"Not liking Settlers is trendy. It's a way of declaring...
"Not liking Settlers is trendy. It's a way of declaring you're on the inside now, not willing to settle for a formerly-inside-but-now-outside game. I have no doubt that it's not a favorite for plenty of people, but you can say that about any game. Coming out of the closet about Settlers has a hipster quality to it. You're not merely above the rabble, you're above the rabblish part of the non-rabble."
The above is a reply to one of the many threads appearing with a particular subject matter that amuses me to no end -- "Hi, my name is John, and I hate Settlers of Catan."