Yeah, no, it's still really fucking stupid. Imagine if I said "I don't like live action TV", just think about how wide-reaching and incredibly
ignorant that sounds. There is a ridiculously huge range of TV shows spanning many genres - it is simply not possible that you cannot find at least something you like in that entire medium. Quite frankly I don't care if you
think you're justified in your bias, writing off an entire medium, regardless of your so-called "justification", is incredibly stupid and meaningless.
I mean, okay, if you said something like "I don't like harem series", "I don't like beta male MCs", "I don't like Japanese humor", or anything more concrete and cogent than "I don't like anime" I would actually understand it because it is at least a criticism that makes goddamn sense. Saying "I don't like anime" only tells me that you are small-minded, ignorant, and possibly prejudiced. I have yet to meet a single individual who's told me "I don't like anime" who doesn't meet at least one of these criteria.
Even saying something like "I don't like Western comic books" would be FUCKING IDIOTIC considering the medium consists of far, far more than the stereotypical superhero genre that it's most famous for. Saying "I don't like the art style" would at least make some semblance of
sense but even then not really because there are so many different styles within the medium itself. Does that make sense? It should.
Kind of reminds me of the late Ebert when he said that video games cannot be art, and the massive backlash that ensued. It's simply a fact that Ebert was largely ignorant of the medium that he was criticizing, and when you're ignorant of what you're criticizing it's no goddamn wonder you get people angry when they read your bullshit.
"I don't like anime"
"I don't like TV"
"I don't like movies"
"I don't like books"
"I don't like video games"
I don't goddamn care what excuses you come up with, anyone who says
any one of these lines automatically signposts "I am a moron" upon their person and the only way they can remove it is by taking back their goddamn words and realizing and admitting how incredibly stupid they sound.
Now here's an alternative that you can say that won't push my rage buttons: "I don't
watch TV." "I don't
watch anime." "I don't
watch movies." "I don't
read comic books." "I don't
play video games." Look at that! They're not loaded statements that immediately put your tastes and knowledge to question, and allow you to simply admit that you are ignorant of the thing that you are definitely ignorant about! How about that?!
NOW GOOD DAY TO YOU, SIR.
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