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Vorpy... most people are socially dependent enough to care what other people think. It helps them function with something vaguely proxying unity. Most importantly... they need to know who is like them (therefore probably shares genes / memes with them and will help propagate them)... and who isn't (and won't).
The human population is currently around 6 billion. It is somewhat contiguous in its contact across the entire face of the planet. The conditions for knowing who is "us" and who is "them" have started deviating from the genetic to the memetic. And obviously we can't let other memes gain precedence at the potential expense of our own, resources being limited and all that. NATURE DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT SONNY JIM!
Ok, ACTUALLY...
What I'm getting at is that you're thinking upper-mind here.
You know what you're saying is right, but I doubt you feel it. It is cool to you on a conscious, mental level to like what you like and let others do the same... but on a subconscious level your ideas want to kill all the other mutually exclusive ideas, copulate with the ones that aren't mutually exclusive... and generally spread like wildfire... AND you're probably at least partially willing to help them do that because you already know how to do that stuff with genes. It works the same way. HOW EFFICIENT!
But what I'm really getting at is....
.... Give it up. People are hardwired to be douchebags. It isn't especially conscious, and they couldn't logically justify it if they tried. Remember Hanlon's Razor.
If these examples are taking place on a "neutral ground," then I disagree. I don't go to Naruto forums. But if we're on a Bleach forum & you start going on a tangent about Naruto, expect to be informed of its shittiness.
One thing I absolutely cannot stand is this idea that an opinion is a precious snowflake to be protected from all harsh criticisms, unless it's negative, in which case you're just an argumentative asshole.
I'd really much rather have to deal with fair objections against something I like than a bunch of positive stuff that's...less than thought-out. It's just more interesting that way.
So... simply put.... if we like the same stuff, we think it is cool that we like the same stuff. If we don't like the same stuff then.... well... who gives a fuck what you think anyway?
That said, the people that complain about Twilight/Eragon/the Star Wars prequels/whatever all the time are pretty irritating.
*Hands over a token*
Collect 20 of those tokens and you can exchange them for a Phylactery... the first key step on your road to becoming an undead necromantic master. ^_^
Huh, didn't even notice this until now. But I still agree.
I bumped it because the MLP vs. Lolis thing was getting out of hand
That may be the silliest nerd fight ever. Granted, nerd fights are silly be design...
However, I like lolis and MLP (well, the three episodes I saw, but I'm sure that I'll like the other too). What does that say about me?
It's like, "Just pick a stance & stick with it. Don't start arguing an opinion if you're just going to get mad about it later."