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wallwalkerI really don't understand why people feel the need to pile hate on top of things that other people enjoy.
Example: The first Star Trek series I started seriously watching for any length of time was Deep Space 9, because I was too young and had too little of an attention span to pay that much attention to TNG when it was airing. And I liked DS9. It had interesting characters and subplots that didn’t feel quite as “Monster of the Week" as some of the other Star Trek episodes I’ve seen since. It was dramatic, and also had comic relief that was actually funny. So yeah, I still like it. That’s part of the reason why having someone else in my life, a few years later, who openly mocked the show when I talked about wanting to watch it again and repeatedly called it “Deep Shit Nine" was so annoying. I mean, come on. If someone you supposedly care about enjoys something, can’t you just keep the stupid insults to yourself? Or at least attempt to have a reasonable conversation about it - “I disliked this because of these reasons" instead of “ha ha, that show was shitty" repeated at every opportunity?
I'm not referring to calling out problems or critiquing a show - certainly not, I critique the things that I enjoy all the time. And it's definitely possible to not enjoy something that a friend loves, but still be their friend anyway. But just bashing something endlessly in front of someone else who enjoys it? That's probably going to ruin someone's fun. It'll possibly make that person less likely to tell the one who insulted one thing that they liked about other interests, too, because how are you going to know what else they're going to decide to make fun of?
I mean, by all means, I'm not trying to force anyone to like something that they don't. But a little common courtesy would be nice.
Example: The first Star Trek series I started seriously watching for any length of time was Deep Space 9, because I was too young and had too little of an attention span to pay that much attention to TNG when it was airing. And I liked DS9. It had interesting characters and subplots that didn’t feel quite as “Monster of the Week" as some of the other Star Trek episodes I’ve seen since. It was dramatic, and also had comic relief that was actually funny. So yeah, I still like it. That’s part of the reason why having someone else in my life, a few years later, who openly mocked the show when I talked about wanting to watch it again and repeatedly called it “Deep Shit Nine" was so annoying. I mean, come on. If someone you supposedly care about enjoys something, can’t you just keep the stupid insults to yourself? Or at least attempt to have a reasonable conversation about it - “I disliked this because of these reasons" instead of “ha ha, that show was shitty" repeated at every opportunity?
I'm not referring to calling out problems or critiquing a show - certainly not, I critique the things that I enjoy all the time. And it's definitely possible to not enjoy something that a friend loves, but still be their friend anyway. But just bashing something endlessly in front of someone else who enjoys it? That's probably going to ruin someone's fun. It'll possibly make that person less likely to tell the one who insulted one thing that they liked about other interests, too, because how are you going to know what else they're going to decide to make fun of?
I mean, by all means, I'm not trying to force anyone to like something that they don't. But a little common courtesy would be nice.
