can't smoke, $200 million movies showing how tough life is, product placement, cameos, callbacks, retrocons, reboots, fan service, autoplay, subscriptions, upselling, apps, battery life, notifications, viral campaigns, hot takes.