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The inability for people to separate how they define themselves from a thing they really like is really interesting to me. I see this a lot in video game, gun, and AI circles, lately. That when the thing they have built their personality around is critiqued, they get irrationally upset about it.

Like, I think that some people feel that because *they* can maybe use something in a safe manner, to point out the risks comes off as a direct attack. Or, maybe it's just "I like this thing, please don't take this thing away from me."

At the core is having never built and curated a taste. Stuck at the sensibilities of a child. It's why AI appeals to so many of them, because it's more of a toy (and feels guided by an adult in the background) than an actual tool as they pretend. If someone doesn't like your toy, they're stupid.