Enjoy Yourself and Don't Apologize For It

[luna_manar]

I keep running into people who act like this: "Only pussies feel emotions, so the only emotion I ever feel is anger--at whatever made me feel something, or at myself for feeling it."

No one ever actually says that, but I've noticed a pattern that when someone is subjected to an emotional situation or piece of art or idea, their first reaction to

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[seirai]

So much this!

This attitude doesn't make your taste or opinions any more sophisticated. If anything, you're spending more energy analyzing how you look to other people. (And anger and disdain are emotions, believe it or not...)

I want to enjoy things without being told there is something flawed about unreserved emotion.

[uragirimono]

I tuned that out ages ago. I like enjoying what I like, and I have no time for people that are constantly trying to tear things down. It's just trolling so if someone starts to pick apart something I like to try and insult me or something I just think "Really?" and flash the most appropriate face.