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Post #405774

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doubleofive
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WHY we like the things we like (and why we don't that which we don't)
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Date created
29-Mar-2010, 4:03 PM

TV's Frink said:

Not sure what I'm trying to say here, except I think you shouldn't have to defend what you like or don't like.  Unless you're trying to prove that you are right,lol.

This is true.  I think most of the problem with explaining why we like (or dislike) something is that we are usually trying to convince them to like (or dislike) it as well.  I think we all feel like our friends should agree with us or have the same tastes, which is ultimately fruitless.  Most of the times, no one cares if we simply don't like something or if we have a dozen valid reasons why we don't.

Example: I don't like the movie Napeleon Dynamite.  At all.  Even if you had a thousand reasons why you liked it, it wouldn't change the fact that I don't.

More recently, I didn't like Juno or Inglorious Basterds.  You'd think I was some kind of outcast, the way my friends talked about how much they loved them.