when i get obsessed with a tv show, especially one that's coming out at the time, i feel like mine and others' perceptions of my level of investment are in sync. they're like 'you are more obsessed with this thing than anyone i know and really anyone ought to be' and i think, yeah i have seen succession upwards of four times, thats a fair assessment. but when it's been bigger, more impactful things (really just the beatles and wrestling) i feel like there's a much wider disconnect where my friends and family consider me to be like an encylopedia of knowledge on the subject, again the most obsessed a person could ever possibly be. and i feel like by tumblr or reddit standards im a filthy casual lol, i never read 90% of the beatles biographies for instance, and with wrestling are you kidding i watch literally 1 promotion (turns out i couldnt keep up wwe and aew at the same time rip). do you know how much wrestling there is out there and how much your average fan watches/has watched over the years. which produces a very strange set of circumstances where nearly everybody i know has the impression that i am far, far too obsessed with one thing and need to spend less time on it so i spend more on other things, and I think im really not spending enough time on it and need to up my game.
