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>watch what happens if someone criticizes a sacred cow like Firefly or Game of Thrones. I hate a bunch of nerd sacred cows and I criticize them all the time. P
by A_COMPUTER 12y ago
>watch what happens if someone criticizes a sacred cow like Firefly or Game of Thrones.
I hate a bunch of nerd sacred cows and I criticize them all the time. People are surprised for a second and pantomime outrage and then everything goes back to normal. The trick is to signal personal preference, not signal out-group contempt, which is kind of a trigger for some people.
- minikites 12y agoBut that's the point, isn't it? Almost all of nerd identity is defined by consumption preferences so if you criticize their consumption preferences, you're criticizing them as a person. Defining yourself by what you consume is very mentally unhealthy.