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There's this new movie or show out. It's quite popular, but from what you've read about it, [[Hype Aversion|somehow you don't really want to go out and see it]]. But then you see fans who are recommending the show to all their friends, crying, "It's better than it sounds!" So you go out and watch it. [[Hype Backlash|You're not impressed, maybe even appalled]]. You're so disappointed that you decide to write up an extensive list of what you consider to be the show's flaws. The show's fans won't take this kindly; some of them think what you're saying about ''their'' show is [[Hate Dumb]] of the worst order.
Now you're faced with a host of angry replies from fans, demanding that you [[Don't Like, Don't Read|stop talking about the show if you didn't like it]], after they insult your sexuality, mental capabilities, and other such things. This massive bitching is justified in ''some'' communities: if you don't think show X has any redeeming qualities, why would you post on the Official Fan Forum, [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]]? But even that can go too far, and this could happen to you on your own private forum.
As is the case with [[Fan Hater|Fan Haters]] and [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]], no one truly expects that maybe, just ''maybe'' you have a different way of thinking or are looking for different things than them. The immediate response is, at least in Western society, to say that they did not like it because of their intelligence, sexual orientation, or hatred of minorities, and they instantly get defensive about even the most legitimate criticisms. It just doesn't register in their mind that sometimes some shows are just not somebody's cup of tea.
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Of course, some of this is ever-so-slightly justified: the more people share your tastes, the better the chances the sort of stuff you like will become widely available, stop getting cancelled, or even get made in the first place. Conversely, a large naysaying consensus could affect the market for your favourite series/genre/whatever. But it's almost impossible to argue an ''individual'' person into liking something, much less a market-affecting number of folks. So even where this attitude isn't outright illogical, it's fairly quixotic in practice.
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The only thing worse than people not watching your favorite show is [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|people actually watching it]].
[[No Real Life Examples, Please|Only in-universe examples here please]]. Adding real life examples can tend to devolve into [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]], and the irony tends to make us kind of dizzy.
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