Hola all you people with really crummy taste! You know? Something
that always amazes me about people is how upset they get if someone doesn’t
like what they like. I don’t know why they get so upset if I’m not a fan of the
same music or movie or TV show or sports team or whatever that they are. It’s
not personal y’all!
Anytime I mention that I don’t like today’s country music
someone invariably will say “Well I guess you don’t like me either because I’m
a big fan of country music.” Why would they think that? Why do I have to like country
music to like them, or be their friend? Do I have to like EVERY SINGLE SINGER
AND MUSICIAN who considers themselves “country?”
I get that there are a lot of a-holes out there who hate
everyone and everything. It is kind of exhausting having them show up all the
time to make sure that you know that they hate whatever it is you like. If you
post “Man, that was a great episode of last night,”
it seems like there’s always somebody there to tell you that the show you
mentioned sucks. I get it. It does get old.
If you notice though, it’s pretty much the same people
making the negative comments all the time. It’s the same people who care so
little about the Super Bowl (or The Oscars or whatever big event is on at the
time) that they have to go on Facebook and Twitter several times to let
everyone know that they don’t care. As if WE care. But, like I said, those
grumpy, bitchy, whiny people always hate everything. You expect it. Or you
should anyway.
What I’m talking about are people who ask me if I liked, say,
the show “Friends.” I will say “No, I never found it all that funny.” It’s
amazing how often people take that as a personal attack. Almost a “HOW DARE
YOU?!”
Art, like beauty is subjective. We have our likes and
dislikes and sometimes we like things that are very popular. Sometimes we like
things that result in being mocked by our friends. People constantly criticize
me for being a Miley Cyrus fan. I can’t help it. She pisses people off and I
find it hilarious mostly because they can seem to explain WHY they’re so pissed
at her.
I’ve actually met people who don’t like “The Godfather”
movies. No really! And I’ve met people who didn’t like “Goodfellas.” I worry
about these people sometimes, but I respect their opinion no matter how messed
up it is. I’ve also met people who think “The Bill Engval Show” was hilarious.
Again, that’s a bit whack, but okay.
The weirdest thing to me is when people apply this crazy
attitude to sports. I don’t get why they think I should be a fan of their team
and are hurt when I’m not. Seriously, there are people out there who are genuinely
personally hurt and offended when I don’t root for their team, when they’re
playing MY team. I call these people “Kentucky Basketball Fans.” Fascinating
group of people, many of whom I love very much, but they should probably be
studied by a sociologist and a psychologist and other –ogists.
Of course this same phenomenon applies to politics, but it’s
a little different there. People are beholden to their partisan political
beliefs and can’t stand to have their world view challenged. Plus, anyone who
disagrees with them hates America or is a racist or both and it goes and on and
on and on.
Anyway, quit taking it so personally when someone doesn’t
like what you like. Also, quit being an asshole hating on everything and
everybody all the time. Oh and if you don’t like the TV show “Justified” you
are probably the dumbest, most pathetic idiot that has ever lived. Just
kidding! Kind of.
