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1/ So, a quick story about hating on things: when I was living with my best friend, his GF, and my GF they all liked to watch the show Friends. I was too cool for it. It was popular and thus, I assumed, bad. I hated it and made sure to voice my disapproval when I could.
2/ The three of them watched it without me but we lived together and every now and again I'd poke my head in the room for whatever reason. I tried heroically to disapprove while I talked to them. But, you know, it made me laugh every now and again.
3/ So I'd spend longer watching it with them while still harrumphing at it until finally I couldn't deny the fact that I did, in fact, like it. And I watched through every stupid episode and was forced to admit it was in fact funny and I was in fact wrong.
4/ Point is, I realized that I am not right about everything and harrumphing is less fun than enjoying things even if you think they're "beneath you" - and even if you don't like them, depriving someone of a harmless joy is one of the worst things you can do.
5/ Maybe I told you this story, IDK, but I'm watching through it again with my wife who had the same initial reaction at first & now she likes it. Don't tell her I told you. And the point is the same, but it's an important one: don't miss on silly joys just because they're silly.
6/ Life is terrible and sad. Young people get old, dreams die, people die, there's no real justice or karma to balance the wrongs. But silly things that make you happy make those things tolerable. Don't ever take them from someone. It's one of the worst things you can do.
7/ And, odds are, you're taking them from yourself too. Living on a throne of superiority is lonely and dull. Telling people why the things they like suck is boring. That's what I learned from that show. And also it makes me laugh, when I'm sad right now. So that's a plus.
8/ You never know what someone is clinging to to make them feel okay. Maybe it's anime, a TV show, toys, video games, whatever. Kicking them off that cliff isn't who you want to be. It's not who I want to be. I try never to forget that. Let people love what they love.
