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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8445784" data-attributes="member: 7023840">So I don't know that the divide is worth going over again- but if a person self-identifies as a fan of something, then why not? I mean, who am I to judge? I thought this was the whole &quot;high culture, low culture&quot; thing we try to avoid.I remember someone who told me that they loved comedy, and they loved Dane Cook (this was, oh, 12 years ago maybe?). Now, I have my own ... reservations ... and judgey judgey about that kind of statement, but hey- why not?Hidden behind the verbiage I often see is the implicit assertion- once you know better, your taste will improve, and you will like the things that I do. I just don't agree with that. We've seen this time and again- &quot;genre&quot; films were disreputable, until Cahiers du Cinema. Pop culture wasn't high art- but what about Warhol or Lichtenstein? You have to understand art in order to make art. Unless it's outsider art. Or primitive art. Or ... whatever.You get the idea. I live by a few, simple ideas-1. People like what they like.2. Elves are dead-eyed, soulless abominations.3. It is better and easier to convince someone to try something by telling them that this is new thing is good and fun, than by trying to convince them that they are bad or ignorant for liking what they like.4. There are only two things in the world that I cannot abide; people who are intolerant of the roleplaying choices of others, and bards.5. It's better to try and understand the things that D&amp;D is doing right, than to assume it is doing things wrong and people don't know better.6. I don't know about you, but I take comfort knowing that he's out there. The Dude. Takin' er easy for all us sinners arguing on eworld.See? Simple ideas, happy life. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8445784, member: 7023840"] So I don't know that the divide is worth going over again- but if a person self-identifies as a fan of something, then why not? I mean, who am I to judge? I thought this was the whole "high culture, low culture" thing we try to avoid. I remember someone who told me that they loved comedy, and they loved Dane Cook (this was, oh, 12 years ago maybe?). Now, I have my own ... reservations ... and judgey judgey about that kind of statement, but hey- why not? Hidden behind the verbiage I often see is the implicit assertion- [I]once you[/I] [I]know better, your taste will improve, and you will like the things that I do[/I]. I just don't agree with that. We've seen this time and again- "genre" films were disreputable, until Cahiers du Cinema. Pop culture wasn't high art- but what about Warhol or Lichtenstein? You have to understand art in order to make art. Unless it's outsider art. Or primitive art. Or ... whatever. You get the idea. I live by a few, simple ideas- 1. People like what they like. 2. Elves are dead-eyed, soulless abominations. 3. It is better and easier to convince someone to try something by telling them that this is new thing is [I]good and fun[/I], than by trying to convince them that they are bad or ignorant for liking what they like. 4. There are only two things in the world that I cannot abide; people who are intolerant of the roleplaying choices of others, and bards. 5. It's better to try and understand the things that D&D is doing right, than to assume it is doing things wrong and people don't know better. 6. I don't know about you, but I take comfort knowing that he's out there. The Dude. Takin' er easy for all us sinners arguing on eworld. See? Simple ideas, happy life. :) [/QUOTE]

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