This is another instance of an insidious modern meme that states that people with non-mainstream skill X should be okay with it dying out because it's not mains

This is another instance of an insidious modern meme that states that people with non-mainstream skill X should be okay with it dying out because it's not mainstream. It's just a long-winded way to call something irrelevant without actually saying that. But we know we can't call it that, so we dress it up in pseudo-intellectual bullshit, citing "pragmatism" and using misdirection: "oh, but who can actually appreciate such an obscure thing?" It's exceedingly presumptuous on the speaker's part. The world's a big place, but it's only as big as we perceive it to be. Don't let people who need it to be smaller tell you what to think.