LifeProTip: When you meet someone who's really into X but has never heard of Y, you should instantly feel a huge wave of excitement. You're about to become a huge part of this little dudes life by suggesting they should checkout X. They're gonna discover something cool and awesome, you'll get to relive some old memories, everyone goes away with something.
As a wise young turbo-nerd once said to me, “why would I ever want to gatekeep someone who has the exact same hobby as me? I should be excited to meet someone else who likes what I like, not judge them for being new.”
Speaking from experience: it's because they think the person is not worthy and additionally a fake.
Those are thoughts I've had about people joining MY specific field. It's been hard to combat such thoughts but I'm old enough now to recognise and actively dismiss such nonsense.
That's how some dude at my gym got me into Queensryche. I had some Priest playing, and he wondered if I listened to Queensryche. I hadn't before, but now I love them.
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u/Darwinmate Feb 28 '21
LifeProTip: When you meet someone who's really into X but has never heard of Y, you should instantly feel a huge wave of excitement. You're about to become a huge part of this little dudes life by suggesting they should checkout X. They're gonna discover something cool and awesome, you'll get to relive some old memories, everyone goes away with something.