I have this unfortunate problem that, when combined with my innate stubbornness, makes me intentionally not watch some very popular or well-regarded things. That problem is my little brother. He's one of those people who will full on nag you to watch whatever he's currently hyped about. He'll come and want to talk to be about recent episodes (or like the whole goddamn plot thus far if it's something that isn't currently airing), even KNOWING I haven't seen them and don't want to hear about them. It adds up to make me not want to watch the thing, whether I was initially interested or not, because it becomes associated with that annoyance. Below is a definitely not exhaustive list of such items.
Firefly - The original item on this list, placed there back in the mid 2000s. Currently considering giving it a shot.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Tried a couple episodes a couple years back after it was on the annoyance list for over a decade, didn't like it, not planning to ever watch more.
Mr. Robot - Looks cool, but 6 months of "omg you need to watch it!!!" = nah
American Horror Story - Was initially meh because not into horror, moved to the never category because of pestering.
Coco - He watched it a couple months ago and has already started irritating me enough to put it on this list. 8D
The Fault In Our Stars - Both the book and the movie.
Survivor and Big Brother - These are interesting cases where I
used to watch them and enjoy them, but my brother insisting on babbling at me about them soured the experience years ago.
So yeah, those are just the ones off the top of my head. I know there are dozens more out there. It's great.
Dexter. >:[ It's on my to watch list but I never get around to it.
<insert seething rage at the final season of that show that has not been at all cooled by the nearly 5 years since it ended>
