# My tastes and preferences are superior to yours. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578 "2010-05-24T15:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/1 "2010-05-24T15:29:03Z")
My tastes and preferences in food, music, literature, television, and other visual and performing arts are correct, and thus superior to yours. I am also far more open-minded than you, and more open to new experiences. If you have dislikes for a certain kind of food, music, or something else, you’re just a closed-minded, intellectually challenged and suspect individual that I can only pity. There are things I dislike too, but that’s different, because I can’t imagine anyone liking what I don’t like. Thus, my dislikes are correct, and more justified than yours. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/2 "2010-05-24T15:35:26Z")
Well, darn. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/3 "2010-05-24T15:36:32Z")
So, it seems that your only character flaw is that you are just too modest about your exquisite tastes. Are you afraid of hurting our feelings? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/4 "2010-05-24T15:44:10Z")
That isn’t a flaw, it’s a feature. Those of us with exquisite tastes are too polite to flaunt our superiority. But hiding our greatness would be a sin. See? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/5 "2010-05-24T15:58:48Z")
I found a flaw in your statement. I’m sure that someone will come along and claim that they don’t own a television set thus proving that their tastes are better than yours. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/6 "2010-05-24T16:01:03Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I found a flaw in your statement. I’m sure that someone will come along and claim that they don’t own a television set thus proving that their tastes are better than yours. I’ve not heard of this “television” that you speak of but I’m sure it would be beneath me. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/7 "2010-05-24T16:02:08Z")
I’m inferior to everyone I know and have ever met, so you’re nothing special to me. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/8 "2010-05-24T16:39:27Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m inferior to everyone I know and have ever met, so you’re nothing special to me. God, I hate a sneak-bragger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/9 "2010-05-24T16:58:31Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > My tastes and preferences in food, music, literature, television, and other visual and performing arts are correct, and thus superior to yours. I am also far more open-minded than you, and more open to new experiences. If you have dislikes for a certain kind of food, music, or something else, you’re just a closed-minded, intellectually challenged and suspect individual that I can only pity. There are things I dislike too, but that’s different, because I can’t imagine anyone liking what I don’t like. Thus, my dislikes are correct, and more justified than yours. Ah, but the fact that you judge other people based on superficial qualities like their personalities and interests is proof that I am _morally_ superior to you. I could never fathom judging people for any reason whatsoever, and find this whole idea of judgment appalling and reprehensible. Only morally bankrupt swine could judge others as inferior. Therefore, you are inferior. ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/10 "2010-05-24T17:13:59Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I could never fathom judging people for any reason whatsoever, and find this whole idea of judgment appalling and reprehensible. Only morally bankrupt swine could judge others as inferior. Therefore, you are inferior. But don’t you know that morality is merely a social construct that shackles the unenlightened? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/11 "2010-05-24T17:15:58Z")
How did \*\*lissener \*\*post under **elmwood’s** name? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/12 "2010-05-24T17:39:55Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > My tastes and preferences in food, music, literature, television, and other visual and performing arts are correct, and thus superior to yours. I am also far more open-minded than you, and more open to new experiences. If you have dislikes for a certain kind of food, music, or something else, you’re just a closed-minded, intellectually challenged and suspect individual that I can only pity. There are things I dislike too, but that’s different, because I can’t imagine anyone liking what I don’t like. Thus, my dislikes are correct, and more justified than yours. You are obviously still young enough to care. ---
**Author:** ![XanderCrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee59a6/32.png) [@XanderCrews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XanderCrews)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/13 "2010-05-24T17:49:04Z")
I used to be conceited, but now I’m perfect. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/14 "2010-05-24T19:19:04Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > God, I hate a sneak-bragger. I was going to say about this, “For the win” until I read this… > [@needscoffee](#): > > How did lissener post under elmwood’s name? Regarding this TV business, true classiness is to own one, but it must be a 12" black and white. In this regard, I rule! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/15 "2010-05-24T20:03:45Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > How did \*\*lissener \*\*post under **elmwood’s** name? No personal insults in MPSIMS. Don’t do this again. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![PsyXe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@PsyXe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsyXe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/16 "2010-05-24T21:05:22Z")
And I don’t have opinions, or beliefs. I only have facts. Hey, that could be a Chuck Norris joke! _Chuck Norris doesn’t have opinions. He has facts._ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/17 "2010-05-24T22:13:43Z")
Nothing can be said to truly exist, therefore nothing is neither superior nor inferior. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/18 "2010-05-24T22:45:08Z")
What, that’s the _only_ idiotic non-reason that you feel you’re superior to everyone else? Slacker. As far as I can tell, most people have smugly reveled in at least eight of these by lunchtime. Get with the program, or feel the wrath of baseless inferiority. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/19 "2010-05-25T01:29:47Z")
I almost not-posted to show how nonjudgmental I am. Expressing thoughts about right/wrong, superior/inferior are for those that care what others think. I just know. However, I thought my non-post post would fail to penetrate your understanding and taste, so I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578/20 "2010-05-25T05:57:16Z")
> [@PsyXe](#): > > And I don’t have opinions, or beliefs. I only have facts. > > Hey, that could be a Chuck Norris joke! > _Chuck Norris doesn’t have opinions. He has facts._ Who is this Chuck Norris person? Is he some sort of _famous_ individual? Because I deliberately avoid knowing about that sort of thing. Only the hoi polloi bother with that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tastes-and-preferences-are-superior-to-yours/540578.md?page=2)