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Leonhart4 posted...

I don't care if I like unpopular things but I also tend not to take someone seriously if they try to argue that said unpopular thing is "objectively" bad

Popularity has nothing to do with it.

There are plenty of unpopular things I would say are objectively bad and plenty of unpopular things I would say are not. There are plenty of things I find ugly that I would call objectively ugly and plenty of things I find ugly that I would not call objectively ugly.

The problem is when you can't distinguish why something might be considered objectively bad and try to extend that to say that nobody can and that it has to be a matter of opinion. Often the issue is a lack of knowledge and ability to articulate than it being completely a matter of opinion.

I mean yes some things are completely a matter of style choices. Red car vs blue car. No one is going to argue either one is objectively better. How about a new car with a leather interior vs a new car that has had dog poop sitting in it for 2 days. Which one smells better? Surely the dog poop car can only smell bad subjectively as smells are a matter of opinion, right?