Why are people so touchy about media likes and dislikes?

Oh, who the bloody hell knows? I get a lot of grief from people because I never liked an extremely popular TV show that stopped airing a few years ago. When people ask me “What was your favorite episode” I answer that I never got into it, and often am accused of “not getting it” in an angry way. I “got” it, I just didn’t like it. I don’t care that so many did, but I’ve been accused of having no sense of humor, or of judging them.
OK, rant over, to answer your Q, I think people just think you are judging them harshly for liking something that you don’t.

@JilltheTooth, so you never watched Seinfeld either?

Oh, @Judi , you just outed me! I tried, I really did! Have you found that it inspired actual anger when you admitted that you didn’t? I am always kerflummoxed by that…

I hated Seinfeld. The venality of the lead characters was very off-putting.

Big lurve for you girls!

The same sort of ownership mentality that makes people fiercely loyal to sports teams. It’s not as if you personally recruited the players, paid the coach and called the plays, dude! Why do you think you get credit for the win?

I also get a lot of flack for not liking The Office.

me, too

Likes and dislike on youtube.

Likes only on facebook [ people can’t share their true feelings there ]

But I can’t explain why people do not like others when they do not like a certain show / media / artist / band etc etc. It’s like all we gotta have the same likes.

@JilltheTooth @Judi I hate both of those shows, too. I made myself watch all of Seinfeld just so I would know, but it’s very hard to root for anyone. And yes, people seem truly insulted and really angry when they find out I don’t like either show. Like, you’d think I just told them I slept with their sister, angry.

KatawaGrey and I call it “The Seinfeld Conundrum”. A severe over-reaction from an otherwise rational person on discovering a minor difference in entertainment preferences.

@JilltheTooth Ironically, it would make for a really traditional “something over nothing/show about nothing” Seinfeld episode.

Ooh, good one, Boobs! I still wouldn’t watch it! :-)

I think it’s interesting when people are offended that you like something that they don’t. I experience this with the show “The Big Bang Theory.” Some people I’ve spoken to get angry at me because I’m a big fan of that show, which is silly. I’ve never told someone that they just have to watch it or that they don’t get it. It’s just that I like it and they don’t. People get mad at me because I like something they really don’t like. It’s silly.

I have no answer as to why people get so angry with others’ apparent likes or dislikes as far as media is concerned.

I think a tv show can become a very personal feeling. People get very attached to the characters and stories in their favourite shows. So, I can understand how someone may take it as an insult when another belittles that show. You are insulting something the person holds dear to them (yes, even a tv show). So, it is easy for them to feel hurt by it.

I don’t get mad or insulted when people don’t like shows I do like. But, I do find myself feeling a bit insulted when someone is downright rude about it I guess. It’s something I enjoy, so leave it alone already ..lol. It’s like making fun of a hobby someone is really into ..hobbies are very involving and personal in so many different ways. It is hard when someone belittles something you feel is important.

I never got into Seinfeld ..because I really didn’t care for Jerry himself. I’m not into the Survivor shows (to the angst of my sister) ..and most reality tv shows. The Big Bang Theory is one my absolute favourites but I only know a few people that watch it.

Well, @PluckyDog , now you know 2 more Big Bang fans…Bazinga!
The thing about the “Seinfeld Conundrum” is that we don’t belittle the show or the characters (except to each other) so it’s never an insult to others, it’s simply a non-thing. When I was way younger (way way way younger) I didn’t like the Rolling Stones when they first came on the music scene and the abuse I suffered for that was pretty phenomenal. I was the un-coolest 12 year old on the planet. I’m amazed I survived.

@JilltheTooth I believe you. I don’t like Led Zeppelin. I’ve tried, I really have, and they just aren’t my thing. My hippie friends get pissed.

@MyNewtBoobs; I’ve tried to like Jazz. The idea is so cool, and it the culture….. The closest I can get is the blues.

@Judi I refer to Improvisational Jazz as musical masturbation. The performers totally get off on it and the observers are mostly unsatisfied with the experience.

@Judi, take a little listen to Dave Brubeck. He does the kind of Jazz that doesn’t make your teeth itch.

SEINFELD RULES, YOU HATERS!

Um, yeah, people can go crazy about anything.