PaperSparrow, post: 146708656, member: 126 wrote:I mean, if you ask why, I ask why not? The point isn't to "consume more", it's "you are already consuming this thing, why not try something adjacent today to see if you like it?" Assuming your current favorite things are the only things that could make you happy is odd to me. If you eat your favorite food the same way for every meal, it becomes tasteless.
As an example, since it is at the top of my head from a recent thread, I got into Sailor Moon pretty late compared to most women my age. I was a tomboy growing up and set against liking pink, princesses, etc. I liked boy stuff like Power Rangers which later led to Super Sentai. I decided to give Sailor Moon a try when I was older because I wanted to check out more Japanese media aimed at girls and, lo and behold, Sailor Moon is Power Rangers, but a unique take on it I hadn't seen before.
Did this make me a "better person"? Er, no. It did give me a new perspective on something I like. It gives me a new avenue to talk about things that interest me. It makes it so I can find more things I enjoy. If I stayed at liking Power Rangers, not even branching out to Super Sentai, I would be so much more limited in knowing what it is I truly enjoyed about it.
Overtime this can lead to being a "better person", not because you have more things you like or whatever, but because you are experiencing the things you already like from new viewpoints and sometimes that can lead to introspection. I was so obsessed with not liking girly stuff when I was younger that it prevented me from seeing something I would have loved. I didn't figure that out with Sailor Moon in particular, but it is something I realized about myself by watching more things not aimed at boys and men. That doesn't mean I don't still love franchises that were meant for boys. I am on this forum after all, lol.
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