There needs to be a German word for when you didn't get into something popular for years because your friends all said it was basic and problematic and then once you actually see it you're totally into it and you realize you yourself are basic and problematic

Critics: "What kind of a creep do you have to be to identify with Evan Hansen?

He's a self-pitying manipulative narcissist who's incapable of real relationships because he's so obsessed with his own pain he compulsively puts himself into the stories of total strangers"

"He somehow tricks a whole audience of randos on the Internet into thinking he's this deeply moral, empathetic person because he empathizes so hard WITH HIMSELF

All he does is express pity and compassion FOR HIMSELF and trick people into thinking he gives a shit about others"

"How delusional is it that the show gives us this spectacle of Evan performing empathy and connection on *social media* - the fakest possible way to do so - and literally shows him collecting likes and RTs as some kind of redemption, becoming the person he always wished he was"

Me: "...

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*closes window*