It sounds to me like pjeby is talking about knee-jerk emotional reactions, not preferences.
Correct. At least in my usage of language, a “preference” is something that you don’t feel “bad” about when it’s not met; you merely feel an absence of “good”.
IOW, it’s bad enough that your preference isn’t met, without feeling bad on top of it.
This is incorrect. You are not supposed to turn insensitive to your own preferences.
It sounds to me like pjeby is talking about knee-jerk emotional reactions, not preferences.
Correct. At least in my usage of language, a “preference” is something that you don’t feel “bad” about when it’s not met; you merely feel an absence of “good”.
IOW, it’s bad enough that your preference isn’t met, without feeling bad on top of it.