Milo

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 Hiya. If you didn't know, I like to make it explicitly clear that I love Milo everywhere I am. I snort it like it's crack!


Milo

I present to thee, Milo. Everyone, fall to your knees!
Milo is a warm hug on your cold mornings. A holy cup of malty sunshine. An embrace that's nice and heated, but it does not clench too tight. Milo holds your hand, smiles, and almost whispers something.
But before it could, your cup is empty.
In the evenings, it's a nice companion to a snack. You remember how it got you through the day, and you finally smile at it back, gripping the handle of your cup. 
But it's Nestle.. Corporate Schmuckery.. Malt isn't good for you..Ban Milo!
Real life is even more nuanced than the aforementioned Milo cup. It's hard to enjoy something when you would be supporting sinister motives and putting yourself in danger in the process. We're conflicted about what to like.
But Milo is a consumer good.
Do you know what doesn't necessarily need to be?
Art! Of any kind! 
Art is something we discover. And its primary purpose is never money. It also doesn't try to kill you with malt. Might have malt, say, mud in a food sculpting competition, but it never means any harm.
Art can be anything people make in the quest of finding sentient connection with other people. Words are often abused and thrown around against art: pretentious; cringe; cheesy; need I go on?
Words such as these shouldn't be thrown around so casually when interpreting art. The art object is there to find connection with its targeted audience. Yes, a history of art and its criticisms exists, but do we need to criticize the one thing that isn't ruining us, and also keeping us going?
I like certain art, you don't have to, but no art is "cringe", "cheesy", "pretentious", or, you know, objectively bad.
What, the artist cared too much about finding a connection, and that bothered people?
There is no objective opinion when it's taken from the feelings and sentiments of the subject, the audience. Because then, that opinion is subjective. Objective opinions can exist, and they're made very carefully. I don't think we should be too soon to hate what's out there, it's there for the right people to find.
Unless it's Milo, a Nestle malt consumer drink, and I'm conflicted.

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