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Sometimes, however, this argument is valid. If someone leaves a review on a story, complaining about an aspect of that story which was [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|clearly labeled on the outside packaging]], it's perfectly okay to just shout this phrase in response. That won't help The Reader, but frankly he's got [[What an Idiot!|larger problems]] anyhow.
Furthermore, Authors, and producers of entertainment content in general, must also deal with that wonderful trait called [[Fan Dumb]]. Fans can become possessive of their favorite franchises, and can have very specific ideas of where they want the story to go... ideas that, even if they aren't just legitimately bad, are simply [[Cutting Off the Branches|not where the writer wants to go]]. When beleaugered with such requests for [[Character Derailment]], [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|waste of perfectly good plot]] or other betrayals of the story's or writer's artistic integrity, well-meaning though they may be, "[[Don't Like, Don't Read]]"--or perhaps "''Won't'' Like, Don't Read"--can be the simplest defense at hand. Especially since the alternative is [[Executive Meddling]] at its best, [[Pandering to The Base]] at worst.
Inevitably, going beyond just matters of preference, this phrase sometimes gets raised in objection to ''any'' criticism of works, even those made by actual fans. Further, someone's "bashing" may involve perfectly valid criticisms that aren't easily blown off.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Has been heard like a mantra on ''[[
* ''[[Jersey Shore]]'' (one of [[MTV]]'s reality shows) cast member "Snooki"'s response that the show reinforced negative stereotype that Italian-Americans were nothing but loud-mouthed partying guidos: ""FUCK YOU! If you don't want to watch, don't watch. Just shut the hell up! I'm serious. FUCK YOU!"
** ...which is, ironically (intentionally so, it is to be hoped), just what a stereotypical loud-mouthed guido would say.
* ''[[I Carly]]'': Seddie is Seddie, Creddie is Creddie, and [[Ship
* Co-creator of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' Larry David would often state "If you don't like it, please don't watch" in response to various criticisms of the show
* In a press conference before the ''[[
* In a pre-series [http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/02/22/kamen-rider-returns-to-us-television/ interview], ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]]'''s producer Steve Wang commented on [[Fan Dumb|fans]] who [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|automatically hate any US adaptation without giving it a fair shot]], saying (in so many words) that ''Dragon Knight'' wasn't for them, and that he'd be the first to suggest they just not bother watching the show at all to save themselves the trouble of going to the fan forums and [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like|bitching about it]].
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* Easy mode. People complaining ''about'' easy mode existing (Not just the [[It's Easy, So It Sucks|game itself being easy]], that's a different story entirely) are often told "Don't like easy mode? Play ''HARD''!". Course it's hard to tell what's not just [[Flame Bait]].
** And Nintendo even put the Super guide in ''New Super Mario Brothers Wii'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. Even when it was announced, the forums were ''full'' of screaming that it's being dumbed down and that gamers wouldn't even have to look up at [[Game FAQs]]. But guess what? Five of us were pointing out that the use of this technology is completely ''optional'' - And even using it becomes an [[Easy Mode Mockery]] and blocks one hundred percent completion. Naturally, they are just complaining that it ''EXISTS'' - It's ''less'' tedious to ''not'' use it because you have to die ''eight times'' before it's offered. Most of the time; you'd run out of lives.
*** There's even an apparent super guide in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time 3D]]'' offering solutions to puzzles for people who have not played the game or any of its hundreds of rereleases and remakes before (all sixteen of us). According to reviewers; in order to view these videos, you have to go back to Kokori village. It's actually ''less'' tedious to just figure the puzzle out yourself or, since it's for a portable system, go to [[Game FAQs]] or load up a video on [[YouTube]] showinghow it's done.
*** Or you can just hit the HOME button, which freezes the game at where you are at, open the built in web browser go to the guide on the internet and then look up how its done. The web browser even keeps your spot so if you want to look at the next thing you can just repeat these actions.
** ''[[Fire Emblem Awakening]]'' has a "Casual mode" in which character death isn't permanent. Cue the complaints of dumbing down the series or how it's ''the easiest fire emblem game'' [[What an Idiot!|Despite announcements that the game has a "Classic mode" which Character Death IS permanent, and the fact that the game is going to have difficulty settings.]]
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* A mild example: Jeffrey Darlington, creator of ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', has been known to advise complainers to take a vacation from the comic until after however many months. Basically, don't read the current arc, but come back when it's over.
* There is a comic drawing contest called the Daily Grind. The rules are simple. Post a 2+ panel comic each day, Mon-Fri and never miss a day. Each person put in twenty bucks when the contest started and the artist who goes the longest without missing an update wins. The winner takes the entire pot. The basic concept behind this contest was to provide an incentive for people to post regularly, and thus draw more frequently and improve their skills. Despite "improving your skills!" being the primary purpose of the contest, many of the lower quality comic strips were blatantly attacked for being low quality by people attempting to shame them into dropping out and letting somebody who "deserves" to win continue. The entire Daily Grind community would invariably all join forces to yell this trope at them.
* [[Andrew Hussie]] of ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' has responded to people not liking ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|because it is not like]] [[Problem Sleuth]] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/781027547 with] [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?32178-Anyone-else-think-Hussie-should-cut-down-on-the-Pesterlogs-a-bit&p=4125631&viewfull=1#post4125631 several] [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29915-Pester-Chum-s-are-too-long!!&p=3857423&viewfull=1#post3857423 essays'] [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29915-Pester-Chum-s-are-too-long!!&p=3859169&viewfull=1#post3859169 worth] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/750738682 of] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/780995992 rant] [http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29915-Pester-Chum-s-are-too-long!!&p=3859225&viewfull=1#post3859225 that] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1158778979 all] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1093953142 boil] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1093935286 down] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1001292582 to] "I'm doing it the way I want. [[Don't Like, Don't Read|If you don't like Homestuck, don't read it]]." "Go read Problem Sleuth" has become a stock fan response to complaints, which apparently implies that [[Double Standard|the fans are all incredibly dogmatic]].
* Gets said almost daily to one ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' troll/hater or another on the [[Insistent Terminology|fora]].
* In the first [[Megatokyo]] compilation book, one of Piro's commentaries mentions that after an early strip that broke away from the gag-a-day norm for the sake of the story, a reader said that he would stop reading if Piro did something like that again. The author's response was basically, "go ahead, I'm not forcing you to read it."
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