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Sure, but how does that apply here? Someone reports a less than perfect experience with it, and that casually gets connected to "haters that exist". Are you su
by PavlovsCat 8y ago
Sure, but how does that apply here? Someone reports a less than perfect experience with it, and that casually gets connected to "haters that exist".
Are you sure people despise things for being popular, that they don't just react to popular things more often and more strongly because popularity means you encounter them more often?
On the other hand, popularity does sadly imply a certain amount of identifying with and irrationally defending of something, which ironically adds to the hateworthyness of it. Not because it's to blame for the people who like it, but because it comes with the people who like it and their dividing of everything into fans or haters.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoI didn't read Cubbic as calling the author a "hater". They were just observing that a lot of Minecraft hate exists. If you hate a game and dismiss everyone who plays it just because some of its fans are annoying, you are being just as irrational and identity-obsessed as the fans that piss you off. And, yes, I've seen that happen a lot.
- PavlovsCat 8y agoSo it doesn't apply here. But the "unrelated positive anecdote" and "unrelated observation 'Minecraft hate' exists" (without any indication what they mean with that, your guess is as good as mine) both are in "response" to this article.
- marpstar 8y agoMy 8 year old hates Fortnite because that's the only game YouTubers want to talk about anymore. He, too, is obsessed with Minecraft and the number of videos out in recent months has definitely dwindled.