Criticism Boycott
A hyper-critical character goes out of his way to harshly lambaste any work of art he finds, particularly if it was created by any of his friends. But when one of his own pieces of work is mocked, he sees how bad it hurts, and he decides to boycott criticism. Instead, he goes out of his way to praise and encourage any artist he finds, especially his friends. He endures the worst most mediocre art around, but he enjoys the smiles and thanks he receives for mindlessly complimenting it.
Eventually, though, without his negative input, talentless artists proliferate and the world fills up with worthless, horrible art that should never have made it past the idea phase, if even that far.
He realizes then the important contribution that withering, merciless, guileful, intentionally discouraging, depressingly destructive, maddeningly vague, off-point and unhelpful, soul-crushingly sadistic, needlessly baleful, suicide-inducing, gleefully cruel criticism makes toward perfecting the world.
4 years ago