I used to hate and loathe them just for the weight and perceived lack of comfort
Then I bought a bargain fixer upper on eBay (white squier vm p) and it was awesome
"this is f&*king amazing... i want this go on forever like the best s3x... am i really making that fabulous bass sound" are all things thats are all things that have actually crossed my mind when playing in front of an audience.
I quite like her music although her annoying brother makes me want to kill. Mind you I do have fairy loving daughters who watch tinker bell movies on heavy repeat
I'm just too busy - I don't stop from the moment I get out of bed until I get back in. It takes time to find new music and I don'f have it. Maybe thats why people stop listening to new music; they have other distracting stuff to deal with.