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I do this same thing. It's there a name for it? Peer defiance?
Me too, when people recommend me tv shows.
On paper they're series that I would like, but the recommendations years old and I still haven't watched them.
I think it's just called you guys being contrarian
You could say this if I behaved that way with every recommendation, but it is how something is recommended that is the issue here. Context is key.
Demand avoidance is a thing, I specifically hate it when people are all “BRO, how have you not seen this, it’s the shit. YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE MISSING!” So I just stay away as a fuck you I guess.
I find the people who do the whole "how have you not seen [...]" Have not matured enough too have the awareness that other people have different life experiences. Lack of empathy.