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Idk, man. There's a certain vapid hollowness to a lot of the consumerist fan cultures.
Like, I'm not going to complain that you've got a desk covered in "I love golf" tchotchkes or bobble heads of your favorite movie character all over your bedroom or Batman's logo tattooed on your arm. But I'm not going to admire you for it.
It's nice not to be so self-conscious that you can't enjoy yourself and cultivate friends who enjoy the same thing. But sometimes its also nice to do a little bit of introspection when other people are consistently turned off by what you're doing with all your time and money.
Given how hung up you are with what other people enjoy (it's sooo gracious of you to not complain to them directly) and your judgement of the "quality" of that enjoyment, maybe you should try a little more of that introspection you seem to admire. As long as they're not hurting anyone else, their hobbies are theirs. Not everybody needs to be a philosopher for their hobbies to have meaning to them. This post isn't about YOU approving or accepting of other people's weird hobbies. It's about admiring people because of their enthusiasm, regardless of you or anyone else thinks. Focusing on your own judgmental attitudes about those hobbies totally and completely misses the point.
I'm just speaking my truth, bro.
That's my point. Your judgemental "speaking your truth" is antithetical to the entire point of the post. To be sure, it is a paradox of tolerance, but that's no excuse.