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[Mighty Midget]

I find myself sitting here wondering: Why are so many of them Youtube comments so way beyond braindead? Why is it we all dance the war dance every time someone doesn't agree with us on "who's the better artist, this guy or that guy?", "which game genre is the best?"... ok, I guess you got it. Why are we so protective towards our own taste? Why are we so upset when someone doesn't share our taste? Is it really that easy: That "they" are just a bunch of ******s who wouldn't know good taste if it filled their throats? Are they all just having jolly good fun, or is there something in us that makes us go ape every time someone disagree with us?

Or: Are these questions relevant at all?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Well, there are situations where it's simple like that everyone has their own preferences.

On the other hand, if you see someone praising a backwards, under-developed, under-tested under-optimized piece of crap... well, it's obvious that one of three scenarios applies: a) he hasn't played much games so far or was sitting under a rock for several years of game releases, b) he's a fanboy or c) he really doesn't have any taste whatsoever.

[Mighty Midget]

Own preferences, sure. But that's kind of right at the core here. Our own preferences, too often disregarding the fact that no matter how we turn it around, it still remains our own preferences, not some Universal taste, or guideline to what good taste should be.

As for the rest:

[Blood-Pigggy]

YouTube is filled with teenagers and morons who think it's non-conformist to follow every conspiracy theory out there.

It's the truth, if you can't write a proper sentence you have no useful input whatsoever on any subject.
You ignore anything that sounds like it was written by a donkey lapping up mercury.

[Mighty Midget]

As to what to ignore, I'm inclined to ignore all the comments at youtube, especially those on music vids. The question is not really about ignoring it all but rather, what causes people to go ape. Coz they think they're all individuals by going ape together? Perhaps. I dunno.

[Blood-Pigggy]

What causes them to? There are either two reasons.

One, they are malformed troglodytes who have little to no knowledge of anything - mixed with a mild sense of self importance and the fact that their age group lies somewhere in between nine and eighteen years old. This combines to create an unfettered mind full of imbecilic comments that serve to only fill up 90% of YouTube with mind numbing acidic brain melting nuggets of drudgery.

Two, they are the people who attempt to swim around the aforementioned morons.