Am I alone in hating almost all mainstream entertainment? [View All]

A lot of people give me shit for hating popular "musicians", movies, actors, TV shows and the like, saying I'm way too negative and blah blah blah, and I'm getting really sick of it. Why should I pretend to like stuff I find to be complete and utter lowest common denominator shit in order to have a pleasant conversation? Chances are that if someone likes Elimidate, I'm not going to get along well with said person, and its better we realize we won't get along from the outset, rather than me pretending I like Dave Matthews Band and Friends and Julia Roberts just for the sake of "getting" along. The fact of the matter is that there are far too many celebrities who don't deserve the fame and adulation they recieve, because they've done NOTHING noteworthy (reality TV contestants) or their just talentless idiots with very good marketing regimes behind them.

This whole lowest common denominator status quo is inherent in almost EVERYTHING in our culture, from our pathetic simian President all the way down to our insipid, vacuous tv shows documenting the "real" lives of other insipid, vacuous people.

I'm not saying everthing has to be all artsy fartsy, but does it all have to be horrible, tacky, annoying shit that insults everyone's intelligence?