Be honest, you were trying to imply that people who watch "comic book movies" somehow don't have sophisticated tastes (for lack of a better term). You chose "co

Be honest, you were trying to imply that people who watch "comic book movies" somehow don't have sophisticated tastes (for lack of a better term). You chose "comic book movie" specifically instead of just movie. Or book. Or Netflix subscription. Or opera. It's like you've tiered entertainment in your head and as long as you aren't at the bottom, you're good. Even if you want to say you just picked "at random", it's not "at random". Your biases get reflected in what "randomly" came to your head. And where did I express ageism? I didn't say "old man yells at cloud", just "man yells at cloud". I deliberately left off the "old" part. For someone who is accusing others of projection, I think you should take a look at the log in your own eye. > I stated no such thing. Again, I merely stated how it affects me. This argument is of the form "I didn't explicitly state it, so even if the description of my thoughts and actions are a description of the phenomenon, you can't call me out on it". If you're paying to pretend, you can pretend that you paid. Even better, you can even delude yourself into thinking that you would have chosen the winning numbers. > I have no idea. I'm just stating facts. Except the fact that you are stating is that you engage in an irrational behavior. And you're not willing to step back and reflect on why you choose to engage in it. Or why you have to disparage people who chose other forms of entertainment. People who play the lottery are bad at statistics. People who claim to know the statistics and still play the lottery apparently don't believe the statistics.