Except most people&#x27;s natural reaction when they don&#x27;t understand other people&#x27;s value systems is not empathy - it&#x27;s criticism.<p>It happens on a much lesser level with food, music, movies, etc - the reaction from a non-fan to a 15 year-old girl&#x27;s declaration that she loves One Direction is not &quot;ok I see why someone could like this music and why this tribal affiliation is both socially useful to a teenager&quot; but rather<p>Snapchat is the technology version of One Direction for a lot of adults. But also remember many adults couldn&#x27;t understand why teenage girls went crazy for The Beatles in 1964 either.