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human
CMV: "F*ck all the haters" is a childish way of looking at life.

It is important of course to have a point of view and some direction in life, in order not to become "part of someone else's plan", but to deny all people who disagree with you and refuse to acknowledge any criticism by labelling people as "haters" just seems ridiculous to me. 

By failing to even consider these differing opinions and learn from them, despite any damage to our ego is short-sighted and narcissistic. 

I guess there are many examples of successful people that have succeeded due to following their vision and denying "the haters", but perhaps they could have gone even further by taking some other opinions along the way.
gpt
There's a difference between a critic and a hater, and that difference is in exactly what they're criticizing.

It's the difference between "Lil' Wayne is a bad rapper because he rhymes words with themselves and his wordplay is either standard or subpar" and "Lil' Wayne is a bad musician because rap is crap." One of these is criticism, another is hating.

One of the biggest problems with doing something creative is that it takes a lot of courage to go out and bare your soul to what is sure to be criticism. Imagine if you told your best friend your deepest secrets and they just laughed at you and never talked to you again, for some idea of the fear that artists face when they're trying to expose their work to the public. Unless you're writing objectively meaningless pop drivel, there is a piece of your soul going into that music, and to have someone write that off can be demoralizing.

So, "Fuck the haters" is a defense. If they want to criticize your *methods* and suggest a better way of doing something, that's different. If they hate the message, then yes, fuck them.

There are a lot of things in the world that are nearly impossible to do properly if you don't keep your ego inflated. Showbusiness is definitely one of them.