&quot;<i>De gustibus non est disputandum.</i>&quot;<p>&quot;<i>Diff&#x27;rent strokes, for diff&#x27;rent folks.</i>&quot;<p>If you don&#x27;t like Bowie&#x27;s list, you can make your own.<p>I had enough of philosophers and internationally acclaimed authors in high school.  Literature teachers have their own canon of books that <i>must</i> be read, and I hated having someone else&#x27;s idea of an influential book forced down my throat.  While it isn&#x27;t quite as bad as &quot;stop liking things I don&#x27;t like,&quot; an unsolicited &quot;you should like more of the things I like&quot; is still irritating, when I&#x27;m not in the right mood for it.