Eh, I disagree, mostly. Quibbling over terminology is a large part of how we define a collective culture. For an individual, sure, I agree with you. It doesn't

Eh, I disagree, mostly. Quibbling over terminology is a large part of how we define a collective culture. For an individual, sure, I agree with you. It doesn't really matter and is possibly a waste of time to contemplate. To use your analogy, if you like vanilla, eat it; if you don't, don't. But for a society, it matters how we think about things, how we label things, how we frame ideas, what we choose to venerate and what we choose to denigrate. It's a large part of how we distinguish cultures from each other and track changing attitudes over time within a culture. That's not to argue that you and I and every Joe and Jane on the street need to endlessly debate subjective terminology, but I think it can be worthwhile for critics, anthropologists, historians, etc.