Do you differentiate what is good and what you like?

[Deleted member 266]

When I was younger, I started to think about the difference between what is good and what I like.

Started to think about
What is technically brilliant?
What is "morally" good as a piece of media?
What is groundbreaking?
What is a work that contributes to social discourse?
What is resonating with the human condition?
What is mechanically mind-blowing?
What is pure pleasure?
What is primally reactive?
What is provocative?
What is "fun"?
What is "Good"?

I wondered how these elements jived with what I like?

So is the question?
Do you find yourself wondering? Do you like something because it's good? Or is it good because you like it?

#Iam12andthisisdeep

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Always. I like what I like. "good / bad" is something differnt

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Just because something is good doesn't mean I always like it but I can at least appreciate that it is good despite having different taste. I can also like something without it being good and recognize that it isn't good.

 

[HelloHound]

just cus you enjoy something doesn't mean the work is inherently "good", alls it mean is that you enjoyed it

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Just because something is good doesn't mean I always like it but I can at least appreciate that it is good despite having different taste. I can also like something without it being good and recognize that it isn't good.

Good illustration of why people like you, Paul. I for example thought of liking shit, and recognizing it is shit.

 

[3guanoff]

I enjoy a lot of things that are not very brilliant or innovative. They are merely enjoyable. "Good" is a very malleable term.

 

[minacia]

I am something of a relativist. “Good” and “bad” is meaningless unless you’ve defined the frame of reference.

 

[Drytron]

I like GL. Is it good? No. The stories usually have no plot and just plain sucks. But that's what make them better. Who need plots if you have horny?

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

Do you find yourself wondering?

Yes. A lot of times.

Do you like something because it's good?

I like something because I think it's good. However, 'good' depends on someone's beliefs and values. For example, some of my friends find it appaling that I purposefully avoid 'staring' at other ladies even though I'm single. However, my upbringing and recent experiences only reinforced my belief that doing so while loving someone is 'cheating'.

I try to keep my vows, see?

Or is it good because you like it?

I don't think I'm someone with a high moral compass to say that the things I like are good.

 

[RepresentingSilence]

I like soda but soda isn't good

 

[Bartun]

I understand some things are good even though I personally don't like them.

 

[Golden_Hyde]

This post falls under the subjectivity of what's "good" or "bad". I'm not into GL/Yuri for example. Did I consider it a bad thing? No. But if I say LitRPG is bad, then I'd expect people verbally attacking me because of my hot take. But at its core, it's not a bad genre.

None of them are bad, but none of them are good either. It depends on the eye of everyone's perspective.

Unless we all are a sheep.