Very true that it might be meant as appreciation, but the particular phrasing struck me for several reasons, related to a certain psychology I've seen in the younger generation. Recent real-life events highlighted this sort of thing, and the way it came out in that review caused me to take pause. Asking for more is a compliment. Pouting that it's not fair... there's a different mind-set at work there. It's symptomatic of a larger problem with the "millenials" generation that a LOT of folks have been noticing lately.
It was actually more of a social commentary, based on observations of this particular "symptom" of the problem. This symptom happens to be a fandom thing, but I've seen the same psychological quirks in other situations. And, of course, it's definitely not that whole generation, but it seems to be a theme I'm seeing more and more often.
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Date: 2011-03-21 05:37 pm (UTC)It was actually more of a social commentary, based on observations of this particular "symptom" of the problem. This symptom happens to be a fandom thing, but I've seen the same psychological quirks in other situations. And, of course, it's definitely not that whole generation, but it seems to be a theme I'm seeing more and more often.