I bought last year by accident. So now I have to spend twice as much to enjoy wine the way I used to. As for science fiction, I still read plenty, but now I only find a couple books a year that are really good. Some of the others, I might as well be reading the lawnmower instruction manual for the character development. On the whole, I'm sure that my improved appeciation for literary subtlety has decreased my overall enjoyment.
Good taste is a bad thing.
Clearly, then, given a choice, one should stick to bad taste. It saves money and makes you happier. You can't help but learn what pisses people off and develop mechanisms to avoid it. Like, when your girlfriend won't talk to you for a week, that's a clue. Somehow, real nerds have some sort of teflon protection against learning people skills.