I've disliked a fanbase before which sometimes sours my image of a product. But no I've never disliked something because it is popular.
Poll: "They just hate it because it's popular."
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I'm often trying to take an opposing argument to any statement, so if I'm told something is popular I do have a bias against it, and I am not usually proven wrong (though it has happened).
One thing I don't get is where people think something is popular and its not. For example, Twilight is supposedly one of the most popular things out there and I can't find a person who likes it.
One thing I don't get is where people think something is popular and its not. For example, Twilight is supposedly one of the most popular things out there and I can't find a person who likes it.
Why are we talking as if it's even possible to decide to hate something?Zhukov said:
Here. Let's try a little exercise. Now, when I say 'go,' I want you to start hating Scarlett Johansen, Martin Luther King and Christopher Nolan with all you've got.
Ready? Go!
Did it work?
Now, let's try it again, but this time I want you to totally fall in love with Halo, My Little Pony and Anime
Funnily enough, often the opposite.
I'm confident in my own tastes enough that if I like something, I won't change my opinion just because the masses disagree with me (for a gaming example, I actually really enjoyed FFXIII).
But I am quite a cautious buyer, and I do a lot of research before I purchase a game.
Therefore if a game is critically and popularly lauded then it's more likely to be on my radar.
For example, the Assassins Creed series is pretty popular and succesful; and so I recently bought the first game to find out if that's true. I haven't played it yet, but I expect it will probably be a good game, and I would probably not have picked it up at all without all the attention the series gets (action-adventure games generally don't interest me).
I'm confident in my own tastes enough that if I like something, I won't change my opinion just because the masses disagree with me (for a gaming example, I actually really enjoyed FFXIII).
But I am quite a cautious buyer, and I do a lot of research before I purchase a game.
Therefore if a game is critically and popularly lauded then it's more likely to be on my radar.
For example, the Assassins Creed series is pretty popular and succesful; and so I recently bought the first game to find out if that's true. I haven't played it yet, but I expect it will probably be a good game, and I would probably not have picked it up at all without all the attention the series gets (action-adventure games generally don't interest me).
Haha, well to be honest that says more about the sort of crowd you know and hang around with than anything else. Cinema tickets and book sales disagree with you, my friend; Twilight is insanely popular.IDTheftVictim said:
When it comes to music I've started disliking it more because it became popular, thus gets played more on the radio and parties. So let's say I am a person who enjoys punk rock, classical rock, hard rock and some metal sub genres and lives a place where techno is the most popular genre. Yeah, it makes me annoyed, but I don't hate it. With games I did decide not to get Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 because of the hype and the fact that everyone bought it. Yet I also don't like fps games that focus on k/d ratio, because it always ends up with me running around then getting killed the first time I go around the corner. Yeah, I dislike it because I suck at it, not because it's popular.
Still, even with the rising popularity of Rise Against I love them, and I love that they're getting popular. So I like to see things I like be popular, and things I don't like I just wish to ignore or tolerate as much as I can.
Hating something in itself is really stupid and I don't get the whole idea behind it. I think the world seems so extreme. Either loving something or hating something. It seems so depressing that everything in between is getting blurred out...
Still, even with the rising popularity of Rise Against I love them, and I love that they're getting popular. So I like to see things I like be popular, and things I don't like I just wish to ignore or tolerate as much as I can.
Hating something in itself is really stupid and I don't get the whole idea behind it. I think the world seems so extreme. Either loving something or hating something. It seems so depressing that everything in between is getting blurred out...
While my dislike of a certain thing has definitely been assisted by the fact that it's popular (though that's closer to confusion over why the thing in question is popular), no, I've never had the mind set of "That's popular, therefore I hate it."
Heh. Point taken.funguy2121 said:Why are we talking as if it's even possible to decide to hate something?Zhukov said:
Here. Let's try a little exercise. Now, when I say 'go,' I want you to start hating Scarlett Johansen, Martin Luther King and Christopher Nolan with all you've got.
Ready? Go!
Did it work?
Now, let's try it again, but this time I want you to totally fall in love with Halo, My Little Pony and Anime
Poor choice of words on my part.
Hate? Not so much. I'm just dumbfounded when a movie rehashes old ideas in a flashy way or a game with one new feature that removes depth from an already shallow genre comes out and both become incredibly popular. I don't hate the movie or the game, I just laugh at their fans.
No, but I hate it when something I think is bad is popular. It's not so much that I think my opinions are that of God's opinions or anything, it's more a case of a lot of stuff being undeserved.
For instance, take Avatar. Terrible script, terrible acting for the most part and generally overused storyline. For me the majority of it's popularity came from Cameron's ability to make the audience cry and its 3D. For that, I think all the praise it got is undeserved. Probably also stems from the fact that I watched it once, then was pretty much forced to see it another two times by friends and family. Didn't like it the first time, hated it the second and wanted to kill myself the third.
For instance, take Avatar. Terrible script, terrible acting for the most part and generally overused storyline. For me the majority of it's popularity came from Cameron's ability to make the audience cry and its 3D. For that, I think all the praise it got is undeserved. Probably also stems from the fact that I watched it once, then was pretty much forced to see it another two times by friends and family. Didn't like it the first time, hated it the second and wanted to kill myself the third.
I prefered it much more when it was called Dances With Wolves.vxicepickxv said:
(1) I'm glad we agree! Seriously, read the very first line of my response that you've quoted.randomfox said:(1)This makes no sense, and (2)I already am in love with MLP, (3)so you fail at life, the universe, and everything.funguy2121 said:Why are we talking as if it's even possible to decide to hate something?Zhukov said:
Here. Let's try a little exercise. Now, when I say 'go,' I want you to start hating Scarlett Johansen, Martin Luther King and Christopher Nolan with all you've got.
Ready? Go!
Did it work?
Now, let's try it again, but this time I want you to totally fall in love with Halo, My Little Pony and Anime
(2) Sonuvahbitch, I knew you were going to say that.
(3) How will I withstand the onslaught of the holy trifecta of failure? You don't just sound like a jerk when you say something like that. You sound like both a nerd and a jerk.
...and back to (2) - sorry. Just had to mention that hearing things like "I'm in love with MLP" reminds me Patrick Swayze from Donnie Darko for some reason.
Things I hate that are popular-
1. Avatar
2. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
3. Twilight
4. Cats (The animal)
In all of these cases I have watched, read, or owned before forming my opinion. Before that I was just merely confused by the popularity. I will never say I dislike something without experiencing it. HATE CATS!
1. Avatar
2. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
3. Twilight
4. Cats (The animal)
In all of these cases I have watched, read, or owned before forming my opinion. Before that I was just merely confused by the popularity. I will never say I dislike something without experiencing it. HATE CATS!
I've come close, but it's not quite the same.
Over the years, I've heard and read a lot about Final Fantasy VII. Straight forward reviews, raving fanboys, praised as if it were both utter shit, and the second coming of Christ... all that and everything in-between. Do I hate the game after this? No. But I have absolutely no desire to play it. The game's been bashed and worshiped so much over the years, that I guess I'm simply sick of the game... yet I've never so much as seen the opening movie.
Over the years, I've heard and read a lot about Final Fantasy VII. Straight forward reviews, raving fanboys, praised as if it were both utter shit, and the second coming of Christ... all that and everything in-between. Do I hate the game after this? No. But I have absolutely no desire to play it. The game's been bashed and worshiped so much over the years, that I guess I'm simply sick of the game... yet I've never so much as seen the opening movie.