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It's also important to keep in mind that they are not you and possess different opinions from you.
Roger Ebert thumbs down'd Die Hard. Critics savaged Carpenter's The Thing because they were still moist from E.T. and HOW DARE ANYONE REMAKE HOWARD HAWKS. Critics being not just wrong but atrociously wrong is a long, long tradition.
Rich is much closer to Mike than he is to Jay, but what Rich really is, is the Gen X Normie Barometer. Aliens is better than Alien; Ghostbusters was brilliant lightning in a bottle; Wrath of Khan is Best Trek. These are not really bad takes, but they're also not takes that anyone is going to find scorchingly original or insightful.
Do these same people throw a hissy fit when Spanish speakers use negro?
¡mi negra!