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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
People do not want to hear anyone tell them that their choice might be wrong, and they all want to tink that they're better than everyone else. This has turned us into a society of fucking morons getting into dick-waving contests over whose car really is the automotive reincarnation of Christ and whose is a suclptured turd.
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That's where this doesn't really make sense to me. The brand loyalty I understand. It's the hostility to rivals of companies you choose to patronize that I find baffling. People who like Coke better and people who like Pepsi better are both right in their choice.
I can be right about say, a Windows machine being better suited to my purposes , needs, and tastes. For me, a Windows PC is better. At the same time, for a Mac fan, a Mac is better. We're both right.
See and the sports thing I see as the ultimate in brand loyalty, because in the end, the brand is all there really is. I mean, if you are a long time Yankees fan but hate the Red Socks, what are you really a fan of? Are the players or the coaches the same as they were 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago? To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, all you're really rooting for is the uniform.
It's not like arguing about the relative merits of competing products isn't fun. It helps to hone critical thinking skills. I have a blast arguing comic book "who would beat whom" in a fight scenarios, but I'm constantly amazed at how often people get so wrapped up in these things that they end up getting pissy, insult other's intelligence, and get suspended or banned over which fictional character would beat which. But the hostility towards products/brands that you don't happen to patronize will never make sense to me.
I understand the thing about tribalism. But saying that I like X, and I identify and connect to others who like X, and even extolling the virtues of X does not mean that I must criticize rival Y.