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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4898000" data-attributes="member: 22779">Heh, Diaglo.&nbsp; I haven't seen that in a while.&nbsp; It always makes me giggle.&nbsp; There's just something... right in the world after reading that.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />/cynic mode onThe purpose of the vast majority of the labels is to act as lazy short hand for saying, &quot;I don't like X, therefore X is crap&quot; that happens far too often.&nbsp; Why bother actually trying to analyze your preferences when you can simply say, &quot;This is not X, I like X, therefore this is crap&quot;?&nbsp; Analysis is difficult.&nbsp; Spouting off elitist geek labels in vain attempts at geek dominance games is much easier and less taxing of brain power./end cynic mode.Honestly, labels can be useful.&nbsp; Being able to categorize is the basis for almost all analysis of just about anything.&nbsp; You can't talk about beetles, for example (a topic in my house currently as my daughters have a pair of honking huge ones!) without breaking them down by type, where they live, what they eat, even male/female.And if you think taxonomy is without contention, I've got a few journals for you to read.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />So, yeah, it can foster discussion to have fairly well defined labels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4898000, member: 22779"] Heh, Diaglo. I haven't seen that in a while. It always makes me giggle. There's just something... right in the world after reading that. :D /cynic mode on The purpose of the vast majority of the labels is to act as lazy short hand for saying, "I don't like X, therefore X is crap" that happens far too often. Why bother actually trying to analyze your preferences when you can simply say, "This is not X, I like X, therefore this is crap"? Analysis is difficult. Spouting off elitist geek labels in vain attempts at geek dominance games is much easier and less taxing of brain power. /end cynic mode. Honestly, labels can be useful. Being able to categorize is the basis for almost all analysis of just about anything. You can't talk about beetles, for example (a topic in my house currently as my daughters have a pair of honking huge ones!) without breaking them down by type, where they live, what they eat, even male/female. And if you think taxonomy is without contention, I've got a few journals for you to read. :p So, yeah, it can foster discussion to have fairly well defined labels. [/QUOTE]

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