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I do read the synopsis and watch the PVs for things I'm interested in but you used to be able to rely on the bottom 3 of the season (which Takamine was) being unwatchable, and the top 3 at least being watchable, safe picks, for most. I've watched things like Ayaka which was near the bottom of a season an enjoyed it, then I watched shit like Magic Maker which was near the top of the season for fantasy and it was quite bad overall, although I still watched it since the premise was interesting enough.
Thankfully for future anons, Takamine just went from a 5.97 to a 6.28 on MAL so it's no longer in the bottom three of the entire season.
tl;dr it should be ok to rely on ratings to a certain degree, especially for trash shows you don't particularly care about. But it's not.