A Codependent's Struggle

Recently, I started using an online streaming radio service called Pandora, which allows me to list a song or artist from which to start my own station. Then, the site finds music with similar qualities and plays new music for me all the time. I can give each song a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" by clicking on a small box near the artist/song title. It's truly a great system, and I use it often.

The only problem is, when you click on "thumbs down", the site puts up a dialogue box that says something like, "We're sorry you didn't like that song. We will choose something else for you and never play that song again."

This makes me feel bad for the site. It's trying so hard, and I keep rejecting its gift of songs that it's chosen just for me. So, what ends up happening is that I make a station with a bunch of stuff I don't really like very much. Then, I have to delete it and start over... which doesn't hurt the site's feelings as much. I know because it doesn't berate itself after I've deleted the station and started anew.