Hahaha - very true on the sarcasm! There are a few of those guys on here.
I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I obviously have no scientific backing here but I wonder how many people on BOTL actually hate the cigar/brand that they say they hate or if they are just adding to the "noise" that is more than likely perpetrated by the sarcasm and/or trolls. On top of that, how many people truly hate every single cigar that a brand has because they've tried each of them and they all suck
or are they ruling it out altogether because of a bad experience with a few of their cigars. For example, there are only 2 brands that I truly don't like but that has nothing to do with their cigars and more to do with their business practices. In fact, both brands have a few lines that I enjoy smoking and I assume many others do too, but instead, we flame the brands because a) it's fun, b) everyone else is hating on them, and c) many of us truly hate their business practices. But, a noob would have no idea to the back stories.
Additionally, how many people hate a brand just to be "unlike" the crowd of people who love them? For example, at one time, everyone loved Liga Privada and Tatuaje but then there was an uprising of people who started slamming the brands and they were "louder" than the so-called fanboys.
Then you have guys who truly do love and appreciate CCs more than NCs and I can appreciate that. But, I also think there are a lot of wannabes who want to appear "sophisticated" and they claim they only smoke CC's and NCs are trash. On this thought, I will say I've vHerf'd and chatted with a number of guys who are true CC purists and I seek their advice on this site.
BUT, all of the above examples and many more that I'm not thinking of are why I always recommend trying it for yourself.