[split] Dressing up like a superhero to see a movie?

[Cinjin]

Do you honestly think that people who dress up for a spot of fun truly want to be superheroes? Furthermore, what's your beef with superheroes to begin with? It's almost like you take personal issue with people enjoying things that you consider childish.

I'm 21, and I still play Pokemon games in my spare time. Does that make me a child for enjoying a game that is targeted towards children? It's a game I play because I still think they're fun, and I get fond nostalgia in playing them. To me, that's a worthwhile diversion.
People who dress up in costumes at movie premieres do so because they think it's fun and a diversion from their otherwise "normal" day-to-day. I seriously doubt they want to become superheroes or think they are superheroes because they're getting into the spirit of things.

Also, can you justify conflating something as simple as a little cosplay with something ideologically irrational like a particular religious belief?

Your beef is not why I don't like them is it? Your beef is that I simply expressed my dislike for it - is it not? My reasoning for not liking something makes no difference. It is your option to simply tell me that I'm a small-minded man who needs to lighten up, but it remains my option to dislike superheroes, baseball cards, sci-fi conventions or anything else that I deem an idiotic waste of time. There are thousands of people who agree with me, but there are thousands of people who agree with you. Yet somehow, I'm not allowed to voice my opinion about something I deem stupid.

Now, you brought up the issue of comparing costumery to religious belief. I could argue the same thing: Why are you making an issue out of something so small when many of us (myself included) openly mock others' ridiculous beliefs? If you mocked something I enjoyed, I know I would simply tell you to fuck off with a light jovial shoulder punch and we could laugh about our different tastes. You could still think I'm a loser and I just wouldn't give a shit. Incidentally, I really enjoy dressing in full military gear when I play paintball with my hard core paintballer friends. My wife and several of her friends think I'm a total loser when I do that. It doesn't phase me in the least. I think you read far too much into my remark.

I don't for a moment think that you accept everyone on this planet for all their likes and dislikes without occasionally judging them to be nerds, losers, geeks, or yes, idiots.