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By choosing a favorite, you cannot help but choose an infinitude of not-favorites. With a high-traffic blog such as yours, it's near certain that some people w
by Troll_Whisperer 15y ago
By choosing a favorite, you cannot help but choose an infinitude of not-favorites. With a high-traffic blog such as yours, it's near certain that some people will believe you've shown yourself to be an idiot by missing a superior choice. Neuroses may be at work in some cases, but it's arrogant to assume that all who disagree with you are neurotic.
- raganwald 15y agoChoosing to believe something about what I believe based on my expressing my like for something is not neurotic. ASking me to explain myself or seeking further information about my choices is certainly not neurotic. Choosing to believe I'm an idiot because you like something else and because I didn't attempt to intellectually bludgeon you into agreeing with me is _____, but it's not neurotic. But someone getting so invested in what they think that a stranger believes, such that they have to start a flame war? And expecting that I have some sort of obligation to their egocentricity such that I must respond to their questions? Well, I'm not a psychologist, so the odds are strongly against this being clinically neurotic. But it isn't for me, and I don't feel a compulsion to play along. p.s. Again, this isn't about people's right to believe what they want to believe. I'm ok with people believing I'm an idiot. They may be right! But what I'm talking about is whether I have to respond. I don't. I also don't have to worry about it when I write such that I try to deflect criticism or protect my reputation.