There are two kinds of fools. One says, “This is old, and therefore good”. And one says, “This is new, and therefore better”.
— John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider
Two more kinds of fools. One says: “This is popular, and therefore good”. The other says: “This is good because it’s not popular”.
— Shlomi Fish (though may not be a 100% original sentiment).
(And recently people had prejudice against "mainstream" culture.)
It is important not to be prejudiced against things just because they are old, new, popular, unpopular, seem like "a religion", were hyped, seem blasphemous or cringeworthy, are politically incorrect, etc.
I've been criticised for still using XML and related technologies, because they seem to have fallen out of favour. But I have good reasons for using XML and use it for different use cases than JSON and YAML and various lightweight markup languages, which I also use and like for different purposes.
Similarly, back when the Friends TV show was airing, some hard core computer geeks dismissed it, due to it being too mainstream, while I found it very good. [friends-fan-fic]
Lately, some people have looked down on adult male fans of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic because it was originally intended for young children, especially young girls. This is even though most male adult fans (including me) are heterosexual and that they include some combat soldiers. In a tweet, I wrote:
I've always considered myself a little "girly" and now I'm even kinda proud of it, and am an otherwise straight male. “You can never truly appreciate Gilmore Girls until you've watched it in the original Klingon!”
I think you'd be surprised at how much unmacho and geeky some of the best male warriors are.
[friends-fan-fic] I also wrote a Friends’ fan fic episode that parodies the book The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.