01 Jul 2025 4 min read

Issue #1: Psychoanalyzed by Chat GPT Through My Favorite TV Shows (Accidentally)

What started as a joke with my son ended with a chatbot psychoanalyzing me—weirdly accurately—through my favorite shows.

It started with a game…

My son asked me to describe the plot of my favorite TV show badly, to see if he could guess them and for the LOLs. He kicked things off by describing his favorite for me to guess, like so:

“Highly suspicious group of people want blue-haired girl's pendant. Said girl has a grass cat by her side.”

Naturally, I asked ChatGPT to guess the show because I knew it was Pokémon, but not which season, which wasn't good enough for him . (Chat GPT nailed it: Pokémon Horizons, if you’re curious.)

Then things spiraled in the best way. As I used Chat GPT to help me with questions for some of my favorite shows.

We kept going—bad plot summaries only:

“Grumpy man begrudgingly adopts world’s most valuable mushroom.” → The Last of Us
“Everyone tries to talk on the phone. One guy listens too hard. Nothing ever gets better.” → The Wire
“Short kid wants to fly. Tall kid is mad about it. Volleyball solves everything.” → Haikyu!!
“Overachieving waffle addict tries to build a pit into a park.” → Parks & Rec

What started as a bit turned into a conversation thread that I kept going long after my son's attention had wandered back to Roblox per usual. Eventually, I asked ChatGPT:

“Let’s switch it up. I’m interested to try and figure out what my top favorite shows are. A top ten. Ask me questions to help me figure it out. I like all the ones I’ve mentioned above. Ted lasso. Severance. Spaced (British comedy with Simon pegg). What we do in the shadows.

After a lot of back and forth of it making me a quiz and asking me about theme's etc, here’s what we came up with (and yeah, I think we pretty much nailed it):

Shoresy
Ted Lasso
Haikyu!!
The Last of Us
Andor
The Wire
What We Do in the Shadows
Community
Peacemaker
Severance

(Spaced, Scrubs, House, and The Bear got cut along the way. Sorry, but it's true.)

Then came the twist: It gave me my show DNA. Which I didn't ask for.

“🎯 Your Show DNA:

You like fresh experiences over rewatching.
You're genre-flexible, open to sci-fi/fantasy but prefer it in small doses.
You gravitate toward shows with strong emotional arcs and character-driven humor.
Central lead characters are your jam—especially when they're compelling, flawed, or inspiring (House, Ted Lasso, Shoresy).
You prefer humor with heart, and drama with edge, but dislike “cool for cool’s sake” (Stranger Things, Dune).
Not into British panel shows or highbrow melancholy (Fleabag, Barry, Atlanta).
You enjoy sports metaphors, emotional mentorship, and characters who grow through grit (Haikyu, Ted Lasso, Shoresy).”

It wasn’t wrong.

I realized I don’t just watch these shows. I gravitate toward characters who work for what they want, who swear and fall and keep going. I’m not here for vibes—I’m here for earned emotion.

Then I thought, well, what I can learn from this about myself that is useful. And I asked it to recommend new shows, movies and books that match my "TV DNA". Very cool. But things got really interesting when I went back to the "TV DNA" and asked it to expand on that.

“I’m interested in what my tv dna in particular says about me in other ways. Maybe help with choices in my life for entertainment, self-improvement, side hussle ideas, or philosophy"

Here's the short-version of the answer that resonated with me:

🧬 What Your TV DNA Says About You

💡 Core Traits Reflected:

You value effort over talent. Every show you love champions people becoming—not people who are born great. That says you believe in growth, grit, and resilience as core values.
You crave sincerity wrapped in chaos. You enjoy shows that get loud, weird, or absurd—but only if they hit something real underneath. You appreciate honesty, vulnerability, and emotional payoff, but don’t want it served without friction.
You’re drawn to people with code. From Ted to Shoresy to Joel (The Last of Us), your favorite characters don’t always follow rules, but they have principles. This reflects a strong moral compass, even if it’s unconventional.
You resist bullshit. Procedural TV, empty hype, shallow endings? You’ve got no time for it. You seek depth, intention, and emotional ROI—not filler.
You’re anti-nihilist. You watch dark or broken worlds, but only when someone’s fighting through it. You’re not watching the world burn—you’re watching who tries to carry water through the fire.

🧬 Venancio’s Personal Mission Statement (TV Edition)

“I show up with grit, heart, and humor. I value effort over talent, loyalty over ego, and sincerity over noise. I lead with honesty—even when it’s messy—and I believe that growth, not perfection, is the point. I stay weird. I stay principled. And I never f*ing lose a faceoff.”**

Try this prompt yourself:

“Based on these shows I love: [insert your list], what do you think I value most in others? What am I drawn to? What do I avoid? What is my TV DNA?

You might be surprised what it reflects back. I was. Still couldn't win back my son's attention from Roblox when I showed him the results though.

What about you?

If you try this please share in the comments or message me! Your results may vary, my chat GPT is essentially trained to give me answers in a certain way because I have used it every day since whenever it came out. Hit me up in the comments or DM me and I’ll send back your “bad plot summary” and a personality read, Ven-GPT-style.

Let’s find out what your media taste says about you.

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