Upon hearing of someone's excitement or interest in a popular game, many will immediately express their opinion in an unnecessarily disrespectful way. Why is this?[spoiler]inb4 "because I can do whatever I want" edgy kids[/spoiler]
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My best guess? It branches from the need that everyone has to want to stand out. People will deliberately go out of their way to do something different (usually having a negative opinion on something popular) in order to be unique in some way. There's nothing wrong with that, but it angers others due to the negativity. Basically, I think it's just human nature.