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[Anonymous No.19073379]

Is there a book explaining why the appeal for something reduces if it's liked by a lot of people? For example, I remember having a soft spot for Harry Potter until the Internet came into existence and I witnessed how fellow Potterheads act like.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.19073763]

>>19073379
Contrarianism is as bad as trend followers. You don’t need a book to get that.
Maybe read Stirner.

[Anonymous No.19073975]

>>19073763
ok

[Anonymous No.19073990]

>>19073379
If something appeals to the majority, it means it has hit the lowest common denominator. Effectively, it's surface level.
And don't listen to the resident schizo tranny

[Anonymous No.19074019]

>>19073379
Yeah, I get the same feeling here that most of the hate for Harry Potter is more for the fanbase than the actual books. Same thing with Rick and Morty.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.19074035]

>Popular thing baaaad

OP. I simply urge you to seek quality on your own terms, and unashamedly.

>>19073990
>schizo
>posts the Guen

[Anonymous No.19074045]

>>19073379
Butterfly is right, read Nietzsche. Contrarianism is basically slave morality. You are defining yourself in terms of others, by negating their values out of ressentiment.

[Anonymous No.19074076]

>>19073763
>>19074035
Wrong. When artists who want fame in contemporary times tailor their artwork for their majority audience and the vast majority of people have poor taste thus reducing the overall quality of the art.
>>19074045
This isn't Nietzsche

[Anonymous No.19074088]

Because you are aware of the bell curve and know that anything popular appeals to midwiticism, while you are clearly an intelligent gentleman with an IQ of two standard deviations above the harry potter reading masses.

[Anonymous No.19074093]

>>19073763
shut up thats reductionistic.
>>19073379
Its because a thing is not an indiviguized experience. As humans, things are connected to the larger "cultural" or "interpersonal" aspects surrounding it. Its not that what you feel is fake, although you can to some degree try to separate the work from its wider communitive aspect. however, that communitive aspect is still a part of it as a concept, and can taint ones appreciation of the larger subject of "Harry Potter". Its an essentially human dynamic. Contrarianism can be part of the wider thing, but that in itself isn't necessarily bad or good.

Its like any other "scene". You might have really liked the zeitgeist of a band or something, but maybe the adiance changed and the whole "air" changed with it. You might still enjoy the music, but there is this new aspect you do not apreciate.

[Anonymous No.19074094]

>>19074035
i have found quality. i have found she.

[Anonymous No.19074111]

>>19073763
>>19074035
>>19074045
Isnt op asking for WHY it happens rather than WHY its bad?

Weither you should or shouldnt is a little different.
>>19073379
Its because the idea of a thing is not just limited to the thing itself, but also the corollary elements, such as the other people who are into it in a way you find losses some essential element or is unappealing. And as a fanbase grows, thats more and more likely to occure.

[Anonymous No.19074243]

>>19074035
>schizo thinks Guenon is a schizo
You should read the book, tranny, you might learn something new

[Anonymous No.19074282]

>>19073379
An Ape eats a fruit and gets sick. The other apes see this and decide not to eat the fruit.

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>>19074076
I didn’t even bring this aspect up. This another subject.

>>19074111
Weakness. Herd mentality. Anonymous loves it.

>>19074243
Now go look up the definition of schizophrenia

[Anonymous No.19074714]

>>19074111
But what I'm confused about is, the loss of appeal didn't happen because of the content, but for the fellow individuals that too found it appealing. I'm not sure why that would happen since I liked it in the first place solely because of the content and not any other reasons.

[Anonymous No.19074775]

>>19073379
What an utterly mainstream take (unironically ironically, unironically, et cetera). See you on /mu/

[Anonymous No.19074781]

>>19074374
>I didn’t even bring this aspect up. This another subject.
It's obviously what OP implies.

[Anonymous No.19074792]

>>19073379
It's simple correlations. You don't like group X, group X likes book Z, you don't like group Z.
The simple fact is you have more information about book Z once you learn how group X feels about it, it's not irrational.

[Anonymous No.19074794]

>>19074374
You should read the book, tranny, you might learn something new

[Anonymous No.19074801]

>>19074035
Butters, why do you have to poison every thread you participate? This is why no one here likes your

[Anonymous No.19074817]

>>19073763
Most things go bad when enough people get involved. It's just a fact. Nothing contrarian about this.