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What tv show had a big impact on you?

For me, its Xena.

Few years back, height of covid epidemic, was living in homeless shelters. Overcrowded slums, everyone miserable, yelling, screaming, fights, abuse, rage. At one point, could feel the anger building in me. Powerless, a victim, desire for retribution. What good was trying to be better person, when all it meant was people walking over me.

Started rewatching xena, hadn’t in years. Big message of the show: when surrounded by hate, violence, it’s tempting to give in, to not be a victim. But you have a choice, to not continue the cycle, to make a better world. I so needed to hear that message at that time in my life.

What tv show helped you?

Outtatime ,
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Beakmans world. Way better than that sham Bill Nye. Also I had a crush on Josie.

Nihilore ,
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No show had a bigger impact on me than Neon Genesis

NENathaniel ,
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How I Met Your Mother

Won’t pretend it’s the greatest of shows but, for a couple lonelier years a while back, they were my best friends

meathorse ,

Scrubs - landed at just the right time for me, fresh out of school and working through first real job/relationship. While my mates and I aren’t Turk n JD close, we were closer than the typical dude-bro stereotype of the time and it felt like this show just made it a lot easier to love your best mate without the homophobic shame BS!

boywar3 ,

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Just a damned good show all around that showed younger me a lot of what makes compelling stories work.

PeepinGoodArgs ,

I love the ending of that show. When he does kill the Fire Lord resonated with me a lot.

M500 ,

I used to have a lot of anxiety and trouble sleeping. I watched this show every night to fall asleep. It has become one of my most cherished shows.

I have not watched it in years, but I think it is time for a rewatch. I think it just got added to netflix in the country where I live.

Jivebunny ,
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Such a great show, only seen it first nearing my 40’s. Beautiful

gianni ,

I don’t think I’d be the same person without Adventure Time

Rai ,

Six Feet Under, by far. It’s (in my opinion) the best show ever made. I never cry, but I cannot stop myself from crying at the end. It’s a perfect end to a perfect show. Its themes have a lot to do with themes in my own life and it changed my perspective on… everything? Nah, but a lot of things. Especially grief.

I was elated that my now-spouse who is a mortician had never heard of it… watching it again with someone to whom the subject matter… mattered even more was an incredible experience.

UnrepententProcrastinator ,

Gargoyles. TNMT. Don’t have the verbiage to explain the impact. Just a feeling.

MetricIsRight ,

Gargoyles consistently slips under people’s radar and that’s so sad, as it was such a great cartoon. I mean who doesn’t want Jonathan Frakes voicing the big bad?

oxjox ,
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Mr. Wizard’s World. MacGyver. The A-Team.
And all the cooking shows on PBS in the 80s.

I’ve always been someone to tinker and break things apart to create new things. I’ve always been a problem solver.

Oh - and I pretty much got my entire sense of humor from Three’s Company, Mork and Mindy, Cheers, and Mash.

TALL421 ,
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Star Wars Rebels really showed me what found family is, as someone who has never really felt like they fit in very well with their blood family.

Andor honestly helped me realize how I feel politically, though obviously, the US is not anywhere remotely close to the empire, it is a road I fear it could reach the end of.

Gestrid ,

Basically any show on PBS Kids. I used to watch back when Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood aired regularly on it. Other shows I watched included Zoboomafoo (with the Kratt brothers!), Clifford, Arthur (was sad when I heard it’d aired its final new episode recently), Cyberchase, and Clifford’s Puppy Days. My parents didn’t have cable until I was a teenager, so I was pretty much raised on nothing but PBS Kids (as far as TV shows I could watch).

Another show I used to watch when I was really young, though, was Disney’s House of Mouse on ABC Saturday Mornings. I was devastated when they stopped airing it. We didn’t have a TV guide or anything, so, when it simply didn’t come on one morning, it caught me by complete surprise. On a less sad note, I think I actually still have Snowed In at the House of Mouse on VHS.

son_named_bort ,

Whose Line is it Anyway. It got me interested in improv, which has become something I enjoy doing.

ipkpjersi ,

ER almost made me become a doctor, I could have easily seen myself going down that path. I thought it was much more expensive in my country for medical school than it actually was, so I didn’t go into medicine because of that, and then after I realized I was wrong about how much it would cost it made me realize okay maybe I wasn’t smart enough to be a doctor to begin with.

Silicon Valley inspired me to continue working hard on one of my Java-based personal projects. I’d love to say it’s a hugely massive success and I have hundreds or thousands of customers, but it’s still just a personal project for fun at this point and probably always will be.

NullaFacies ,
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Mr. Robot; showing the worse of humanity, how far people will go corrupting once held morals the whole way. Not being able to understand oneself or the people around them, but still wanting and hoping to see people enjoy life.

I believe the series ended on a great note, though some may disagree.

31415926535 OP ,

Awesome show. Yeah, I’m a bit iffy about how it ended, but it could’ve been so much worse.

osmn ,

One of, if not my favorite shows ever. I don’t understand why so many people I know are entirely dismissive of it. The hacking is accurate, the characters are compelling, and the plotline is amazing. It inspired me to get into Cybersecurity.

cashews_best_nut ,

That show felt like a weird acid trip. The constant whiplash when you realise he’s been delusional about something completely threw me (in a good way!).

I’ll have to watch it again cos it was a fantastic show and really well made.

Big_Bob ,
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Slayers, the anime. I thought emulating Zelgadis and acting all quiet and mysterious would make me look cool and get me a lot of friends.

It didn’t ;_;

UlyssesT ,

Zelgadis got dunked by the show itself for doing that, especially later on. i-told-you-dog

Big_Bob ,
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But he was sooo cool

crush

UlyssesT ,

Amelia certainly thought so.

I suppose look for your Amelia.

Or don’t. volcel-judge

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