[gretch]

No evidence or supporting material, just continued insistence that the author is correct.

“I can’t crawl inside your skull and prove you wrong. But this is how it works for most people, including most who insist it does not.“

Consider this direct excerpt of 2 back to back sentences and how 1 contradicts the other.

You can’t crawl inside my skull, but you can crawl inside everyone else’s?

[schiffern]

The essay is a great example of a mindset that devalues the subjective and strives to rebrand it as objective. Paradoxically it shows insecurity. "My experience doesn't count unless it's The Truth."

You like a thing. That's fine. That's enough. There's no need to prove the worth of your own enjoyment by fantasizing that it conquers everyone else's brain too.

You're the adult now. You're allowed to like it just because you like it.

[hackeraccount]

"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"

Nah. I mean I like you and that's fine. Who wants to hear about your qualities. They probably don't or wouldn't like you anyhow.