TheRealRouges said:@literallyeurope so in 2024 liking actually good things and disliking bad things, to the point of trying to have a normal conversation which is being denied because the other person while not having any real arguments doesn't want to listen to anything different from his own (I could guess uninformed) "opinion" because taste is subjective (it's easy this way, isnt it, not having to use the brain?) have become the epitome of being an elitist, damn the world is crazy in this futuristic world huh? I would rather define an elitist as someone who tries to gatekeep what he deems incredible while insulting thoes he considers simpletons with no taste. Gatekeeping and insulting people is not in my philosophy, I could spend hours trying to explain why the opinion of the person I'm talking to is wrong while being perfectly gentle, while sounding patronizing to those who don't want to comprehend the intention because they are too afraid of confrontation and dialogue. Sorry, I shouldn't have summarized in this comment the trend of the last few years of this world...
I don't even wholly disagree with you here, sometimes I view the animation & cinematography quality, exposure, and popularity of shows like sword art online and demon slayer and go man I wish other shows I liked the writing of more got this sort of treatment, however I think viewing a series based solely off of its writing and deciding that's the factor that must decide the rest is basically the Google definition of elitist.
I know some terms nowadays are tossed around so much to where depending on the person, they have multiple meanings like 'filler', but I feel like my mostly commonly agreed upon definition of an elitist is someone who believes their opinions should be moreso forced on others, putting down opposing opinions, which I would also say the complaint of the general opinion of the mass that dictates the success and popularity of shows would wanton a change of the status quo to fit your opinion which you believe is better than the current...
But bro you implied that your opinion is that people who like jjk or csm are media illiterate, alongside wishing that shows with actual soul were given the attention if that isn't putting down the opinion of others in order to elevate a rather pretentious opinion, idk what is.
I would simply define your definition of an elitist as just simply a gatekeeper I suppose, but being called an elitist ain't shit compared to how harsh you've been, I don't really see why you're complaining i guess