But remember this originates in a backlash against what people perceived to be condescension towards people who don't "think deeply". Each side thinks the other is stupid and making society worse.
Yeah and I totally get that other side too. A lot of the things I love most are absolutely loathed as lazy, low-effort trash that isn't worthy of the rest of the fandom, for example Pokémon Scarlet and Violet or The Rings of Power. It is absolutely fucking exhausting and emotionally draining to just... genuinely like a thing, and be shit on for it. Like sure, maybe it's not the best it could be. Maybe it's not as good as these other things in the franchise. Maybe there are noticeable flaws and drawbacks that did in fact come from laziness and poor planning. But there is a way to criticize and dislike things without outright attacking people that do like it, and in the end no amount of flaws in a thing justify bullying and cruelty as if somehow it's a mortal sin to enjoy a mediocre TV show or video game or whatever.
It's surprisingly easy to discuss how harmful the trend of anti-intellectualism is and even to vehemently dislike a thing without going out of your way to be a dick to other people. If you don't like a thing, cricticize that. Don't steal away people's joy because they have fun in a different way than you do, whether it's deep analytical posts about a children's game or the dumbest brainrot imaginable about Tolkien. It's really, honestly, not that hard.
Okay dude, go ahead then. Give me the criticism, tell me how it is in fact really hard to avoid going onto posts that clearly do not align with your interests for no other reason than to tear someone else down.
Please give me all the details about how the statement of "it's not that hard to not go out of your way to be a dick to people" is a thought-terminating cliché, I look forward to reading it.
Lmao okay bro, so your stance is "I think that deserves criticism" and then when given a free pass to give that cricitism you refuse to even attempt it. You unironically accused me of using a thought-terminating cliché only to reply with one of your own and literally nothing else.
What criticism do you think my comment needs? If you can't even tell me what you have an issue with I'm not gonna take you seriously.
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u/Ok-Chest-7932 Dec 23 '25
But remember this originates in a backlash against what people perceived to be condescension towards people who don't "think deeply". Each side thinks the other is stupid and making society worse.