Strain42 said:
Because you don't like something that's popular? Not disliking it BECAUSE it's popular, but just something being popular and you genuinely don't like it.
That's been happening to me a lot lately (even more so since I got my new glasses which are admittedly slightly hipsterish in appearance)
Does anyone else ever find themselves in this scenario?
I hated the mainstream before it was cool.
I haven't been called a hipster, but before that term became mainstream, I was called an elitist frequently for my musical tastes. The funny thing is, I listen to a lot of mainstream music, just not necessarily the mainstream music the person talking to listens to, and thus...Elitist.
Similarly, I'm getting called out on not liking My Little Pony. There are actually people out there that simply do not like this show. It's not a crime, not a sin, not a transgression against humanity.
But the only reasons people can think of that I dislike the show is "it's cool to hate" or "You hate it because it's popular."
I'll get called a hipster eventually, I'm almost sure of it.