I often look for things I hate to get a good perspective as to why I hate it. My logic is if im going to say I dislike something then I would like to have an understanding of said thing so that I know it's not blind hate (especially if it's something that's universally hated).
1 week ago | 4
I consult material from more rational people with differing viewpoints... though some leave me feeling as though I'm coated in slime with their words. It's the same principle as 'The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg': incorruptibility born of ignorance is mere fallacy. One must experience corruption, understand it, and reject it in full understanding of what it entails. Speaking of... what's your opinion on Mark Twain? He wrote the short story I just mentioned.
2 weeks ago | 15
For the most part yes. I will check out things I do not like when it comes to ideals or ways of doing things in order to at least understand why people felt the need to go that route. Moreso if I may have to talk or share space with people who subscribe to those ideals. It can ease the rage gauge at times to learn stuff /or people at least started with good intentions even if it became very misguided and counter productive in the end.
2 weeks ago | 3
I do try to branch out and experience things I don’t like, even material I don’t agree with, although I don’t always like to and often can’t make it through it. I just feel like if I challenge my own ideals with opposing ones it will make me better understand people around me and help me grow smarter, although that isn’t always the case
2 weeks ago | 2
I like seeing opposite takes on the things I like or dislike, because it helps me understand it better. Maybe it reinforces my like for it, maybe it turns me against it. But I dont like living in a stagnant opinion. I watched Evangelion and thought it sucked. So I rewatched it, spent a few days talking to the community to get answers, changed my mind on some things, came to a better understanding of the series. I still think it sucks, but now I understand why I think it sucks and can appreciate the things I did enjoy about it.
1 week ago | 0
I think looking at different perspectives is always a good thing. You don’t always have to agree with people and the point is usually not to have your mind changed (though that may happen and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that), but it can also be really helpful to figure out why someone with a different perspective believes what they believe.
1 week ago | 0
When I first watched a "Surrounded" video, I was recommended one with a liberal in the center as that is my leaning. I specifically sought out the opposite viewpoint to get the full picture. It was startling how similar it was despite the differing views: the person in the center was calm and well researched, while the majority of those they were debating were unhinged and emotionally charged. We're not so different and I'm glad I went out of my way to see both sides (even though that content is ragebait engagement)
1 week ago | 0
I dont seek out content I dislike. But sometimes I try something new and learn that I dislike it. Or things I've liked in the past I've out grown or no longer feel the same way
2 weeks ago | 1
I started checking out conservative subreddits for like a month after Trump won in 2024 to see the reasons why people still supported him, but the crazy things that they believed depressed me too much and I stopped reading it
1 week ago | 0
i tend to try to see the POV of things before i make a decision on what i like.if i dont like it, i know what to look for next time (or not to) but a lot of the time i seek out this type of thing its to get out of my comfort zone, get new perspectives and reality check myself. otherwise id not know how to talk to people or rationalize why someone exists outside my POV (in an effort to not have constructed myself an echo chamber) but to stick to my values not out of fear but out of a genuine understanding of them.
2 weeks ago | 0
It's important to seek out opinions and inspirations outside your day to day interactions. There's a whole beautiful world out there and no one person will ever experience it all, so let others share and teach you. Or from a more negative viewpoint: You have to know other viewpoints if you want to truly know what you believe. Willful ignorance has never led to wisdom
1 week ago | 0
I don’t go out of my way to find it, but I always end up seeing it. Kind of an inevitability with the internet
2 weeks ago | 0
I have never seen a poll so divided... Also, politically I do constantly watch things that I do not like because I have to stay informed and know where to put my efforts.
2 weeks ago | 1
Hard to answer, because I often try to engage with art that may be uncomfortable or feel icky. That may be "dislike" but I still appreciate the art, so do I like it or dislike it? Idk. But no i dont usually seek out viewpoints contrary to my own, not because "i am right" but because it brings me no joy to be in a place where the other person can only say "you are wrong"
1 week ago | 0
I enjoy most things so long as they are well made. So there’s not much that I don’t like, but even so I used to seek out things I didn’t like because I wanted to see other perspectives, and perhaps on a one on one basis, I may still do so. When it comes to media though, perspectives that I truly don’t like are invariably propaganda and seem only superficially appealing to drag people into a messed up ideology or mindset (even if this is unintentional from the creator of the content). And since media algorithms spread content based off engagement I refuse to give any of them attention in order to reduce (even if slightly) them being spread to people who are still susceptible to that propaganda. I wouldn’t recommend anyone else do this though unless they truly and deeply understand exactly why those people have those other perspectives; because only if you understand the alternative can you truly know that you are correct.
1 week ago | 0
I don't seek things I know I'll dislike but for example I like watching critiques on games and stuff I really love just to see other perspectives to see if it makes me think differently of the media
1 week ago | 0
ProfessorViral
Do you ever seek out content you don't like for some reason? For example, I'm pretty empirical in my approach to most every-day matters, but occasionally I check out more rationalist things almost as a matter of inspiration, to try and get in the head of someone who believes it, or because the logic, even if not founded in careful tests, is an interesting puzzle. Maybe that's just "enjoying" it? But it feels distinct
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