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Like, I think that some people feel that because *they* can maybe use something in a safe manner, to point out the risks comes off as a direct attack. Or, maybe it's just "I like this thing, please don't take this thing away from me."

At the core is having never built and curated a taste. Stuck at the sensibilities of a child. It's why AI appeals to so many of them, because it's more of a toy (and feels guided by an adult in the background) than an actual tool as they pretend. If someone doesn't like your toy, they're stupid.

Yeah, I think that's it - I think it's why a lot of the appeals to logic fail on these types of person. They aren't coming at it from a logical place to start with.

I think this was the case for a lot of communities but just wasn't as visible in the past because the internet was a lot more disconnected. I was in a lot of small/niche internet communities in the late 90's and early 00's and there were a lot of forums dedicated to specific things where it wasn't

uncommon for some posters' identities to be tied to a show or game series. Since these were places you actively had to search for or already be involved with it wasn't visible to most people, but now with social media it's just on full display.

That's a good point - man, I miss forums. Yeah I vaguely remember that sort of persona - I think the fact that we had lots of different insular places to commune was helpful, too.