In my previous post I spoke about how I like Star Trek: Starfleet Academy while others didn’t because reasons. After I posted it I was thinking about how people who don’t like something feel it is their duty to dump on anyone who dares like it instead and that prompted this post. It is ok to not like something, but just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean you get to harass people who like it.
Over the weekend I was at this flea market with my cousin and we were talking about books and movies. Somehow the topic of Lord of the Rings came up and I told her that I absolutely dislike the books because the author spends 10 pages telling you what was there for breakfast. Her reaction was to the affect of “what is wrong with you? How can you not like it???”. I shared why I don’t like it and she shared that she likes the books especially because of the world building. I could have dumped on her to make her feel bad but why do that? People are allowed to have different tastes and likings.
Jani and me are polar opposites in the movies and books we both like and that is ok. I don’t care for Christmas movies or romcoms while she doesn’t like scifi/fantasy movies. Should I make her feel bad about liking such movies? Of course not. I do however make fun of them sometimes but not to the point where you put down the person liking the movie.
So, long story short. If you don’t like a movie or a book or whatever and someone else does. You don’t get to crap on their happiness in enjoying it. It is ok to disagree and discuss the reason why you don’t like it (up to a point) but you shouldn’t put them down (as a person) for liking it.
– Suramya